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."
We owe Bill O’Reilly a debt of gratitude for using the past few months to go after Rosie and her stupidity both on the air and in print. I don’t believe that she left the show of her own accord: the question is, did the sponsors pressure ABC or did they get fed up on their own.
I can’t believe that Sean would support this shamnesty. I think this is the end for McCain. Romney has rightly blasted it and I don’t hear very much from Rudy about it. This shamnesty is quicksand.
Rosie is just another EMOTIONALLY disturbed lesbian who HATES men and conservative women. She had a melt down.
Rosie can dish it out but can’t take it.
She’s a STUPID BULLY.
“If she is supposedly representing conservatives, too bad she looks like a cheap street walker. The comments posted in response to your picture say it well.”
Agree!
Why does she LOWER herself to LIBERAL standards of garb?
It cheapens her. At first glance she looks like the typical hard up LIBERAL looking for some action. She is attractive and doesn’t need to resort to trashy LIBERAL standards with her boobs hanging out for attention.
All the more if she is pregnant why dress like a whore on a street cornor? She shouldn’t lower herself to such LOW standards. It would be easy to confuse her for a LIBERAL.
sonic:
Her real job is that she is a clothing designer. Her clothes (baby and kids clothes) will be sold in Target in the fall.
sonic:
Her real job is that she is a clothing designer. Her clothes (baby and kids clothes) will be sold in Target in the fall.
TARGET? Egads, I love shopping there. Yikes! I’ll have to check out her attempts at high fashion. LOL
I found her quite entertaining when she subbed on Fox and Friends........
tioga:
She was a clothing designer before she starred on SURVIVIOR. Now she is going to design kids clothing. She wants to raise her (and Husband’s Matt - the back up QB of the Giants) kid herself. Not a nanny.
OH, you mean Elisabeth.......I thought you meant rosie....
I figured it out. Good for her. Family first. I’ll WILL be sure to check them out now.
Baba Wawa let her get away without asking the question on everybody’s mind; “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”
Bernard:
“If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”
baba Wawa should act like a tree and ‘Leave’!! LOL
Very perceptive pick-up on that. I have had a hard time believing that she raised ratings simply by her disgusting presence.
‘I think it’s kinda nice that Rosie leaves because Hasselbeck finally has the gumption to speak up. Not only does it show how thin-skinned and childish these leftists are, it paints Hasselbeck as one who can suffer much yet hang in there. A nice contrast between ideologies!’
Completely agree.
Damn, I heard this kid interviewed on Fox News Saturday....WOW.
Lets eat!
‘Next Joyless Blowhard had to leave. She is stupid, a terrible actress and unfunny.’
True, but her nickname as you describe it explains her ability to find work on a regular basis....(chuckle)
‘Stupid Joy Behar: “Go to commercial! Go to commercial!” She knew Rosie was digging her own grave and she tried to save her. After all, Rosie spouted the garbage Joy is too chicken$h** to say.’
Yep.
Conversely, smart Baba Wawa, avoiding the meltdown everybody knew was coming.
(chuckle)
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