NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
Subscribe
  1. Home
  2. Roseanne Barr

Roseanne: My nine months in psych ward and why I gave up my baby

The star finally tells all about her most shocking chapter - by Audrey Goddard
  • 12 Apr 2018

Roseanne Barr has revealed that she was admitted to a state psychiatric ward after a near-death experience left her profoundly changed.

The star, who will soon be back on Australian screens in the reboot of her classic sitcom Roseanne says she was hit by a car and dragged 30 feet, an accident which she claims changed her whole outlook on life.

‘I had an out-of-body experience,’ she is quoted this week as saying in a National Enquirer interview. ‘I felt like my body died. I remember I left my body and went to a different place.

‘I saw my body below, like some crumpled thing that didn’t belong to me. I went through a white light. It wasn’t frightening. It was wonderful.

‘I remember deciding to leave Earth and then coming back.

‘And then when I came back, I was a totally different person.’

Roseanne Barr's Powerful Lesson About Forgiving Family | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN

Aged just 17 at the time, she would never be the same. While Roseanne says that things that once bothered her no longer did, it wasn’t all good news.

Her former straight-A school record was history, and she says she couldn’t focus anymore.

Eight months of worrying behaviour later, Rosanne’s parents admitted her to a psychiatric facility, with Roseanne confessing they thought she was ‘out of control.’

‘I was in the mental hospital for eight and a half months,’ she told the publication. ‘I was tranquilised. I was in a stupor for those eight and a half months.’  

When she got out in 1970, she got pregnant, with her parents allegedly demanding she get rid of the baby or leave home. She ended up staying at a Salvation Army home for unwed mothers.

‘The logical thing to do was have an abortion, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it,’ she says.

The baby was instead put up for adoption. It was only when she became famous in the eighties that Roseanne was able to meet up with the daughter she gave away.

Roseanne recalled to People: ‘The day they came to take my baby away, I whispered to her, “You remember this, I’ll see you when you’re 18.” I always knew that. I always knew we would get back.’

xx

The Roseanne reunion has been a major success for the star.

  • Celebrity
  • News
  • TV
  • Entertainment And Showbiz
  • Roseanne Barr
Audrey Goddard
Loves to write, and to share and opinion - both on and off screen - and has plenty of views on celebrities and news events.

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Recommended to you

Home and Away opening title
Watch 1:09

Home and Away opening title

{headline}

{headline}

Sara Gilbert and Johnny Galecki in nasty Roseanne drama

Roseanne Barr and John Goodman rocked by shocking news

Roseanne Barr: I was a prostitute and I'm not ashamed of it

Roseanne Barr: I was a prostitute and I'm not ashamed of it

Tom Arnold tells all on Roseanne Barr: Sex scandal, abuse and mental illness

{headline}

{headline}

Massive ratings for Roseanne revival

Bachelor Brett lashes out: 'It was all fake - producers knew about me and Stephanie all along'

Jennifer Aniston smiles on set amid Brad and Charlize dating talk

{headline}

{headline}

Besties Sophie Monk and Jackie O pose up a storm on Insta

Caught out! Angelina and Justin's secret Cabo vacation

Terri Irwin sets the record straight on THOSE romance rumours with Russell Crowe

Kyle Sandilands helps Shannon Noll avoid cocaine conviction

Jen’s nightmare: Ange and Justin’s secret is out

Jennifer Aniston’s secret Instagram account revealed

US report: ‘Tom’s taking Suri’

NewIdea
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions
NewIdea Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions

Brands

  • Girlfriend
  • New Idea food
  • Practical Parenting
  • That’s Life
  • Who

Our Network

  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • BHG Shop
  • marie claire
  • Beauty Crew
  • Women's Weekly Food
  • Bounty Parents
  • Home Beautiful
  • All Recipes
  • Perth Now
  • The West Australian
  • 7Plus
  • 7mate
  • 7NEWS
  • 7Sport
  • Sunrise
  • Starts at 60
  • Hard to Find
© 2022 Are Media PTY LTD
All products are independently selected, tested or recommended by our team of experts.If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Get more from New Idea

Magazine Subscription Offer

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Shop This Offer
Subscribe to New Idea & save!