{"id":34034,"date":"2024-04-09T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=34034"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:49:52","slug":"roseanne-barr-opens-up-about-her-faith-suffering-and-the-end-of-the-world-pray-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/04\/roseanne-barr-opens-up-about-her-faith-suffering-and-the-end-of-the-world-pray-with-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Roseanne Barr Opens Up About Her Faith, Suffering, and the End of the World: ‘Pray With Me’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian Roseanne Barr recently discussed how her faith has influenced her life as she traversed the pitfalls of working in the entertainment industry. Barr, who grew up in a Jewish home in Utah, said during an interview with Tucker Carlson\u2019s podcast, \u201cSince I was 3 years old, I\u2019ve had a conversation going with God. I wrote it in my book. You know how little kids have an imaginary friend? Well, mine was God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barr, who claimed she began her conversation with God while studying and being raised as an Orthodox Jew, explained how she used to ask God why He didn\u2019t do more to alleviate human suffering. She discussed how He gave her the sense that it was her responsibility to help others. \u201cI said, \u2018How come you could solve every problem on Earth? All you got to do is just wiggle your little finger, and you can stop all these problems. Why can\u2019t you do that? All you have to do is wiggle your finger,\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cBecause I was suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201c<\/strong>And He said to me, \u2018Because I don\u2019t have fingers, Roseanne. Oh, but you do!\u2019 And He said, \u2018And you should be very proud of that opposable thumb that I put on that hand of yours because now you can really get busy helping a lot of people and trying to make things right.\u2019” Barr suggested that she believed God was answering her directly, adding that He never pushed her to attack others because of their religion.<\/p>\n

She said, “He told me all the time, ‘Go over here and do this, and go over there and do that. Just trust me on this.’ And I did that my whole life, with the exception of the few marriages that really [expletive] me up. But then I got rid of those guys and continued on the path I was supposed to go on.” Carlson asked whether she ever asked God for guidance regarding her failed marriages, to which she replied by claiming she failed to listen to His advice and insisted that “it wasn’t God’s fault.”<\/p>\n

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Roseanne Barr turns out to be a very deep person. pic.twitter.com\/nGZR3zLv9T<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) March 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n