Rosie O’Donnell leaves ‘The View’ weeks before her contract is up
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- May
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Let us all have a moment of silence.
OK, now what the hell happened?
Rosie O’Donnell wasn’t supposed to exit “The View” until June 20, her one-year anniversary. And indeed, even on last Wednesday’s show, in which the South Nyack resident got into her now-infamous war of words with Elisabeth Hasselbeck over the Iraq war, she was still talking about her three remaining weeks on the show.
O’Donnell even asked guest Elizabeth Mitchell, of “Lost,” how she pulls off her icy “Others” death stare—in part because she suggested it would come in handy while dealing with her conservative co-host in the coming days. But yesterday, ABC dropped another Rosie bombshell: Brian Frons, the president of the network’s daytime television group, said that O’Donnell would not be returning after Memorial Day weekend.
After Wednesday’s heated exchange between O’Donnell and Hasselbeck, she didn’t return on air for the rest of the week. Thursday’s show was preempted for a White House news conference with the President, and Friday’s show was pretaped. Barbara Walters had issued a statement late in the week saying that O’Donnell had asked for time off to celebrate her partner’s birthday, and that all would be peaceful in the kingdom of “The View” next week. In retrospect, Walters comments now seem more like a verdict than obsequious optimism.
“We had hoped that Rosie would be with us until the end of her contract three weeks from now, but Rosie has informed us that she would like an early leave,â€? Mr. Frons explained. “Therefore we part ways, thank her for her tremendous contribution to ‘The View’ and wish her well.â€?
In her own statement, also released through ABC, O’Donnell said, “I’m extremely grateful. It’s been an amazing year, and I love all three women.” And as hard as that may be to believe on the surface, in a video posted to her rblog yesterday, she recapped her tumultuous year at “The View” in a kind of scrapbook montage of clippings and photos. Titled “True Colors 2007,” the vid even including many of Hasselbeck right near the beginning (none of Trump that I could see, though). Cyndi Lauper’s “Sisters of Avalon” played in the background.
So folks, you know it’s true. If you’re hearing Cyndi Lauper-scored retrospectives, it’s over for good. A tear.
Godspeed, Rosie.
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I think Rosie showed great restraint and judgement. My mom & I watch “The View” most everyday together, as much as possible. We watched the spirited debates and saw the love & passion that Rosie brought to the show. Sometimes,
even if we did not totally agree with her feelings, or if
our views were not as strong as hers, it was great to see
real, honest feelings for the politics, the show itself,
all celebrities and their shows, etc., etc., etc. It was
great to see her back up her interest in children’s charities and other related personal & public interest.
She brought light & focus to different children’s illness and also gave donations personally & also brought in other
sponsorships. Rosie will be greatly missed. No two ways about it, it was a great show that was made better with
the personality that Rosie brought to the view.
Note that her detailed interest & knowlege of TV shows, old and new, love of Broadway, and many other aspects of
“celebrity” helped to bring in extra depth and an extra
personal touch to her interviews. Think of all the fun
related to her “crush” of Tom Cruise.
My mom & I were really looking forward to the build up to
the final shows with Rosie and her pending visits over the
years to come. I know it would have been a great finale.
Rosie & I have similiar birthdates, both of us born in March, 1 week apart. I have recently identified with her
on the areas of loyality (to the show), being considerate
of her co-workers and their feelings (& hormones), and the
fact the work isn’t just work, it’s pride & personal.
I hope to see a lot more of Rosie now that I have found her blog. I have not always followed such things in the past, but if Rosie will not be on TV 4-5 days a week, then
I will try to continue to support her in this alternative way. I also know she plans a little downtime, but knowing she has a blog where she releases only what she wants to release is a good alternative.
Yeah Rosie. Yeah Barbara Walters for supporting her & bringing her to the show.
Cyndi Lauper is amazing! We need more people like Cyndi in this world!
I’m so tired of Elisabeth talking over Joy, who is from a generation that learned manners.
Evey time I see a blog or news story defending o’dummy I’m amazed.
She accuses American troops of killing 10 times the civilians who have died in Iraq – most of them were killed by terrorists, islamic terrorists. Doubt it? See the anti-war propagandists at Iraq Body Count.
She says fire doesn’t melt steel (Say “smelting,” “welding,” and look up “iron age.”), then tries to blame the government for 9/11.
Perhaps worst of all, she tries to claim American soldiers are responsible the made-up 650,000 Iraqi dead.
Meantime, Baba lets this crap go on until Elizabeth finally grows enough brass to take the lying bigot on. Now we know where Wawa stands too. Typical far left liberal.
The best comment I’ve seen so far on o’dummy is:
Ching Chong, the Witch is gone.
Is there some reason you ask for our websites ( fromzcorner.blogspot.com ) if you’re not going to list them with the post?
Rosie has always had star power because she has always been controversial. That fact was always a part of the plan to battle the ratings. She lives an alternative lifstyle and many of her ideas are to the left. She gets away with things that the average conservative to conservative liberal would be persecuted for saying. I disagree with the war, but the statement indicating that the American troops were terrorist was going a bit too far!
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