Media, Politics, and Identity

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Roseanne Barr about her move from California to Hawaii to Austin, Texas; how they met when Dave left “The Young Turks” and how Barr helped him launch “The Rubin Report”; her various controversial career milestones on “Roseanne,” such as the first lesbian kiss on TV; why the Left has now gone too far; the challenges she faced when “Roseanne” was revived for ABC; why she feels betrayed and tricked by the network and Sara Gilbert; the hypocrisy of current woke culture; her reluctance to return to Hollywood and the disappointment of trusting promises that ultimately failed; the irony of being embraced by the Right and her determination to stay true to herself, despite the cost; the night her controversial tweet caused a media uproar and caused her firing from ABC’s “Roseanne”; how her drinking and mixing Ambien on Memorial Day led to a tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to a character from "Planet of the Apes" while not knowing that Jarrett was black; how despite her deleting the tweet quickly, ABC canceled her show, labeling her racist; how the network lied to her and didn’t let her apologize for her mistake; what it was like to deal with the massive backlash that followed; and much more.

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