Posted on 06/28/2006 3:51:55 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
June 28, 2006
As a veteran Couric watcher, I've recently come to follow [without actually watching] doings at The View, since Katie's replacement Meredith Vieira was for years a member of the show's cast. For those unfamiliar with it, The View is an all-female televised coffee klatsch and gabfest of which Barbara Walters is the creator, partial owner and a co-host.
The View has a distinct liberal tint to its patter. And as we know, one of the tenets of feminist theology is that women have a right to whatever kind of body size they want, free of societal restraints.
How ironic - some might say hypocritical - that one reason for the recent firing of co-host Star Jones is that . . . she refused to stay fat! As you'll note from the before and after pics here, Star has undergone a dramatic physical transformation. According to this AP article:
"Walters said ABC network chiefs had decided last fall not to renew Reynolds' contract because its research showed that Reynolds' dramatic weight loss and 2004 wedding to banker Al Reynolds had turned viewers off."
My personal view is that employers, subject to their contractual agreements, should be able to hire and fire as per their own standards. Long live Hooters. But isn't this a case of The View not practicing what it preaches? Why, were the tables turned, some might even accuse a conservative show that fired Jones under similar circumstances of racism, of trying to keep Star down on the 'fat farm.'
I hear Rodney and Henny on Channel 151 (Laugh USA) on XM. I don't know who that other guy is.
Barbara WaWA is a racist pig!
Same one! She must have been a real diet.
That's one of those Lycra cameras - see how it's stretttttching the pic upwards and not outwards? She does NOT look like that.
That has to be Boy George with Rosie O'Donut. Holy smokes!!!
If the outrage of this year's Oscar going a film about racism over a film about gaydom is any indication, it would seem that gay is the new black.
It's sad that the entertainment industry just uses people and throws them away when its done, but I guess we shouldn't expect any better from a business that is completely void of integrity or morals.
Rosie, o please do not lose weight and get married. What would The View do without your wholesome presence?
Yes. And Amen to all that. I hope the death of that show is long, slow, and dismal. Rosie will help that decline a lot. She will occupy the Fat 'n Nasty Seat at the School of Bitter Old Menopausal Women's Advanced Studies.
It never ceases to amaze me how important some people think they are.
I think this whole thing is hilarious.
Oddly, her face was prettier when she was fat. It's often like that - face or figure. Her body looks better but her face looks horsier.
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Me too. The funniest part is that they think people are going to tune in to see Rosie O'Donnell....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOOOLOOO
Well, they will now. I thought what Rosie said about Star was right on.
"STAR JONES has made headlines recently for her dramatic weight loss -- in which she won't reveal how she took off the pounds -- and even more recently gained attention for her breast lift surgery nearly two weeks ago. Now, ROSIE O'DONNELL voices her opinion on "The View" co-host's weight loss. "I don't understand with Star Jones why she's alright with talking about having a breast augmentation ... but not gastric bypass," she says. "I don't understand that."
O'Donnell says she isn't convinced that Star did it through exercise and diet alone. "If you have to have gastric bypass because you feel it's a medical emergency and you have no alternative, then you have that, and there are repercussions to having that," she says, "but to pretend you lost it doing Pilates is kind of delusional."
Out with the token black. In with the token lesbian. Maybe Connie Chung can join.
Token Asian or token loon??
How dare Rosie O'Donnell comment on ANYBODY's body. What makes women do this to each other? Oh, wait...I'm assuming Rosie is a "woman." Sorry.
I wish I could say what I really think of Rosie O on this board, but GLAAD would probably catch wind of it and have FreeRepublic.com shut down...and then everybody would hate me. Rosie O'Donnell is a ^*&#$^*#@^$*#(&(*#@&$*(#&$*(#$&(#*&$*(#&$#*(&$#*(&$#*(&$#*(&$#(*&$#*($&#(*$&#(*. :)
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