6Stars Without Makeup: Roseanne Barr
Roseanne recently posted a self-portrait on Twitter and captioned it ever-so-gracefully, “Fat old Jew,” when in actuality, I think she looks pretty good for turning sixty this year. Yeah, you know, it’s not the most flattering of photos, but then again, unless you’re ninety-five pounds soaking wet, anyone‘s going to look kind of funny from a flat-on-the-chest view. Duh.
Also, did you guys know that Roseanne‘s going to be roasted next month? Yeah, by Comedy Central, and it’s going to happen on August 4th. You’ll be able to catch it on Comedy Central on August 11th, if you dare. Glee‘s Jane Lynch will be hosting, and she had this to say about the event:
“I’ve long fantasized of ripping Roseanne Barr a new one. But because I don’t have the cajones to say anything offensive to her face, I will be hosting the proceedings.”
Kent Alterman, who is Head of Original Programming and Production at Comedy Central had this to say about the upcoming roast:
“Although Roseanne appears to be a demure, soft spoken woman eternally committed to the status quo, we believe under the surface is an explosive, trail-blazing cultural revolution. We are honored to Roast her. Celebrating Roseanne’s unprecedented achievements in comedy and television will surely inspire us to make this roast more reminiscent of the classic roasts, where the intimacy of friends jousting with each other came through.
All joking aside, Roseanne is pretty bad-ass. And before you even consider going ahead and calling me crazy and all sorts of other—sniff, sniff—oh-so-hurtful names for saying so, check out an interview she did with New York Magazine from back in 2011. Guaranteed you’ll be right here agreeing with me.
I love Roseanne. She’s such a nutty lady but I find her totally endearing and fascinating.
If she had her ex-husband, Tom Arnold, roasting her, I’d invite people over to watch the fireworks. There’s SO MUCH to roast her over.
Not just nutty in the ha-ha-funny sense, Roseanne seems to be truly disturbed, spouting the conspiracy theories and ranting. Indeed, she blocked the Manolo from following her on the twitter.
http://shoeblogs.com/2012/07/07/in-which-the-manolo-is-blocked-by-the-rosanne-barr/
Roasted, you say? If I show up with potato salad, will they let me in? You know, it’s sad when it doesn’t make any difference whether or not you wear make-up.
I love Roseanne! She is so genuine and down to Earth while being totally hilarious. Her run for the presidency proved she can hit important issues right on the head.
Ha! Thats me on a good day, and I mean a really good day!
Penny P @ Aylesbury