Donald Trump Writes Letter to Rosie O'Donnell, Bashes Barbara Walters

FOX News ^ | January 09, 2007 | Unattributed

[Ben Mugged]

In a saga that just won't die, Donald Trump wrote a letter Tuesday to Rosie O'Donnell in response to media reports of her blow-up at Barbara Walters, telling her she had the right to be angry and saying Walters "lied to both of us."

The tone of Trump's Jan. 9 letter, sent to FOX News and other press outlets, is snide — and some of his allegations about Walters' recent grumblings over O'Donnell, whom she hired last year to be the moderator on "The View," are shocking.

"In fact, she lied to both of us!" Trump wrote in the one-page letter, which he sent to O'Donnell at ABC Studios in Manhattan. "After your maniacal and foolish rant against me two weeks ago, Barbara called me from her vacation (I did not call her) in order to apologize for your behavior. She had heard that I was going to retaliate against you and tried to talk me out of it."

Trump claims Walters tried to persuade him to come on "The View" when she returned from vacation so that she could "patch things up," but he said no.

"To be exact, she said that 'working with her [O'Donnell] is like living in hell' and, more pointedly, 'Donald, never get into the mud with pigs' and 'don't worry, she won't be here for long,'" Trump wrote. "Barbara knows exactly what she told me over the phone and she has to live with it."

[NormsRevenge]

Alright!!!

[SevenofNine]

OMGGG this getting good LOL!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

[FormerACLUmember]

Please forgive me, but I love watching Rosie O'Dinosaur go down in flames.

[i_dont_chat]

Of the 3 of them, The Donald has the most credibility.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Pork futures just took a nose-dive.

[bella1]

I never watch The View, but I sure am enjoying this.

[sono]

More Popcorn, Please!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Let me assure you, there is no fight between Baa-Baa Waa-Waa, Rosie "Moose" O'donnel and The Donald..it's all a publicity stunt..

[Lx]

And the hits just keep on coming...

[mbraynard]

I think that disclosing a private conversation like that is uncivil.

The language he has used against Rosie has made me feel sorry for her as a woman. You just shouldn't talk about a woman that way, I suppose. Even if it is Rosie who is the antiChrist.

Of course, this is a really irrelevant discussion entirely. And the truth is that with Rosie on the View the ratings have skyrocketed, so she's probably staying put.

[Kenton]

Just keeps getting better and better...

[eyedigress]

I believe The Donald is very good at this game, and he is making sure Rosie is going to go down in flames. Now he's turned the tables once again and is forcing BaBwa Wa Wa's hand! :^)

[Ladysmith]

Maybe we could convince The Nuge to finish this off...

[July 4th]

My hope is that he takes out The View entirely.

[Chena]

I never watch "The View" since I can't stand the liberal loons, and I certainly am not going to start now, but this battle between Rosie, Trump and Babwa is amusing.

[FormerACLUmember]

The Nuge?

[stm]

He did not get where he is today by not being able to win an argument. Love him or hate him, he is an undisputed master at persuasion.

[Marie2]

I just don't know who to root for, here.

[GunnyHartman]

"Of the 3 of them, The Donald has the most credibility. "

Twice filing bunkruptcy and stiffing his creditors for millions means all three have ZERO credibility in my book.

[mystery-ak]

[ErnBatavia]

but I love watching Rosie O'Dinosaur go down in flames.

[TET1968]

This is what happens when two of a kind go head to head.
Classless and ugly.

[BurtSB]

I know I am cynical but this smells like a plot by TV producers to boost the ratings Trumps shows and that tired View .

[eyedigress]

Amen to that!

[Kenton]

The language he has used against Rosie has made me feel sorry for her as a woman.

No, Rosie is a bull dyke, not a woman. She is the Alpha Male in her little "family", and she has forsaken any femininity she ever possessed. Besides, she's fat, ugly and unpleasant, and she started it.

[Enchante]

Can't we just lock the 3 of them in a room full of mud and let them wallow in it together???

I wouldn't exactly mind if all 3 of these clowns retired forever from public life. Still, I am glad to see The Donald giving Raving Rosie some grief.....

[jennyjenny]

And that's not saying much, is it?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Yes, and EXCEPTIONALLY well stirred!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

[Lucky9teen]

Rosie: "He wounded millions of women by saying that I was fat, you know?"

Bwahahahaha

[sr4402]

Here is how I feel about that man.

/Sarcasm OFF

[Bottom_Gun]

Maybe we could convince The Nuge to finish this off...

Now that might make a good pay per view *L*

[Cecily]

The Retard-O-Meter with respect to this idiotic feud has redlined. Why can't they all just shut up and go away?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Trump later told FOX News Channel and other media outlets that he and Walters were friends...

Not any more.

[CAWats]

And the truth is that with Rosie on the View the ratings have skyrocketed, so she's probably staying put.

Not necessarily. Look how long CBS kept Rather after his ratings were in the toilet. And Miss Perky has the lowest ever ratings, worse than Dan Rather, yet CBS refuses to fire Katie.

Apparently, ratings mean nothing.

[Boardwalk]

I was watching the View today while stuck at the car dealership and Rosie was blaming the Bush administration for not showing photos of our soldiers coming back in coffins and the only guy who got a picture of the massive coffins was fired from his job. She said it was all about us not getting the chance to see it and feel it and therefore we would do nothing about it. The youngest View member said that this policy started with the Clinton administration, so at least there is one of them on that show who seems semi-Republican and not a blatant left-wing loon!

[sarasota]

Ah but now that Walters' credibility is at stakes, the bar has been raised. When will she re-enter the discussion and what will she say now??

[Lorianne]

Would it be too much to ask if all these persons would (accidently of course) slip into a black hole in the universe and disappear?

[Revelation 911]

I believe The Donald is very good at this game, and he is making sure Rosie is going to go down in flames. Now he's turned the tables once again and is forcing BaBwa Wa Wa's hand! :^)

its been fun watching him outwit both of them

[Lucky9teen]

Ugh, she's just SO disgusting. And everything that comes out of her mouth, pisses me off.

[Unmarked Package]

From the article:

A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted by phone over the weekend among 1,004 participants indicated that only 28 percent of people had a favorable opinion of O'Donnell versus 41 percent who said they had a favorable opinion of Trump, USA Today reported.

Since libs like Rosie and Baba Wawa live by the polls and die by the polls, this can only mean one thing.

Rosie, you're fired!

[Boston Blackie]

Donald has placed himself in the middle....I hope Rosie ain't on top.

[beansox]

If Rosie could shed pounds as quickly she sheds friends, she would look like Laura Flynn Boyle!

[stm]

[Kimmers]

I agree no one should publicly talk like that about anyone.

I wish he would have been the better person and not gone to her level of personal assault by name calling.

He is a much smarter man than she and he could of responded to her in a more dignified manner.

I am tired of both of these children....nanananabooboo

[The_Victor]

[marshmallow]

This is turning into a bitch fight.

I'd have had more respect for Trump if he'd taken the high road in this whole thing and simply smiled when asked about O'Donnell's insults and replied in an offhand, distant tone, that Ms O'Donnell clearly "has issues", or something along those lines and left it at that. It would have shown class and would have thrown into high relief Rosie's trailer park mouth. Less is more in these situations.

Instead, Trump has taken off his jacket and tie, climbed down into the mud pit with Rosie and is busy bitch slapping Rosie and covering himself with the same stinking stuff that she wallows in.

Next time they have one of those celebrity boxing matches, they should make these two the main attraction.

[Bahbah]

Bwahahahah. I think I am beginning to enjoy this.