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Jenny Pentland’s relationship with her motherRoseanne Barrhas come a long way from the once-strained dynamic they had during her teenage years.
“We communicate at all costs,” Pentland says of Barr, 69, in the latest issue of PEOPLE. “Even if it’s uncomfortable, annoying, or the timing is bad, that’s the priority.”
And Pentland says the pressures of Barr’s instant celebrity status led her to begin “acting out.” As a result, Pentland was shipped off to various facilities for troubled teens including reform schools, psychiatric institutions and a wilderness boot camp from ages 13-18.
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“If you say to a parent, ‘Your kids are suffering, and it’s because of your lack of parenting,’ they’re going to say, ‘Okay, what do I do? How do I fix it?’ They’re going to trust experts,” says Pentland, who is now a mother of five sons Eitan, 21, Cosmo, 16, Otis, 14, Buster, 12, and Ezra, 18 months.
Pentland says Barr gets a kick out of reminding her of her behavior. “She’ll say, ‘I can’t wait for your kids to act just like you did.’ She likes to see me getting mine. It’s hilarious,” Pentland shares of her mother.
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When it comes to Barr’s offensive tweets in the past — including spreading conspiracy theories about child-sex-trafficking rings and making the offensive statement about former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett that got her fired from theRoseannerebootin March 2018 — Pentland defends her mother.
“She’s not an elected official, she’s a comedian — she’s allowed to believe whatever she sees fit,” Pentland says. “It was brutal to see how devastated she was and how wrong everybody is about her.”
For more on Pentland’s story pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
