The fact that the set of Roseanne wasn’t always the easiest to navigate has been well-documented over the years. But until the June 20 episode of Watch What Happens Live, we had no idea that recurring cast member Sandra Bernhard had been kind of a [bleep] to Morgan Fairchild, the soap vet who played her girlfriend in the early 1990s.
“It’s one of my biggest regrets that I wasn’t nicer to her,” Bernhard told host Andy Cohen. “I would like to say to Morgan: You were incredible to work with. You went there. We were the first gay couple on TV… I owe you an apology.
“I adore you,” she went on, “and thank you for putting up with my snotty little attitude.”
In a post on X, Fairchild said that she was “very touched by [Bernhard]’s words,” adding that having made the gesture was “very nice of her.
“Yes, it was a difficult set for me,” continued Fairchild, who’s appeared on everything from Search for Tomorrow to Falcon Crest, “but that’s showbiz.”
Upon being invited to get in touch so that the two of them could have coffee, Bernhard cheered Fairchild as a “groovy, open, talented person” and looked forward to getting to “break it all down over a cup of Joe.”
