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 heard Rosanne Barr was next in line.
ping Register - he’ll do it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839668/posts
I guess dreams do come true - “Depart from The View and get a real life;”
No no no. She prefers bush!!
Quick note, Rosie is a lesbian like my grandma is a wagon. Rosie is what's known as a "couldn't get laid in prison with a fistful of pardons" lesbian. No man at the level of looks, money, personality, whatever, she believes she's entitled to would touch her.
She's bitter. She has father issues because her mother passed away while she was a teen. She's been spurned more than once at high school parties by guys she's hit on. Know her type. Well.
Thia obsession with one of four hosts on a daytime women’s talk show is weird.
I would think FReepers, particularly male FReepers, would have other things on their minds.
Translation: "We knew Rosie was outrageous and offensive, but hey, she made all you right wing males follow what was expected to be a niche-market chick show."
What exactly happened that Alicia Silverstone dissed Elizabeth later in the show?
Don’t forget - hates self. All the other hatred follows that.
I heard whoopi g. is in the running as replacement.
Another GWB/Republican-hater. ABC should have its license pulled.
She really lost on the ABC video that Yahoo news is carrying.
Sounds like she was trying to weasel mouth out of her anti America bs on the show and other places the past few months.
Bush’s fault. He drives liberals absolutely insane. We should have GW masks to picket these anti American sobs when they show up to whine about America.
I’ve never seen it and am pretty sure that won’t change.
Rosie to Take Katie Couric Anchor Job at CBS.
CBS president Les Moonves, in a hastily called press conference said, "Katie was not working out as she was too conservative." Moonves added,"with Rosie, we believe we can appeal to a much wider audience." (joking!)
>>>I just want you to know that made me laugh so hard I was almost crying. Thanks!
Can’t claim credit for the photoshop - I ripped it off another thread here...
She knew she had been exposed by Elizabeth as an America Hater. She couldn't defend her self and had to leave to save face and further embarrassment. HA!
Maybe they can tap Ron Paul as her replacement.
ROFLMAO
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