VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty; teven Ferdman/Getty John Goodman opened up about the current status of his relationship with Roseanne Barr Goodman toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat he hasn't spoken to his formerRoseannecostar "for about seven or eight years" That timeline lines up with the cancellation ofRoseanneafter Barr's controversial tweets and Goodman going on to lead the spinoff,The Conners John Goodmanis opening up about where his relationship withRoseanne Barrstands today. Goodman, 73, toldThe Hollywood Reporterhe hasn't spoken to Barr, 72, "for about seven or eight years." That timeline lines up withRoseannebeingcanceledon ABC due to controversial tweets from Barr, leading toThe Connersbeing created with Goodman leading the cast. "I'd rather doubt if she wants to talk to me," he said of his former onscreen wife. Despite their distance now, Goodman reflected on their chemistry on the original run ofRoseanne. "We hit it off from jump street. She made me laugh, and I made her laugh, and wow, it was so much fun," he recalled. "We'd get so many viewers for the show back then — 20, 30 million people. Things are so different now, but it was a special time." Adam Rose via Getty Images The revival's planned 11th season was canceled after Barr, who played the titular matriarch of the working-class Conner family, sent a tweet likeningValerie Jarrett, a former advisor to PresidentBarack Obama, to an ape. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," President of ABC Entertainment Channing Dungey said in a statement at the time. Shortly after the cancellation, ABC ordered a spinoff titledThe Connerswith Goodman,Laurie Metcalf,Sara Gilbertand more reprising their characters fromRoseanne. Barr's character was killed off due to an opioid overdose. The Connersaired for seven seasons from 2018 to 2025. Snap/Shutterstock "It's really hard," Goodman, who played the patriarch of the family, Dan Conner,told PEOPLEduring a set visit. "It's something I'm going to miss for a while. I'm old and resistant to change." He admitted that the last seven seasons of the spinoff have gone by "so fast," adding, "It was so exciting when we got this together and it seems like it was two weeks ago." Goodman also shared why he thinks the show — andRoseannebefore it — connected so deeply with American audiences across the years. He said it was because of its "focus on just kind of a normal family that's really been up against it. And a lot of people in this country have been up against it for a long time." The PEOPLE Appis now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Roseanneis streaming on Peacock, andThe Connersis available to watch on Hulu. Read the original article onPeople
