Sandra Bernhard Apologizes For Being “Snotty” To Morgan Fairchild While Filming ‘Roseanne’ On ‘WWHL’: “I’m Calling Myself Out”

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Published June 21, 2024, 9:44 a.m. ET

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Sandra Bernhard has apologized for being “dismissive” of fellow actress Morgan Fairchild, who played her love interest in three episodes of Roseanne Season 5.

Bernhard revealed on Thursday night’s (June 20) episode of Watch What Happens Live that “one of her biggest regrets” in life was that she “wasn’t nicer” to Fairchild, leaving host Andy Cohen in utter shock.

“To this day, I would like to say to Morgan: you were incredible to work with. You went there,” she said. “We were the first gay couple on TV. Unlike everybody thinks everybody else was — we were. And you are fabulous and you are on the right side politically. I owe you an apology. I adore you. And thank you for putting up with my snotty little attitude.”

Cohen couldn’t believe what he was hearing — so he continued to grill Bernhard, asking her if she ever reached out to Fairchild after working together.

“I didn’t really know how. I think this is the time and the best way to do it,” she said. “She will watch [this] and she’ll hear it and she deserves it. She’s a great lady. She was game!”

According to Bernhard, she wasn’t the only one who gave Fairchild a hard time on set.

“Everybody was kind of not nice to her,” she confessed. “I’m calling myself out, honey — along with everybody else.”

Cohen then wondered if series star Roseanne Barr was also mean to Fairchild, to which Bernhard replied, “Eh, you know. She was just in her own world.”

The comedian held a recurring role as Nancy Bartlett Thomas in Roseanne, while Fairchild played her bisexual girlfriend in the sitcom’s fifth season.

While chatting with Cohen, Bernhard recalled a scene in which their characters leaned in for a kiss — but the “censors” cut them off just as they got close to sealing the deal.

“That’s how long ago this was,” she said.

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