Roseanne Barr`s Connection to Britney Spears
HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York. So why is President Barack Obama saying he`s an imperfect father? President Obama`s written a heartfelt, emotional Father`s Day message in "Parade" magazine reflecting on being a dad to two beautiful daughters, Sasha and Malia. He writes, "I know I have been an imperfect father. I know I have made mistakes. There were many days out there on the campaign trail when I felt like my family was a million miles away and I knew I was missing moments of my daughters lives that I`d never get back. It is a loss I will never fully accept." President Obama urges all fathers to become more engaged in their children`s lives, also saying, "We need fathers to step up to realize that their job does not end at conception, that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child, but the courage to raise one." Well, four-time Emmy Award-winning comedienne Roseanne Barr makes dramatic new revelations about Britney Spears. The straight-shooting comedienne told PBS host Tavis Smiley that fame taught her a lot of lessons over the years. And that`s why she says she totally gets why Britney had a terrible and infamous year when she shaved her head, she partied nonstop and dated a paparazzo.</s>ROSEANNE BARR, COMEDIENNE: The whole Britney Spears thing like - when she was like trying to bash in that window with her bald head and the umbrella. I`m like, I`ve been there. I know exactly where that poor girl is. I know exactly that feeling. When you`re famous, you`re just a saying. You know, you`re just a prop. Nobody cares if you are a human or anything. It`s like oh, that thing over there is like a money tree. It`s a cash cow kind of thing. It talks. Just go over there and get - help yourself to some of its money.</s>HAMMER: What`s going on these days with Roseanne? Well, she`s working on a brand-new primetime comedy where she will play - go figure - the matriarch. Well, on Thursday, we asked you to vote on our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. Here is what we needed to know from you - Kate Gosselin Spanking Controversy: Is she being unfairly criticized. 74 percent of you said yes; 26 percent no. And a flood of E-mails came in defending Kate`s right to spank her kids. Tasheena from California writes, "I just have to say if my child was being bad I would have done the same thing as Kate did. So people just need to leave Kate alone for being a mom." And Deborah, also from California, writing, "I think that there is nothing wrong with spanking. There is a big difference between spanking and abuse." We thank you for your E-mails and we thank you for watching. That is it for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York. And you can always catch SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on the 11:00s - yes we keep it simple. We`re on at 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, and weekday mornings at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on HLN. END