Roseanne Barr’s daughter has spoken out about growing up with the foul-mouthed comedian and blue-collar TV queen who sent her to reform schools and mental health facilities for “acting out.”
In an interview with People that was made public on Wednesday, Jenny Pentland, 45, disclosed that between the ages of 13 and 18, she was transferred to numerous reform schools, psychiatric facilities, and even a wilderness boot camp.
She admitted to being imprisoned in the publication.
In her soon-to-be-published memoir, This Will Be Funny Later, Pentland, who has since repaired her connection with her parents Bill Pentland, goes into more detail.
Barr’s daughter said that she was expelled for “acting out,” which she partly blamed on the difficulties associated with her mother’s unexpected success and notoriety as the star of the enduring series Roseanne.
She claims that a number of facilities were chosen by her parents to send her to because they were suggested by educational and behavioral specialists in the book, which will be published on January 18.
I was mouthy, cutting my arms, and I smoked cigarettes. I was also receiving lousy marks. Simply depressed.
Jenny, Jessica, and Jake are the three children that Barr, 69, had with Pentland during their marriage, which lasted from 1974 until 1990. Four days later, she wed comedian Tom Arnold, and they split up in 1994.
She later had a son, Jake, with Ben Thomas, whom she was married to from 1995 to 2000. Additionally, she has a daughter named Brandi Brown who was conceived before her first union.
In the book, Jenny Pentland also alleges that her older sister was admitted to a Los Angeles mental hospital after robbing Barr of his car and taking it for a joyride.
“I think there was a concern of us spiraling out of control,” she said.
Pentland claimed that she struggled with PTSD after seeing and experiencing mental and physical abuse at several of the facilities she was committed to.
She claimed that “the worst abuse I feel I suffered was having my free will gone — the loss of freedom,” despite the fact that all of those facilities have now been closed or are under new management.
She is hopeful that by being transparent about her experiences as a teen, more people would become aware of these harmful practices.
“These locations are still out there,” Pentland said, “and I want it to stop.” I no longer reflect on the things I’ve lost. I consider what other people are currently losing or what they stand to lose if nothing changes.
Pentland’s life has clearly changed for the better. She is married to Jeff, and the two of them have five sons: Eitan (age 21), Cosmo (age 16), Otis (year 14), Buster (age 12), and Ezra (age 18 months).
She added that her relationship with both of her parents has improved over time.
Her mother, meanwhile, has had a relatively quiet profile over the past three years following the cancellation of her ABC program relaunch in May 2018 due to the comedian’s racial slur tweet directed at Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to former President Barack Obama.
Barr then claimed that she was ignorant that Jarrett is Black since she was taking the drug Ambien, which is used to treat insomnia.
Later, The Conners was introduced in its place, and Barr’s character overdosed to death.
