Overview
- In a clip from the Can’t Be Censored podcast this week, Barr launched an expletive-filled tirade at Michael Fishman, calling him a “brainwashed bigot” and ordering him to “go and f—k yourself.”
- Fishman had publicly said in August that the 2018 Roseanne reboot “was rightfully canceled” because Barr’s tweet about Valerie Jarrett was dehumanizing, a position that helped prompt Barr’s recent on-air response.
- Two days after Barr’s podcast remarks circulated, Fishman posted an Instagram video rejecting her characterization as “obvious lies and name calling” and asked her for a retraction or an apology.
- There is no report of new action by ABC or any legal filings tied to the exchange; the dispute is playing out in podcasts and social media and has drawn renewed media attention to the 2018 controversy.
- The exchange spotlights long-running themes from the original fallout: how public speech leads to professional consequences, how cast relationships have fractured, and the likelihood that further personal disclosures or demands for apology will shape how each figure is seen going forward.