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John Goodman stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday night (October 9) and opened up about moving forward with ABC spinoff The Conners after Roseanne was fired from her own reboot after sending out a racist tweet months ago.

“She is missed, definitely,” the 66-year-old actor told Jimmy. “After that many years, it’s like a family. Last year was so miraculous and so unreal that when it went away it was almost like a dream. I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll be a big boy and handle this,’ and I just crashed for a couple of weeks.”

“Last year was so miraculous and so unreal that when it went away it was almost like a dream,” John continued. “She gave up a lot for us to be able to do this show and I can’t thank her enough.”

The Conners premieres on ABC Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. on ABC!

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The first photos from the Roseanne spinoff, The Conners, have just debuted online. Since Roseanne was cancelled and she was fired from the show, Roseanne Barr will not be featured in the new series.

The new photos feature Dan (John Goodman), Becky (Lecy Goranson), Darlene (Sara Gilbert), Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) and Mark (Ames McNamara).

The show will premiere on Tuesday (October 16) at 8/7c on ABC.

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If you don’t know, Roseanne was fired several months back after sending out a racist tweet.

John Goodman is giving his first extensive interview after the cancellation of Roseanne due to the star Roseanne Barr‘s racist tweet.

“I was broken-hearted, but I thought, ‘OK, it’s just show business, I’m going to let it go. But I went through a period, about a month, where I was very depressed. I’m a depressive anyway, so any excuse that I can get to lower myself, I will. But that had a great deal to do with it, more than I wanted to admit,” John told The Times.

John added about the huge reaction to the racist tweet, “I was surprised. I’ll put it this way, I was surprised at the response. And that’s probably all I should say about it. I know, I know, for a fact that she’s not a racist.”

About the new reboot, The Conners, Roseanne signed over all her rights.

“She had to sign a paper saying that she relinquished all her rights to the show so that we could go on. I sent her an email and thanked her for that,” he said. “I did not hear anything back, but she was going through hell at the time. And she’s still going through hell.”

John Goodman and Danny McBride are teaming up for a new comedy series!

HBO has ordered the pilot for the new comedy series The Rightous Gemstones from the 41-year-old Pineapple Express actor – which he created, wrote executive produced, directed, and starred in alongside the 66-year-old Roseanne actor.

The Righteous Gemstones follows “a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work, all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,” according to THR.

John will be portraying Eli Gemstone, the patriarch of the Gemstone family while Danny will be playing the Jesse Gemstone – John‘s character’s eldest son and heir to the throne.

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John Goodman broke his silence on the Roseanne cancellation after Roseanne Barr‘s racist tweet caused ABC to suspend the show for good.

ET Online caught up with John, who played Roseanne’s husband Dan on the show, who said he would “rather say nothing than to cause more trouble.” About his well-being, he added, “Everything’s fine.”

On the news of the controversial tweet, John said, “I don’t know anything about it. I don’t read it.”

John was also asked about ABC canceling the show’s Emmys For Your Consideration campaign.

“I wasn’t gonna get an Emmy anyway,” he said. “I’ve been up there [11] times already, and if I didn’t get one I’m not gonna get one.”

And about the possibility of any spinoffs happening, he responded, “You’ve heard more than I have.”

Freddie Highmore and Britt Robertson walk the red carpet while attending the ABC Upfronts on Tuesday afternoon (May 15) in New York City.

Freddie was joined at the event by his The Good Doctor co-stars Nicholas Gonzalez, Richard Schiff, and Hill Harper while Britt was joined by her For the People co-stars Ben Rappaport, Rege-Jean Page, and Susannah Flood. Both of the shows will be getting second seasons on ABC!

Some other stars from returning shows who attended the event included American Idol‘s Ryan Seacrest, How to Get Away with Murder‘s Jack Falahee, black-ish‘s Anthony Anderson, The Goldbergs‘ Jeff Garlin and AJ Michalka, and Splitting Up Together‘s Oliver Hudson.

Roseanne stars Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, and Michael Fishman were all there, as were Station 19 cast members Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George, Danielle Savre, and Barrett Doss.

FYI: Jason is wearing a J.Crew shirt and suit.

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