Roseanne Barr On 'Chelsea Lately,' Talks Her New Book, Her Marijuana Prescription And Her Nuts

For the first time in a while, Roseanne Barr has found herself on the tip of every smart so-and-so's tongue. She's blunt, surprisingly wise, hysterical and she's showing up in more and more places.

It was her essay in New York Magazine that seemed to put her back on the map. A chronicle of struggle, success, insanity and feminism, it re-focused eyes back on a talented woman with wise cracking mouth and a complete intolerance for subordination.

Now it seems she can do no wrong. Barr's new series, 'Roseanne's Nuts,' which debuted on 'Lifetime' last week, is raking in ratings and praise. The setting is different than we're used to, the Hawaii-based show has Barr managing 40 acres of macadamia nuts and a livestock farm, but her delightfully acrid personality remains.

Last night she appeared on 'Chelsea Lately' to talk about her new book, 'Roseannarchy'--and smoking weed, promoting vodka and being downright nuts.

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[softailchick61]

12:31 PM on 08/05/2011

I think she is a genius...And her ideas about nuts saving the world ? Think about it. If it takes 4 pds of grain to make 1 lb of beef.....Rock on Green Mama ! ROSANNE FOR PRESIDENT 2012 !!!!!

[wwwTHENOIREFFECTcom]

08:03 AM on 07/22/2011

Sometimes they run hand in hand.

[Nebris]

06:42 AM on 07/22/2011

"Roseanne Barr: Completely Nuts Or Utter Genius?" That can be a fine line. =)

[aerie17]

11:39 PM on 07/21/2011

she rocks. enough said

[oftenon]

10:51 PM on 07/21/2011

Loved her standup, ran from her show, cringed at the divorces and star spangled mangling but it's damn good to see Roseanne back.

[DMSmith]

10:38 PM on 07/21/2011

Thank the Gods (which ever ones you thank) for both of these women.
I've lived in Hawaii, and I miss it.
The idea of Roseanne getting her nuts into the mouths of millions is almost too glorious to handle!

[kynycmbp]

09:41 PM on 07/21/2011

Rosanne Barr: rude, crude and socially relevant.

[kooldalai]

09:38 PM on 07/21/2011

I used to love her years ago before she was famous, before her show. She was brilliant and so middle America. Then all the drama, plastic surgery, marriages etc...and it seems she lost that quality that I loved so much. She is still funny but I think all the Hollywood hype just sucked the joy out of her. If a copy of her very first HBO special can be found, I highly recommend it. She was brilliant and sweet.

[Aitch5]

08:28 PM on 07/21/2011

well She is a legend at this point. The younger comidienne's don.t mention her (yet)

[Edward Wilkes]

07:17 PM on 07/21/2011

She is rude and crude, but she sure is smooth!

[46n09]

06:10 PM on 07/21/2011

Sounds like she's got it together, that's great. Do I have to wait that long? Haven't seen the show yet but I will be checking it out.

[Lvm]

05:47 PM on 07/21/2011

I think her I.Q. is probably scary high. Always interesting. Always funny...except when she was married to Tom Arnold. Recently saw her on Joy Behar....laughing out loud!

[Gneirre]

04:33 PM on 07/21/2011

I say put Roseanne against the GOP. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, what a SHALACKING!!!!!

[dmsdzinr]

04:25 PM on 07/21/2011

This woman's wisdom is too often taken for granted and fluffed off as just humor.

[beasteben]

04:24 PM on 07/21/2011

I was born in 1983, so her early comedy was lost on me. I despised her show (loved Married with Children though :P ). But I'm loven all this. Has she been on Real Time? That would be a blast.

[Samantha Overton]

03:52 AM on 07/22/2011

I was also born in '83 and didn't get her humor until the early 2000's. I just recently watched the whole Roseanne series (much to my husband's dismay) and couldn't get enough of it. She is hilarious and unfiltered and that is what makes her so endearing to me. Don't get me wrong though, I hardly think I could handle her in real life.