Jennifer Pentland: What Happened To Roseanne Barr’s Daughter?

Who Is Jennifer Pentland, Roseanne Barr’s Daughter?

Jennifer Pentland is the daughter of Roseanne Cherrie Barr. Jennifer’s mother Roseanne is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She began her career as a stand-up comedian and became the favorite of her audience. She subsequently produced and starred in her hit sitcom, “Roseanne”. She is one of America’s funniest and most controversial comedians.

Jennifer Pentland: Bio Summary

How old is Roseanne Barr’s daughter, Jennifer?

Jennifer Pentland was born in the year 1976, in Denver, Colorado, United States. She was born out of the marriage between Roseanne Barr and her ex-husband Bill Pentland. As of 2023, she is 47 years old. While her mother Roseanne is an actress, comedian, writer, and producer, her father Bill is an actor. Her parents met in Colorado and married on February 4, 1974.

Jennifer Pentland is not the only child of her parents. She has two biological siblings Jessica Pentland, and Jake Pentland. On January 16, 1990, Jennifer’s parents got divorced. Jennifer has two half-siblings Brandi Brown, and Buck Thomas. Jennifer is the grandchild of Helen (née Davis), a bookkeeper and cashier, and Jerome Hershel “Jerry” Barr, who worked as a salesman.

Jennifer Pentland became the stepdaughter of actor and comedian Tom Arnold after her mother Roseanne married Tom. Jennifer is a writer. She is known for Roseanne, Childhood Thoughts, and Roseanne for President!, per her IMDb profile.

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What Happened To Jennifer Pentland?

Jennifer Pentland was in seventh grade when her mother, Roseanne Barr suddenly rose to fame on her hit TV sitcom Roseanne. Her mother’s fame led her to start “acting out.” Jennifer ended up at various facilities for troubled teens including reform schools, psychiatric institutions, and a wilderness boot camp from ages 13-18.

According to Jennifer, “I grew up in comedy clubs and mental institutions”. At the time her parents Roseanne and Bill were dealing with divorce, Jennifer and her siblings became pawns in their parents’ court battle. “At the lawyers’ advice, any action we took was recorded and used to further the narrative of whichever parent was suing the other at the time,” Jennifer writes.

“If I came home to my mom’s house from my dad’s with dirt under my nails, [Barr’s lawyers] would write that down. If I gained weight, the lawyers would note that, too.” Jennifer told PEOPLE that she “was locked up”. In her memoir, This Will Be Funny Later, she shared her experience at the facilities she was taken to upon the recommendation of education and behavioral experts.

Jennifer Pentland disclosed that: “I was getting bad grades, and I was mouthy, cutting my arms and smoking cigarettes. Just depressed.” She said that her older sister, Jessica Pentland was sent to a psychiatric hospital in Los Angeles after stealing her mother’s car for a joyride. Jennifer said: “I think there was a fear of us spiraling out of control“.

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Jennifer wrote about the time her mom Roseanne drove her to a therapist appointment at a hospital, leaving her there for eight months. “[Two hospital workers] took me into an office that looked like a medical exam room and had me stand behind a curtain and strip,” Jennifer writes.

“I had to hand them each article of clothing as I took it off so they could thumb through the seams and pockets looking for contraband. When I was naked, the female [worker] told me she had to make sure I’d given them everything and then came around the curtain to see me standing nude. I was freezing cold and totally humiliated and scared, which came off as anger.”

Jennifer Pentland gained weight and was accused of “running an underground food railroad.” “I was doing nothing other than eating three cafeteria meals a day,” she writes, “and sitting on my ass inside a mental institution where the only exercise we got was the two hours a week we were dragged upstairs to the third-floor rooftop volleyball court.”

Jennifer Pentland struggled with PTSD years later. She said she witnessed or went through emotional or physical abuse at several of the places she was sent to. She says “the worst abuse I feel I suffered was having my free will removed — the lack of freedom.” Jennifer was freed from her last institution shortly before she turned 18, per Page Six.

At that time, her mother Roseanne Barr, and her stepfather Tom Arnold got divorced. Jennifer wants to raise awareness about ‘problematic programs geared to troubled teens.’ “These places are still out there and I want it to stop,” Jennifer said. “I don’t think about what I’ve lost anymore. I think about what other people are losing right now or what they’re going to lose if it doesn’t change.”

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However, Jennifer Pentland says she has a good relationship with both of her parents. She said: “We communicate at all costs. Even if it’s uncomfortable, annoying, or the timing is bad, that’s the priority.”

Where Is Roseanne Barr’s Daughter, Jennifer Now?

Jennifer Pentland, daughter of actress, comedian, writer, and producer Roseanne Barr lives with her husband and children. Despite her experience during her teenage years, she has happily married her husband Jeff. She is the mother of five sons, Eitan, Cosmo, Otis, Buster, and Ezra. She and her family live in Hawaii.