Oh Woe is me... Why's everybody pickin on me???
Posted on 05/25/2007 12:33:13 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Edited on 05/25/2007 3:08:10 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Rosie O'Donnell has fought her last fight at "The View." ABC said Friday she asked for, and received, an early exit from her contract at the daytime chatfest following her angry confrontation with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday. She was due to leave in mid-June.
It ended a colorful eight-month tenure for O'Donnell that lifted the show's ratings but no doubt caused heartburn for show creator Barbara Walters. O'Donnell feuded with Donald Trump and frequently had snippy exchanges with the more conservative Hasselbeck.
O'Donnell said last month she would be leaving because she could not agree to a new contract with ABC executives.
"Rosie contributed to one of our most exciting and successful years at `The View,'" Walters said. "I am most appreciative. Our close and affectionate relationship will not change."
In a statement, O'Donnell said that "it's been an amazing year and I love all three women."
No one was feeling the love on Wednesday, when the argument with Hasselbeck began over O'Donnell's statement last week about the war: "655,000 Iraqi civilians have died. Who are the terrorists?"
Talk show critics accused O'Donnell of calling U.S. troops terrorists. She called Hasselbeck "cowardly" for not saying anything in response to the critics.
"Do not call me a coward, because No. 1, I sit here every single day, open my heart and tell people what I believe," Hasselbeck retorted, and their riveting exchange continued despite failed attempts by their co-hosts to cut to a commercial.
According to a New York Post report, O'Donnell's chief writer, Janette Barber, was allegedly led out of the building on Wednesday after she was caught drawing mustaches on photographs of Hasselbeck in "The View" studios. ABC executives didn't return repeated calls for questions on the incident Friday.
On Thursday O'Donnell had asked for a day off to celebrate her partner's birthday. "The View" aired a taped show on Friday.
On her Web site, O'Donnell posted a scrapbooklike video on Friday with pictures and news clippings of her tenure at "The View." Cyndi Lauper's "Sisters of Babylon" played in the background.
A day earlier, she posted messages on her Web site indicating she might not be back.
"When painting there is a point u must step away from the canvas as the work is done," she wrote. "Any more would take away."
I think Rosie and the controversy affected the quality of guests willing to appear on that stupid show.
In just the last few weeks since I’ve started paying attention to who visits the View, all I’ve seen are boring, b-list, has-beens and assorted, lesser ABC (the View’s network) stars who probably, under contract, must oblige.
No movie stars with a major motion picture premiering, no hot-selling musicians with a chart-topper, no best-selling authors, zip.
Defeatism.
Leni
Good riddance!
Its called the culture war, and it is every bit as important as the war on terror.
LMAO!!! Best photoshop yet I saw of this pig. Hey wait, is that a photoshop of her? LOL!
“HAsselbeck gave it back to her and now she’s skulking off...typical coward liberal.”
I agree. Elisabeth finally stands up to her and Rosie stomps off like a spoiled brat. Typical liberal.
Check out Trump calling her a degenerate on Letterman..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY174y5X6LE
Priceless! Notice no Gay and les groups said anything!
I watched the tape three times. I still can’t figure out what Rosie was accusing Liz of. She was just looking to bully from what I could see. the argument made no sense.
"Rumor has it Rosie is getting the can today.
We shall see."
(From the Elisabeth vs. Rosie: See catfight on "the View" thread, post 28)
CaptainK, What else can you share with us?
Thank you!
Why not a thread on forensic specialist Dr. Lee and his potential impeachment?
Sean did appear on that inane show but he did try to tell her off. What bothers me about O’Donuts is that she was getting her talking points from Soros and Moveon and all the conspiracy websites. Sick stuff - and the sponsors thought people would buy their products? I don’t believe that she left because of a “contract dispute’ - I think the network wanted to get rid of her because they saw future trouble. If we were ever attacked again, they knew that Rosie would be gloating over it.
Fatal words - now Barbara Wawa has to retired. She has absolutely disgraced herself.
Exactly! There are dimwits who actually believe every stupid word that she says. I am sure that the Islamofascists adore the slob although they would have trouble finding a burka her side. Dumb Rosie does not acknowledge how Islamonazis treat lesbians. There is a real disconnect on the left.
Oh Woe is me... Why's everybody pickin on me???
Anonymous ABC people were dropping hints. It had the tone of being for real. And so it was.
It was said that she was canned. And then that she quit. A Mexican standoff so to speak. But Rosie was livid. So what else is new?
that’s as good a description of the DU I’ve seen..
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