Michael Fishman, a star of both the original comedy series Roseanne and its spinoff The Conners, was notably absent during the franchise's finale. Now, the actor is speaking out about his exclusion in a new video uploaded to his official Instagram account late last week.

Even after Roseanne Barr was booted off the “Roseanne” reboot, she cast a long shadow on the spinoff show, “The Conners.” The show aired its series finale on Wednesday – taking the famous blue-collar family off TV after 37 years on the air – and Roseanne was a prominent part of the episode.

The series finale of ABC's 'The Conners' used archive footage from the original sitcom of nearly every 'Roseanne' alum