Roseanne Barr recently revealed plans for a comeback eight years after she was “canceled.” The actress and comedian posted a racist tweet in 2018 that led ABC to cancel the rebooted Roseanne sitcom. She has been unwelcome in Hollywood since then. The network revamped the sitcom as The Connors, which continued for seven seasons. She’s currently shopping her new show, Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable, to various networks. Her ex-husband made headlines this week for a shocking sex admission decades after their divorce. Keep reading for all the details.
Roseanne Barr Defends Ex-Husband After Bitter Divorce
Roseanne Barr has been married and divorced three times. The comedian has been in a long-term relationship with writer and producer Johnny Argent since 2003. One of her divorces played out in the tabloids.
The Roseanne star was married to Tom Arnold from 1990 to 1994. He joined the ABC sitcom as a writer in 1988. She fired him shortly after their divorce. Roseanne Barr accused her ex of physical and verbal abuse during their short marriage.
They still hate each other bitterly to this day. However, she had to set the record straight about one thing. TV producer Chuck Lorre recently claimed in his memoir that Roseanne writers were told to put Tom Arnold’s name on scripts he didn’t actually work on. Tom Arnold adamantly denied the accusation.
Roseanne Barr backed her ex up in a rare moment of agreement. She said that he was telling the truth about working on the scripts. Tom Arnold expressed his shock that his ex spoke up in his defense. “Hell finally froze over today,” he joked on social media about the situation.
Tom Arnold Makes Shocking Sex Admission
Roseanne Barr’s ex is a Hollywood heavyweight in his own right. Tom Arnold starred in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-Jamie Lee Curtis flick True Lies, among other movie credits. In addition to his role as a writer, he also played Arnie Thomas on Roseanne. He’s currently touring the country on his stand-up comedy tour, My Crazy X-Wife Tour.
Tom Arnold was married three more times after his divorce from Roseanne Barr. His most recent split was in 2020 from his fourth wife, Ashley Groussman. They share two children. Tom Arnold recently spoke to Page Six about the possibility of marrying a fifth time.
“It would be good to love somebody and be loved,” he told the outlet. However, the comedian added that women his age are “disgusting.”
“I used to say, people are like, because I haven’t had a date for nine and a half years, ‘You should date someone your own age.’ And I’m like, ‘Dude, have you seen people my age? We are freaking disgusting.’”
But now he seems to have had a change of heart. “But here’s the thing. I have learned there’s a lot of funny, smart, sexy, 60-something women,” the 67-year-old said.
Tom Arnold said that he’s open to finding love again but isn’t actively looking for it. Share your thoughts on his shocking admission in the comments.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger