Roseanne 'used surgery to avoid husband'

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Roseanne Barr has claimed that she used cosmetic surgery as a way of avoiding her ex-husband.

The star told the Guardian that her breast reduction surgery, tummy tuck and nose job were all methods of escaping Tom Arnold.

"Every time I had a break I would have surgery. I think just to get away from him and then when I came back there'd be nurses in the house and I wouldn't be alone with him," she said.

Barr added that she recently had a gastric band fitted in order to control her weight, but joked that she overeats regardless.

"I'm just trying to overfeed and I'm doing really well. Takes a lot of discipline to get 2,500 calories in there no matter how painful it is," she said.