Editing Roseanne Barr (section)

==Personal life==
===Relationships and children===
Barr has been married three times and has five children. In 1970, when she was 17, she had a child, Brandi Ann Brown, whom she placed for adoption; they were later reunited.<ref name="jjournal"/><ref name="Tribune1989">{{cite journal|last=Gunther|first=Marc|title=Fame, Tumult and Roseanne Barr|journal=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 27, 1989}}</ref> On February 4, 1974, Barr married Bill Pentland, a motel clerk she met while in Colorado. They had three children: Jessica, Jennifer, and Jake.<ref name="Tribune1989"/> They divorced on January 16, 1990.<ref name="EW2010">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/01/22/20-years-ago-roseanne-barr-marries-tom-arnold/|last=Stransky|first=Tanner|title=20 Years Ago: Roseanne Barr Marries Tom Arnold|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602175428/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20338413,00.html|url-status=live|archive-date=June 2, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Four days later, on January 20, 1990, Barr married fellow comedian [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]] and became known as Roseanne Arnold during the marriage. Barr had met Arnold in 1983 in [[Minneapolis]], where he opened for her stand-up comedy act. In 1988, Barr brought Arnold onto her sitcom, ''Roseanne'', as a writer.<ref name="LADaily1994">{{cite journal|last=Richmond|first=Ray|title=Divorce, Arnold Style, – Roseanne Calls It Quits After Blow-Up With Tom|journal=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=April 19, 1994}}</ref>

Barr filed for divorce from Arnold on April 18, 1994 in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, citing [[irreconcilable differences]].<ref name="LADaily1994"/> Their efforts to have children were unsuccessful.<ref name="HamiltonSpectator">{{cite journal|title=Roseanne weds again amidst tight security|journal=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|publisher=[[Torstar Corporation]]|date=February 15, 1995}}</ref>

On February 14, 1995, Barr married Ben Thomas, her one-time personal security guard, at [[Caesars Tahoe]] with a reception at [[Planet Hollywood]]. In November 1994, she became pregnant through [[in vitro fertilization]]<ref name="HamiltonSpectator"/> and they had a son named Buck.<ref name="Independent1997">{{cite journal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/roseanne-barr-the-lottery-loser-of-all-time-1279163.html|last=Jeffreys|first=Daniel|title=Roseanne Barr the lottery loser of all time – As poor white trash she was America's sweetheart, as rich white trash she ain't.|journal=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print|location=London, England|date=February 17, 1997|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023115740/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/roseanne-barr-the-lottery-loser-of-all-time-1279163.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple stayed together until 2002.<ref name="Thomaslawsuit">{{cite web|url=http://wonderwall.msn.com/entertainment/exclusive-court-document-roseanne-barr-slams-ex-ben-thomas-for-disregarding-her-privacy-emotional-sanguinity-1594058.story|title=Exclusive Court Document: Roseanne Barr Slams Ex Ben Thomas For Disregarding Her Privacy & 'Emotional Sanguinity'|publisher=[[MSN]]|date=January 29, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525061527/https://www.webcitation.org/5wtZ8bnDu?url=http://wonderwall.msn.com/entertainment/exclusive-court-document-roseanne-barr-slams-ex-ben-thomas-for-disregarding-her-privacy-emotional-sanguinity-1594058.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2024}}</ref>

In 2002, Barr met Johnny Argent online after running a writing competition on her blog and began dating him in 2003, after a year of phone conversations.<ref name="Thomaslawsuit"/><ref name="TheGuardian"/> They live on a {{convert|46|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} [[macadamia|macadamia nut]] farm on the [[Hawaii (island)|Big Island]] of Hawaii, which Barr purchased in 2007 for $1.78&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burnett|first=John|url=http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2011/03/02/local_news/local03.txt|title=Barr accuses Honokaa neighbor of harassment|work=[[Hawaii Tribune-Herald]]|date=March 2, 2011|access-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525061448/https://www.webcitation.org/5wtZ0pNQu?url=http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2011/03/02/local_news/local03.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2024}}</ref> Barr has studied [[Kabbalah]] at the [[Kabbalah Centre]] and frequently comments on the discipline.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/roseanne_jewish_wise_woman_20110705/|title=Roseanne Sings Israeli National Anthem—And It's Good!|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|publisher=TRIBE Media Corp|date=July 5, 2011|access-date=August 14, 2011<!--|arvhivedate=August 14, 2011-->}}</ref>

===Family conflicts===
Barr's sister Geraldine<ref name="ProjectQ"/><ref name="StraightParents"/> is a lesbian and her brother Ben is gay.<ref name="ProjectQ">{{cite web|last=Hennie|first=Matt|url=http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/Roseanne_Barr_delights_in_Atlanta_photos?gid=7319|title=Roseanne Barr delights in Atlanta|publisher=Project Q Atlanta|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715120834/http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/Roseanne_Barr_delights_in_Atlanta_photos?gid=7319|url-status=live|archive-date=July 15, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="StraightParents">{{cite book |title=Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together |last1=Bernstein |first1=Robert A.|author-link=Robert L. Bernstein|last2=MacNeil|first2=Robert|author-link2=Robert MacNeil|last3=DeGeneres|first3=Betty|author-link3=Betty DeGeneres|year=2003|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|isbn=978-1-56025-452-2 |page=184}}</ref> Barr has said that this inspired her to introduce gay characters into her sitcom and to support [[same sex marriage|same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture |last=Doty |first=Alexander |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-8166-2245-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/makingthingsperf00doty_0/page/122 122] |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |url=https://archive.org/details/makingthingsperf00doty_0/page/122 }}</ref><ref name="ProjectQ"/>

Geraldine worked as Barr's manager during the early part of her career and clashed with Barr's second husband, Tom Arnold.<ref name="SanFranciscoChronicle1994">{{cite journal|last=Garchik|first=Leah|title=The Wrath of Roseanne 's Baby Sister – Media Weary Geraldine Barr Writes Her Side |journal=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=October 17, 1994}}</ref> Barr fired Geraldine, leading Geraldine to file a $70.3 million [[breach of contract]] lawsuit in [[Superior Court of Los Angeles County]] on December 18, 1991. She said Barr promised her half the earnings from the ''Roseanne'' show as recompense for helping invent the "domestic goddess" character in 1981, and for serving as "writer, organizer, accountant, bookkeeper and confidante".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/12/20/roseannes-squabbling-sister-sues-for-70-million/|title=Roseanne's Squabbling Sister Sues For $70 Million|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=December 20, 1991|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005203116/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-12-20/news/9112200667_1_roseanne-arnold-barr|url-status=live|archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> Since the [[statute of limitations]] had expired, the suit was thrown out.<ref name="SanFranciscoChronicle1994"/>

In a 1991 interview with [[People (magazine)|''People'']], Barr described herself as an [[incest]] survivor, accusing both of her parents of [[physical abuse|physical]] and [[sexual abuse]],<ref name="People1991">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-star-cries-incest-vol-36-no-13/|title=A Star Cries Incest|volume=36|number=13|date=October 7, 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330024810/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111007,00.html|url-status=live|archive-date=March 30, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> claims which they and Geraldine publicly denied.<ref name="PressTelegram">{{cite journal|last=Williams|first=Monte|title=Are Incest Charges Plausible?|journal=[[Press-Telegram]]|location=[[Long Beach, CA]]|date=October 8, 1991}}</ref> [[Melvin Belli]], her parents' lawyer, said they had passed a [[polygraph]] test "with flying colors".<ref name="PressTelegram"/> Barr was part of an incest recovery group, something she said her parents knew about but for which they were "in denial".<ref name="PressTelegram"/>

On February 14, 2011, Barr and Geraldine appeared on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' where Barr admitted the word "incest" could have been the wrong word to use and that she should have waited until her therapy was over before revealing the "darkest time" in her life.<ref name="Oprah">{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2011/02/14/17276856-wenn-story.html|title=Barr: 'I was wrong about incest revelations'|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|publisher=[[Sun Media]]|date=February 14, 2011|access-date=February 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413204312/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2011/02/14/17276856-wenn-story.html|url-status=live|archive-date=April 13, 2011}}</ref> She told [[Oprah Winfrey]], "I was in a very unhappy relationship and I was prescribed numerous psychiatric drugs&nbsp;... to deal with the fact that I had some mental illness&nbsp;... I totally lost touch with reality&nbsp;... (and) I didn't know what the truth was&nbsp;... I just wanted to drop a bomb on my family".<ref name="Oprah"/> She added that not everything was "made up", saying, "Nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification".<ref name="Oprah"/> Geraldine said they had not spoken for 12 years, but had reconciled.<ref name="Oprah"/>

===Health problems===
In the mid-1990s, Barr had multiple cosmetic surgeries performed, such as a [[breast reduction plasty|breast reduction]], [[Abdominoplasty|tummy tuck]], and a [[Rhinoplasty|nose job]].<ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite journal|journal=[[The Guardian]]|title=Fierce creature: Roseanne Barr's sitcom made her one of the most powerful people in entertainment – and almost ruined her life|date=October 8, 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/08/celebrity.comedy|access-date=December 13, 2016|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129140131/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/08/celebrity.comedy|url-status=live}}</ref> During the late 1990s, she had [[gastric bypass surgery]].<ref name="News-Gazett"/>

In 1994, Roseanne announced that she had [[dissociative identity disorder]] caused by childhood abuse. She had personalities named Baby, Cindy, Evangelina, Fucker, Heather, Joey, Kevin, Nobody, Somebody, and Susan as well as her main personality, Roseanne.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sager |first=Mike |date=2007-01-29 |title=I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes* |url=https://www.esquire.com/ESQ0801-AUG_ROSEANNE_rev |access-date=2021-12-09 |website=Esquire |language=en-US |archive-date=November 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129111916/http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0801-AUG_ROSEANNE_rev |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2001, she claimed the personalities had mostly fused into one after 10 years of therapy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roseanne Says Having 7 Personalities Is Tough |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/roseanne-personalities-tough/story?id=103650 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804000958/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/roseanne-personalities-tough/story?id=103650 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2015, Barr revealed she had been diagnosed with both [[macular degeneration]] and [[glaucoma]], and thus was gradually losing her eyesight and expected to eventually go blind. She consumed [[medical marijuana]] to decrease her high [[intraocular pressure]] (a feature of the diseases).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/roseanne-barr-going-blind/ar-AAboj9R?ocid=ansentwenn11|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422191722/http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/roseanne-barr-going-blind/ar-AAboj9R?ocid=ansentwenn11|url-status=dead|title=Roseanne Barr going blind| website=[[MSN]] |archivedate=April 22, 2015}}</ref> Barr later revealed that she was misdiagnosed and that her vision problem is really due to a [[Melanocytic nevus|mole]] resting behind her eye, which could be corrected through surgery.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kyung Kim|first=Eun|url=https://www.today.com/health/roseanne-barr-was-told-she-was-going-blind-here-s-t126017|title=Roseanne Barr was told she was going blind — but here's what was really going on|work=[[Today Show (NBC)]]|publisher=[[NBC|NBC Universal]]|date=March 28, 2018|access-date=March 31, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330100411/https://www.today.com/health/roseanne-barr-was-told-she-was-going-blind-here-s-t126017|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2018, Barr was said to have had a [[heart attack]], but she later stated on social media that she was not experiencing any medical issues.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/roseanne-barr-heart-attack-prank-viral-1.23896106|title=Barr denies heart attack rumor, says it was a prank|work=Newsday|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126034946/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/roseanne-barr-heart-attack-prank-viral-1.23896106|url-status=live}}</ref>