By Leslie Goldberg and Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter
It didn’t take long before the subject of Donald Trump arose during a panel Monday previewing the return of ABC’s Roseanne at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.
With ABC bringing the working-class Conner family Roseanne back to primetime, it’s no surprise that Roseanne Barr’s personal politics are playing a role in her TV counterpart’s voting history. When a reporter asked about Barr and John Goodman’s leading characters being Trump supporters in the new season, Barr tried to deflect the question before she eventually offered up some insight.
“In The Rosanne Show, I’ve always tried to have it be a true reflection of the society we live in. I feel like half the people voted for Trump and half didn’t, so it’s just realistic,” she said, adding that she’s tried to make the show a realistic portrayal of the working class, in particular. “And, in fact, it was working-class people who elected Trump, so I felt like that was very real and something that needed to be discussed and especially about polarization in the family and people actually hating other people for the way they voted, which I feel is not American.”
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