Buh-bye Rosie!

Colt · Apr 25, 2007

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268281,00.html

NEW YORK — Rosie O'Donnell's stormy tenure on "The View" will be a short one.

ABC said Wednesday it was unable to agree on a contract with the opinionated host, and she'll leave the show in June.

Earlier Wednesday, rumors swirled that O'Donnell's bawdy humor while emceeing the Matrix Awards on Monday would result in her leaving "The View."

O'Donnell's antics occurred Monday in front of 2,000 people at an event feting New York's most accomplished women in media at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom.

The chat-show host dropped the F-bomb as Barbara Walters lowered her head and covered her face with her hand. She also concluded a rant about Donald Trump by grabbing her crotch and shouting a profane epithet.

Resignation Rumors O'Donnell said she was sad when Trump called her "disgusting" and "fat" because it was always her dream to turn on "an old, bald billionaire."

The annual luncheon of N.Y. Women in Communications — which honored Cindy Adams, Meredith Vieira, Joan Didion and Arianna Huffington, among others — featured as presenters News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, Joy Behar, Nora Ephron, Martha Stewart and Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Also on hand were 17 high school girls who won scholarships to pursue their dreams of careers in media.

"I was offended by how vulgar and common O'Donnell was," Robert Zimmerman, a Democrat active in progressive causes, told the New York Post's Page Six gossip column. "It was especially inappropriate with young people present."

Brandon Holley, editor-in-chief of Jane magazine, told the Post, "I wasn't personally offended, but I thought it was fun to watch other people be offended."

Among those in the crowd were Rudy Giuliani's wife Judith Giuliani, his ex-wife Donna Hanover, Judge Judy Sheindlin, Helen Gurley Brown, Geri Laybourne of Oxygen Media, Jane Friedman of HarperCollins and Hearst president Cathie Black.

O'Donnell's publicist, Cindi Berger, told the Post: "When you ask for Rosie, you know what you're getting. She's not a shrinking violet. She's a stand-up comedienne. She says things that are provocative."

N.Y. Women in Communications, however, was happy with O'Donnell. The group's managing director, Beth Ellen Keyes, sent an e-mail to her handlers saying, "Rosie was fabulous. Please let Rosie know how much we appreciated her being there. She was just great," the Post reported.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Will THR have grief counsellors on hand to help us each deal with this?

News Shooter · Apr 25, 2007

That's going to be a big seat to fill

She'll be back...worry not

MilsurpShooter · Apr 25, 2007

While I'm sitting here with a smirk on my face, I find myself oddly offended at one part of this story

"I was offended by how vulgar and common O'Donnell was," Robert Zimmerman, a Democrat active in progressive causes

I might be reading that wrong but does this mean he's saying regular people aren't as good as him?

and buh bye Rosie

Joe Demko · Apr 25, 2007

No, he's using vulgar and common to indicate she was behaving in a low class sort of way. You could stretch it, I guess, since using those words in that sense has its roots in the middle and upper classes looking down on poor people, but I doubt that he meant any more than she was behaving in a way not appropriate to the venue.

Marshall · Apr 25, 2007

Good riddance.

Justin · Apr 25, 2007

She'll be back...worry not

Her ongoing, high-profile, publicly visible implosion is some of the best entertainment to come along in years.

KenW. · Apr 25, 2007

Hey! Let's have a party! :neener:

Lonestar · Apr 25, 2007

Putting aside her stance on gun control and how overjoyed I am she no longer has an audience, It seems like a smart move for the network.

She was always a mental case even before she joined the View. She got into more conflicts than the Nazis ever did.

MilsurpShooter · Apr 25, 2007

Thanks Joe, knew I was probably reading too much into it

JWarren · Apr 25, 2007

According to a Fox News report, she will likely get her own show again. Because of her controversial nature, the source they cited claims that she can command about $50 million a year on her own show.

I like that she got canned, but likely she will profit from it, and still won't shut up or go away.

I may be wrong, but I think it would take a combination of crossing the street without looking both ways and a speeding 18 wheeler to silence her.

John

The Law · Apr 25, 2007

Don't let the door hit ya' on the way out! :neener:

todd740 · Apr 25, 2007

She would have to have a 5 mile head start on that door not to get hit on the way out

Kevlarman · Apr 25, 2007

Marshall said:
Good riddance.

To bad rubbish. :neener:

Kimber1911_06238 · Apr 25, 2007

there is a god....i'd rather listen to a 3 year old, they have more common sense

foghornl · Apr 25, 2007

Even though no one in my household ever watched "The Spew", I can understand how thew quality of the show will improve in June....

jeepmor · Apr 25, 2007

We can all hope she goes the way of Howard Stern and gets picked up by satellite radio so we can all choose to ignore her without commercials.

rev214 · Apr 25, 2007

"I was offended by how vulgar and common O'Donnell was," Robert Zimmerman, a Democrat active in progressive causes, told the New York Post's Page Six gossip column. "It was especially inappropriate with young people present."

always a class(less) act...thanks for the memories...

Ratzinger_p38 · Apr 25, 2007

Robert Zimmerman, a Democrat active in progressive causes

Hm something doesnt look right here...

Robert Zimmerman, a Democrat active in socialist causes

Fixed.

Cliff47 · Apr 25, 2007

Wonder who the powers-that-be at ABC will sign to replace her? Sarah Brady? No, she already has a gig.

vintage68 · Apr 25, 2007

Maybe someone could enlighten me as to why anyone would care even a little about some fat slob on a daytime talk show geared towards bored housewives?

Shovelhead · Apr 25, 2007

http://abc.go.com/fsp/index.html?lid=ABCCOMGlobalMenu&lpos=VideoPlayer#

scroll down to the Daytime section, select Watch topics & clips from The View, Then select The View Hot Topics - Rap Lyrics Censored (Part 1).
(sorry can't figure out how to hot link that video)

Listen to Rosie @ 1:20 and substitue the 2nd ammendment where she's spouting off about the 1st ammendment.

What a hippo-crite

cbsbyte · Apr 25, 2007

In the long run this will be better for her. Personally, I don't know why everyone even bothers with this women.

High Planes Drifter · Apr 25, 2007

I wonder if they'll throw a party the day she leaves.? If they do, maybe they can have the cake backed in the shape of an AR, or an AK.

JWarren · Apr 25, 2007

OK... this was neat to hear 3 hours ago. As one who is trapped by Fox News all day, I am already sick of hearing about it.

Seriously, they had 4 stories on it in the last hour.

I guess I should be happy that there isn't any REAL news going on, though.

-- John

kellyj00 · Apr 25, 2007

so, she couldn't negotiate for a one-year so she chose unemployment? hmm...

Me thinks, she can say whatever she wants and ABC won't call her a liar. Just like any job, you can say you left for whatever reason you want, whether you were fired for being loud-mouthed, controversial and not fitting in doesn't have to be what you tell everyone else.

Then again though, she could have left for the reason she said too. But, that only makes sense if she's got more money than she feels like she can spend...it's not likely that she'll get anything any higher profile during daytime TV than the show she was on.

I don't have anything against Rosie O'Donnell, but judging from what she's said publicly about Donald Trump, Catholics and her views on family I really don't think we'd be friends.

Buh-bye Rosie!

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