Rosie O’Donnell Returns to ‘The View’ Healthier and Happier

variety.com ^ | September 9, 2014 | Ramin Setoodeh

[TangoLimaSierra]

The last person who thought Rosie O’Donnell would ever return to “The View” was Rosie O’Donnell. In the spring of 2007, the talk show host opted not to renew her contract with the gabfest created by Barbara Walters, even though her controversial opinions gave the program a ratings boost. Then, shortly before her departure, she got caught in a spectacular fight on live TV with conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck that started over the Iraq War, but quickly turned personal — and went viral.

“The day it happened, I was definitely crying,” O’Donnell recalls. “I got my stuff and walked out.” She phoned her longtime publicist, Cindi Berger, telling her: “‘I’m never going back. You have to call and tell them. Call the lawyer. No matter what they say, I will not go back.”

[TangoLimaSierra]

And it's trying to look like a girl. I think.

And it's trying to look like a girl. I think.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Lipstick on a...

[JW1949]

Who cares?????????????

[Fungi]

Lipstick on a pig is still a pig. Heard that somewhere.

[Steely Tom]

How many times did the big networks try to revive Katie Couric, before she finally went off to a final fail on Yahoo?

[boycott]

It wouldn’t be right not having at least one bull lesbian on the view.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Different people, same bunch of progressive loons..Id rather watch paint dry

[RightGeek]

[lowbridge]

“Rosie O’Donnell Returns to ‘The View’ Healthier and Happier”

But is she returning smarter?

Rosie on her 9/11 conspiracy theory:

“I do believe it is the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel.”

[rockinqsranch]

I had a post, but it wasn’t nice, so I didn’t.

[hosepipe]

The View has a new strap on... a dangler..

[rarestia]

I will say that while I disdain her politics, Rosie reminds me of a woman I dated in college. She was bigger than most of your typical collegians, but she had a heart of gold and was one of my hardest breakups.

Come to think of it, we broke up over politics. Go figure.

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s a good thing Rosie said yes, because the next name on the list was Jessica Savitch.

[NonValueAdded]

“When I was a kid,” she says, “and Barbra Streisand was on TV ...

well, Rosie, you got your wish: it's all Barbara Streisand now. Careful where you step.

[Snickering Hound]

Or they could put on Rosie Huntington who is healthier and happier.

[Dallas59]

Even ISIS wouldn’t want her...

[Iron Munro]

[lee martell]

Not bad, for Rosie. Is this her “Monica Lewinski” big hair look?

[BwanaNdege]

I just can’t understand why she was not cast by CBS (and the DNC) as “Madam Secretary”?

/S

[miss marmelstein]

Ok, so when it all goes down - as it always does with Ms. Rosie - will she run out of the studio after defacing property and leaving F bombs in her wake? Anybody want to make a bet?