‘The Conners’ star Emma Kenney reacts to onscreen dad Johnny Galecki’s controversial backstory

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sans the original show’s controversial star, “The Conners” premiered in 2018 and follows patriarch Dan (John Goodman), his sister-in-law Jackie (Laurie Metcalfe), his daughters Darlene (Gilbert) and Becky (Lecy Goranson), and Darlene’s daughter, Harris Conner-Healy (Kenney).

Sean Astin is also part of Season 6, as Tyler, Becky’s love interest. After David’s backstory was revealed, executive producer Bruce Helford told TV insider, “Johnny [Galecki] is just too busy.

We love him, and he would love to be doing stuff with us, but it just hasn’t worked out scheduling wise….We tried to keep him from being a completely negligent father, and then it became a matter of having other characters [to service].”David seemingly hasn’t contacted his kids in the past four years. “I think she probably struggled with it a lot more growing up, and I think it’s something she still keeps close to her heart and feels every day,” Kenney told The Post, about Harris and David’s nonexistent father/daughter relationship. “But luckily she’s got such a great family support system,” she added. “So I think that everyone else in the family does help fill David’s void.”The former “Shameless” star noted that each season of “The Conners” provides “a storyline that I’m excited about.”For example, she said, “Last season was obviously a bit more of an emotional storyline I had when Harris was going through getting pregnant and unfortunately having a miscarriage, which is something that happens so often.

And I was proud to be able to show that, and have viewers connect to that who may have gone through something similar or the same thing.”About her onscreen mom, Kenney gushed that Gilbert, 49, is “so talented” and “focused.” “She’s one of our producers on the.