Fame can seem extremely exhausting. There's practically no such thing as true privacy anymore. Paparazzi is as invasive as ever, tabloids tend to make up nonsense for engagement. Sometimes, the fame ends up outweighing how much money the celebrity has too! However, there are moments where fame can become a blessing in disguise. For Roseanne Barr, it allowed her to reconnect with the long lost daughter she put up for adoption at 18 years old.
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Recently, Barr spoke out in her latest documentary Roseanne is America. Captured by PEOPLE, she opens up about how she had a baby at the very early age of 18. Unfortunately, she was far from ready to take care of a child abd couldn't even if she wanted to. She was "shipped away to the Salvation Army Home for Unwed Mothers" in Denver, as she puts it. However, Barr always kept hope that she would reunite with her babygirl down the line. As fate would have it, an invasive tabloid actually put the pieces together for her to make it happen.
Roseanne Recalls How a Tabloid Helped Her Reconnect With Her Daughter
"When I gave my daughter up for adoption, I said to her, 'I'll see you again when you're 18 because I'm not going to change my name, and I'm going to be famous. I'm going to have my own show named Roseanne,'" Barr recounts in the documentary. "It all came out because when I got famous, the National Enquirer found my daughter by bribing someone in records in Colorado for my name, her name and her adoptive parents' name."
You might wonder if Roseanne was mad that the National Enquirer essentially leaked her and her daughter's personal information. It's a completely normal reaction to have given the circumstances. However, she decides to look on the rosier side of things. At least she's able to make up for lost time. "Am I upset about it? No. I'm grateful," Barr says.
