View Full Version : Rosie O'Donnell leaving `The View'
jetdawgg
04-25-07, 10:13 AM
NEW YORK - <FORM class=yqin action=http://yq.search.yahoo.com/search method=post> </FORM>Rosie O'Donnell (http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Rosie+O%27Donnell)'s stormy tenure on "The View" will be a short one. The opinionated host was unable to agree on a contract with ABC, and she'll leave the show in June.
"My needs for the future just didn't dovetail with what ABC was able to offer me," O'Donnell said in a statement Wednesday.
"This has been an amazing experience," she said, "and one I wouldn't have traded for the world."
O'Donnell has helped raise the ratings for the daytime chat show invented by Barbara Walters. But her outspokenness has caused almost constant controversy, including a nasty name-calling feud with Donald Trump that placed Walters squarely in the middle.
"I induced Rosie to come back to television on `The View' even for just one year," Walters said. "She has given the program new vigor, new excitement and wonderful hours of television. I can only be grateful to her for this year."
Walters was frequently left to clean up the damage after O'Donnell. She did it most recently Monday, when O'Donnell was criticized for using bad language and attacking Rupert Murdoch from the dais of the annual New York Women in Communication awards luncheon.
"I would like to point out that Rosie's view is not always mine," Walters said. "I would like to say for the record that I am very fond of Rupert Murdoch."
In the Trump imbroglio, O'Donnell was reportedly mad that Walters did not come more swiftly to her defense, while Trump said Walters told him she didn't want O'Donnell on the show — a claim Walters denied.
Statements by public figures are being watched more closely in the post-Don Imus era. The lobbying group Focus on the Family said it was preparing to contact advertisers on "The View" as part of a campaign against O'Donnell. The group is angry at O'Donnell for comments they feel were insulting to Catholics.
Despite controversy — or maybe because of it — O'Donnell was good business for ABC, owned by the Walt Disney Co. Ratings for "The View" during February sweeps were up 15 percent in key women demographics over the same time in 2006.
Bill Carroll, an expert in the syndication market for Katz Television, said he'd be surprised if ABC didn't try hard to keep O'Donnell, given the attention she brought to the long-running show.
The timing of the announcement doesn't particularly suit O'Donnell if she wants to remain in daytime television. She wouldn't be able to introduce a new program to the syndication market until September 2008, he said. But the company that produced O'Donnell's long-running daytime show has expressed interest in having her back, he said.
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070425/capt.0b3a20dee38546068bd3b2e24f0d5d4c.tv_o_donnell _exits_nyet183.jpg?x=180&y=232&sig=buWGwvoKRpLk5CwB0a1pgw-- (http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070425/482/0b3a20dee38546068bd3b2e24f0d5d4c&g=events/en/042507rosieodonnell;_ylt=AuyHYf2vXgo78HiixX7kuta2G L8C)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_en_tv/tv_o_donnell_exits
bigdog43701
04-25-07, 10:22 AM
bout time they cut her fat a$$ loose!
USMC-FO
04-25-07, 10:24 AM
A smarmy chubby with a big pie hole can often do exactly this: induce big ratings which will follow with big money even, as is often the case, she annoys the crap out of 90% of the world. This is all about the money just as the Imus firing was.
By By Rosie, don't let the door slam your fat butt on the way out.
yellowwing
04-25-07, 10:27 AM
"I would like to point out that Rosie's view is not always mine," Walters said. "I would like to say for the record that I am very fond of Rupert Murdoch."
Especially if you mights be asking him for a job next year! Whose idea was it to let a foreign national control a national network anyway?
jetdawgg
04-25-07, 10:28 AM
http://blogs.salon.com/0002916/images/2005/08/04/extremely%20fat%20ass2.jpgThe door missed
USMC-FO
04-25-07, 10:35 AM
The door missed.....
Whoa ma ma....roll that up in flour !
yellowwing
04-25-07, 10:40 AM
Baby got Butt!
drumcorpssnare
04-25-07, 10:52 AM
Well, when she leaves "the View", she should just start making videos for the "Rosie O'Donnell Weight Gain System."
She could just set up a video cam in her kitchen, and tape herself eating pizza, burgers, tacos, candy, pie, cookies, pepperoni, whole chickens, cake, dog food, chips, whole hams, pickles, bananas, SPAM, peas, ice cream, M&M's, soda, meatloaf, rice, carrots, hot dogs, milk, apples, turkey, calzones, sub sandwiches, cereal, beans, corned beef, popsicles, gum, ...(etc., etc. ad nauseum)
Then she could just sit around on her huge a$$, looking fat and stupid.
And the funny thing is....people would buy her tapes!:D
drumcorpssnare:usmc:
Where is the crazy wacko we need to take that fat ***** out.
outlaw3179
04-25-07, 11:37 AM
Holy Sh*T! Was that Grimace ?
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jetdawgg
04-25-07, 04:33 PM
Rosie O' Donnell will likely take her first steps toward returning to a solo talk show in the next four to six months.
The contract that the controversial co-host of ABC's "The View" has with the network stipulates that she must first negotiate with a division of the Walt Disney Co. in good faith if she wants to strike out on her own with a new show, according to people familiar with the contract. Disney owns ABC.
Those same sources said they are confident Ms. O'Donnell will trigger that clause by spring or summer.
Attendees at the National Association of Television Program Executives conference this week in Las Vegas speculated that Ms. O' Donnell already had a handshake deal with Warner Bros. for a new show. A spokesman for Warner Bros. said there have been no negotiations. A spokesman for Endeavor, which represents Ms. O'Donnell, could not be reached for comment by press time.
Still, if Ms. O' Donnell does leave "The View" for a show of her own, she has many connections to Warner Bros., suggesting she ultimately might land there. Hilary Estey McLoughlin, president of Warner's Telepictures Productions division, executive produced Ms. O'Donnell's popular 1990s syndicated talk show "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." Ms. O' Donnell likewise has longstanding ties with Jim Paratore, who was president of Telepictures when the division produced "Rosie," which Warners also distributed. Mr. Paratore now heads a Warner-based production company, ParaMedia, where he is producing upcoming news magazine "TMZ."
Disney likely would fight to keep Ms. O' Donnell should she leave "The View," according to ABC insiders. Since she joined the daytime roundtable, ratings for the 10-year old show have grown by double-digit percentages and hit all-time highs. In recent weeks, Ms. O'Donnell's feud with Donald Trump has generated a round of press coverage for the show. The ABC insiders also said the contract with Ms. O' Donnell protects the network from losing the comedienne easily. An ABC spokesman declined to comment.
Industry executives said a competitor to Disney or Warner could emerge in the pursuit of Ms. O' Donnell. CBS Television Distribution Group, which comprises the merged King World and CBS Paramount, could step in with an offer.
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11411
Sgt Leprechaun
04-25-07, 08:13 PM
Quite simply, the show will die. The new one. She doesn't have enough 'star power' to hold a show on her own. I realize what the ratings say and all that......however, unless she continues to manufacture such things as the Trump feud (etc etc), any show done soley by her, for her, and including her wackjob leftwing political opinions will fail.
Zulu 36
04-25-07, 08:23 PM
Rosie is an ignorant clown. She comes up with such stupidity even other liberals are embarassed by her mouth. That takes some doing, but she has managed.
Phantom Blooper
04-25-07, 08:24 PM
Barbara's *****es will all fold .This show has lasted way past its prime. Never did like it. Only watched it if the tv was on after the judge show then I flipped the channel ASAP. If I didn't buy the tv and I didn't want to be put on the 5th floor I'd frag the tv when carpet munchkin comes on.:evilgrin:
semperfi170
04-25-07, 11:06 PM
http://blogs.salon.com/0002916/images/2005/08/04/extremely%20fat%20ass2.jpgThe door missed
She must be one of the butt sisters from the song!! Is she Bertha Butt?:banana:
jetdawgg
04-26-07, 08:36 AM
Bertha 2 Butts:D
drumcorpssnare
04-26-07, 08:47 AM
Gee, the lady in that picture is "petite" compared to Rosie!:D
drumcorpssnare:usmc:
jetdawgg
04-26-07, 08:48 AM
Gee, the lady in that picture is "petite" compared to Rosie!:D
drumcorpssnare:usmc:
:D
MOUNTAINWILLIAM
04-26-07, 09:55 AM
NO! NO!! DON’T GO. WHO ELSE CAN BE THE ROLE MODEL FOR THE ABNORMALS OF THE WORLD???
USMCmailman
04-26-07, 10:42 AM
GOOD BUY to GAY Blubber!!:thumbdown :sick:
rktect3j
04-26-07, 10:45 AM
This "women", and I use that term loosely in this instance, needs to pack up and move to France where the rest of here ilk have gone to live.
I'm feeling sick just thinking about this tub o lard. :sick:
OLE SARG
04-26-07, 11:18 AM
rosie needs to get her tits cut off and then she could play football for the NFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! She'd make a good defensive lineman!!
SEMPER FI,
better suited to be 'offensive" line person
Williamwfh
04-28-07, 12:57 AM
What I have found to be amazingly true, many U.S. citizens are not distinguishing the difference between a republic, and a republic with a strong democracy. Therefore, they cannot determine the difference between those two governments and fascism.
Neither at large is the public broadcasting systems, news departments, historians, or television personalities who use their appeal to move the public with zero foundation of creditable-truths, or social qualities -- doing so to advance our great nation.
We are in the generation of “spins” and outright falsehoods. I want to see much better representation on our public airwaves.
The movie industry is not doing any better.
Ed Palmer
07-10-07, 08:35 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/Ed15Palmer/1dikeuv71.jpg
jetdawgg
07-10-07, 08:46 AM
I thought that Rosie is 'left':D
I love it:
Rosie: "All kinds of stuff, but figure it out for yourself"
Far Left: "Yeah!"
Moderates: "Hm... figure it out for myself... a novel idea!"
Far Right: "She's fat. To hell with what she actually said, I'll just make sure everyone knows she's fat.
Sgt Leprechaun
07-10-07, 11:01 AM
You left out "Fat ugly lesbian".
http://www.davidfeldmancomedy.com/archives/roosie.jpg
jetdawgg
07-10-07, 11:18 AM
I love it:
Rosie: "All kinds of stuff, but figure it out for yourself"
Far Left: "Yeah!"
Moderates: "Hm... figure it out for myself... a novel idea!"
Far Right: "She's fat. To hell with what she actually said, I'll just make sure everyone knows she's fat.
:D
I think Rosie is the perfect spokesperson for the left! She epitomizes all that the left stands for! Ignorant, loud mouthed, rude, arrogant and deviant! You go, girl(?)!
yellowwing
07-10-07, 11:44 AM
I think Rosie is the perfect spokesperson for the left! She epitomizes all that the left stands for! Ignorant, loud mouthed, rude, arrogant and deviant! You go, girl(?)!
The Left's counter Coulter?
Sgt Leprechaun
07-10-07, 11:45 AM
DW, that is spot on!
The Left's counter Coulter?
At least Coulter is not hard to look at! If you don't like her you can mute the sound; with rosie you have to burn your TV set! Plus Ann is intelligent!
Sgt Leprechaun
07-10-07, 11:55 AM
Aint that the truth. Ann is hot....and Rosie....well...
Aint that the truth. Ann is hot....and Rosie....well...
IS NOT!!
Ann "Da Man" Coulter is hot? Maybe if you have an Adam's apple fetish.
Ann "Da Man" Coulter is hot? Maybe if you have an Adam's apple fetish.
Get glasses, get a life and get over it!
yellowwing
07-10-07, 01:49 PM
At least Rosie makes Hillary look good! :banana:
At least Rosie makes Hillary look good! :banana:
By blocking the view of her!:banana: :D
Get glasses, get a life and get over it!
I'm sorry, I thought we were posting opinions. I didn't realize straight men were excluded from opining.
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/c/c/coulter_adamsapple.jpg
Get glasses?! Ha! I'd need beer-goggle lasik before I touched that beast.
redneck13
07-10-07, 03:22 PM
:mad: :evilgrin: "YOU'RE POSTING A SUBJECT THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD KNOWS ALREADY, AND WHO GIVES A RATS BUTT?" POST SOMETHING ORIGINAL FOR A CHANGE WOULD YA?
Sgt Leprechaun
07-10-07, 03:42 PM
Sorry she's not your type there eraserman. Nothing wrong with likin yer women big and hairy.
http://www.nasa-sports.com/images/Joke%20pics/FatHairyWomanWeb.jpg
And a fine piece of machinery she is too.
Least, I 'think' it's a she.
USMCmailman
07-10-07, 07:38 PM
If she died--------------------someone would have a party !:marine:
Hey, I didn't claim to like trannies... much unlike DW and yourself.
You can accuse me of whatever you wish, on the other hand, you've already confessed.
OLE SARG
07-10-07, 09:24 PM
Engage brain before starting motor in mouth!!
SEMPER FI,
Hey, I didn't claim to like trannies... much unlike DW and yourself.
You can accuse me of whatever you wish, on the other hand, you've already confessed.
Typical leftie tactic! Don't like 'em, make false accusations! If you have any proof to offer that Ann Coulter is a trannie, I suggest you provide it! Otherwise you're just maintaining your lack of lib credibility (is that an oxymoron?). Light and shadows don't make one a gender bender!
I'm sorry I hurt your little feelings. I was just joking. Like you said "Get glasses, get a life and get over it!"
Oh, and I don't mean to burst your little bubble, but not everything you disagree with in the world is "typical leftie" anything. There are Republicans (namely me) that you will disagree with. That doesn't make me a "leftwing Bush-voting, liberal, small-government, low taxes, moonbat". Seems to me that it's quite "typical far-right nutjob" to turn every issue into partisan politics. I don't dislike Ann Coulter because she's a far-right nutjob, I dislike her because she's ugly, loud, ignorant and vulgar. I dislike others for the same reason.
I'm sorry I hurt your little feelings. I was just joking. Like you said "Get glasses, get a life and get over it!"
Oh, and I don't mean to burst your little bubble, but not everything you disagree with in the world is "typical leftie" anything. There are Republicans (namely me) that you will disagree with. That doesn't make me a "leftwing Bush-voting, liberal, small-government, low taxes, moonbat". Seems to me that it's quite "typical far-right nutjob" to turn every issue into partisan politics. I don't dislike Ann Coulter because she's a far-right nutjob, I dislike her because she's ugly, loud, ignorant and vulgar. I dislike others for the same reason.
Sorry to burst your little bubble, but it would take more than someone like you to "hurt my little feelings".
:cry:
If you don't like someone for the aforementioned reasons, say so! Don't come along trashing them for some other reason. If you insist on talking like a liberal, expect to be called one. Ann and Michelle give back to the dems what they've been dishing for years. It's rough, but long overdue and a lot of us love that someone is finally doing it!
:p
BTW; good luck on your big-government, high tax plan!
:thumbdown
jetdawgg
07-11-07, 11:38 AM
http://www.usmagazine.com/files/rosie_blog_16.jpg
Rosie O'Donnell pokes fun at Elizabeth Hasselbeck during a cruise ship performance on July 8, 2007.
Looks like Rosie O’Donnell has some issues about her premature departure from The View.
The comedian, 45, laid into Elisabeth Hasselbeck -- her former friend and cohost -- in front of a 1,500-person audience on her cruise (from NYC to a private island in the Bahamas) for gay and lesbian families.
A witness tells Us that O’Donnell trotted out a giant photo of Hasselbeck doctored up as the devil, made a “crazy” gesture at the poster and said, “Her only f--king credit was Survivor. Come on!”
And O’Donnell implied that the pair’s famous last battle wasn’t held on an even playing field.
“I can’t fight with pregnant people. Just go have your baby and have a nice life.”
O’Donnell also told the crowd that when you do a show with a group of gals, “before you know it, you’ve got a Jimmy Choo in your back!”
Finally, she targeted Donald Trump.
Recalls the witness, “Rosie said she’d love to break into his apartment and rub her belly all over him.”
Hasselbeck’s rep had no comment. Trump’s rep could not be reached.
http://www.usmagazine.com/rosie_o_donnell_her_cruise_ship_rantings
"good luck on your big-government, high tax plan!"
You really don't know the basic principals that define Republicans politically, do you? Ok, I can see I've confused you. Let me spell it out.
Me: "That doesn't make me a 'leftwing Bush-voting, liberal, small-government, low taxes, moonbat.'"
You see, the "letwing, liberal, moonbat" part is what you far-right loonies insist on calling me. The "Bush-voting, small-government, low taxes" part is me and my stance on those things." I now know to keep things simple around here.
" If you don't like someone for the aforementioned reasons, say so!"
Sorry, I didn't realize we were playing by "DW's Standard Rules of Pointing out Ann Coulter's Adam's Apple." Every picture / video that I have ever seen of her shows it. Hence, the "ugly" part of "ugly, loud, ignorant, and vulgar".
"If you insist on talking like a liberal, expect to be called one."
Just so we're clear, are we talking actual liberal or just-not-quite-far-enough-to-the-right liberal? I'm pretty sure not liking Ann Coulter doesn't make me a socialism-loving leftist.
jetdawgg
07-11-07, 11:54 AM
Great job erased. I wonder if they still ponder why they can be described as 'extremists":D
yuk yuk; you two is just too smart for me. Once I learns to read better I'll cum bak and try to duel with youse.
The really sad thing is you actually think you are smart! It's spelled smarmy, look it up!
Jet, you seem to be getting almost as bad. I've rarely, if ever, made personal attacks, unless in response to one, whereas you two seem to relish starting off with attacks and then crying that everyone else on the forum is attacking you. This has grown tiresome and I won't respond to any more. (unless I get bored again)
"The really sad thing is you actually think you are smart!"
No, I know I am. Verbally man-handling you is the least of my concerns.
OLE SARG
07-11-07, 09:37 PM
Why don't you guys go to PM'S with your ****ing bickering. I don't know about the other Marines on here, but I'm sick of it!!! :sick:
SEMPER FI,