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Roseanne's Bizarre Coronavirus Theories Are Turning Heads

Roseanne Barr is in the midst of yet another controversy. The outspoken comedienne has come under fire for bizarre comments she made about the coronavirus during an appearance on Norm Macdonald's YouTube talk show, Quarantined with Norm Macdonald, on April 5, 2020. The former Roseanne star said she believes the pandemic is truly a plot to kill off baby boomers. The actress essentially suggested that the "they" who she believes masterminded the outbreak want to get rid of the boomers who have money and don't work, so that money can be redistributed among the younger generations. And that's nowhere near the end of it. Barr even went as far as to tell McDonald that the COVID-19 crisis may be the much-awaited rapture. For those who don't know, the rapture is a concept some Christians, particularly with branches of American evangelicalism, believe in which an end-of-the-world event will result in all Christian believers disappearing from the Earth so they can meet face-to-face with Jesus in heaven, leaving all the non-believers behind on Earth. In a surprisingly vulnerable moment, Barr explained that she has to fit all the events of the day together somehow to stay sane, even if they don't make sense to anybody else. She said: "Well, you know, it's all connected in my head because I'm on the autism spectrum. So everything has to fit perfectly or else I go insane. So I'm always trying to put things together, but it's all interrelated. I think we're being forced to evolve...You know I'm crazy. So I'm speaking as a crazy woman right now." The interview wasn't just about Barr's conspiracy theories, either. The actress, who is currently living in Hawaii, insisted during her talk with Norm Macdonald that there's only been one positive case of COVID-19 "on the island" where she lives. It's unclear which of Hawaii's islands Barr lives on, but according to the State of Hawaii's Department of Health, there were more than 300 reported cases of COVID-19 as of the first week of April, and "99 percent of the Hawaiian people are sequestered and doing exactly what they were told to do." So, is Barr the 1 percent? Apparently not. She joked to Macdonald that she's been self-isolating since her fall from grace in Hollywood. On top of everything, the star, who now has much time in her hands after her firing from ABC's Roseanne revival, dropped another bombshell during her interview: She wants to sue all of Hollywood. In 2018, ABC cut Barr out of the Roseanne revival, which, quite obviously, was named after her and featured her as the main star, after she made racially charged comments about former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett. Her remarks, which came in the form of a tweet and stated that if the, quote, "Muslim brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby," it would be Jarrett. While Jarrett dismissed Barr's tweet as just more hate mail, fans and stars immediately shamed Barr for her insensitive and incendiary words. Though she apologized and insisted she thought Jarrett was white, it was much too late. ABC abruptly canceled Roseanne mere hours later, and the network's entertainment president, Channing Dungey, said in a statement, "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values." Eventually, the show returned, without Barr, but all of the rest of the principal cast, as The Conners. Since her firing, Barr has somewhat stepped back from Twitter and rarely publishes any personal comments or reactions to the news, but that doesn't mean she's stopped speaking out. Barr told Macdonald that she began planning her retaliation against the industry after she was taken off of the Roseanne revival. Now, she's ready to quote, "f--- over everybody in the f---ing world over there," presumably referring to ABC and the producers of Roseanne, with her lawsuit. Watch the video to learn why Roseanne's Bizarre Coronavirus Theories Are Turning Heads! #Roseanne #Coronavirus

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