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Nobody wanted the Roseanne show. I heard from agents that there was no interest in a show about a fat woman and her family.

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Roseanne Barr
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 3
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I have a fierce eating disorder that has survived even bariatric surgery. I got even fatter after that! Hey, maybe fat people are just trying to get closer to others, did anybody ever that of that?!
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I want to eat, cook, meet famous people and make fun of them.
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Legalize hemp and allow women to grow it and make food, clothing and housing for pennies from it and legalize marijuana too. Let women integrate their divided consciousness with a natural herb instead of doctors' pills that kill the liver.
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I have more money than God, but not as much as Oprah.
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The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment Roseanne dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine seasons. It was mysteriously instantaneous!
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