Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Hump Day!

The site that I get my Dancing with the Stars pictures from hasn't posted the images for week 6 yet! How am I supposed to do a writeup without pictures????

Anyway, is anyone surprised by this in the least???






NEW YORK - Rosie O'Donnell'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.

5 Comments:

Blogger Jay said...

I don't watch The View. I can't stand all the high-pitched screaching voices all screaming at the same time. The longer it goes on the louder they get. Trying to shout over each other. Elizabeth's voice is the most annoying probably because she could never be as loud as Rosie and Joy are. But, Elizabeth has great legs, so I forgive her. LOL

I think Rosie is funny a lot of the time. And she makes people like Bill O'Reilly's head asplode with anger. I like anybody that can cause that kind of anarchy and mayhem. ;-)

April 25, 2007

 
Blogger jjok said...

rosie is a chode

April 25, 2007

 
Blogger "The Rake" said...

Too bad she can't lose her job and go bankrupt all in the same day.

April 25, 2007

 
Blogger The Diva's Thoughts said...

I'm actually going to miss her.

April 25, 2007

 
Blogger Betty said...

I like Rosie. She's made "The View" a lot livelier. I hope they get someone equally outspoken to replace her.

April 25, 2007

 

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