As Roseanne Barr remembers it, God told her to do it.

It was Memorial Day weekend in 2018, and she was having trouble sleeping. Earlier in the day, the comedy star called Bruce Helford, the head writer of the “ Roseanne ” revival. Barr asked when she should plan to report back to the writers’ room of the ABC ratings juggernaut, which had been renewed for a second season.

“He said to me, ‘Oh, the writers are already back, and we would love you to come by and say hello,’” she recalls. “And when I heard it, I was like, ‘Fuck you. You’ve taken my writers’ room for my second season. Fuck you. I ain’t coming back. Fuck you.’ And then I said, ‘I’m gonna go out with the biggest bang that’s ever hit this fucking show business, even if it kills me.’”

Instead, she drifted off to slee

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