I’m just curious what you guys think of Rosie. I watch the View everyday and hear what she says and then I hear how the media spins everything to sound so awful (and no I don’t agree with everything she says). I was reading some posts on another site and they were absolutely horrible to Rosie. I couldn’t believe the things people would posts about her. Of course all the post has to start with her weight and the fact she is gay. It seemed like the people on that site where just filled with such hatred. The people that post on this site seem to be more intelligent, mature, kind people, so I just thought I would see what you guys thought of Rosie.

I love Rosie!

I haven't seen her on The View, but liked her TV talk show very much. AND love that she is so good to children - so generous in helping them. I could care less if she's gay, as that doesn't hurt anybody IMHO. And her weight, what does that have to do with her kind heart???

JJ

I'm in total agreement with Jolie. I think she's hysterical and does awesome things for children. I despise the way Donald Trump picks on her, he's obnoxious. Being overweight? Ummmm...so? And race, color or sexual preference never made a difference to me. Everyone bleeds the same color blood. I feel sorry for her because she's suffering with lots of the same things we are in the mid 40's. I've never suffered with depression but I can only imagine how difficult is in NOT being in the spot light, never mind being on everyone's television set.

HUGS!

I think it's horrible what the media has done to Rosie too. It seems that once the media starts picking on someone, spinning untruths and opinionated slams, it never lets up and only worsens. It's extremely mean and can destroy careers. I'm sure glad I'm not famous -- what a sacrifice a celebrity makes!

I have mixed feelings about Rosie. I think her heart is in the right place, and I do think the media spins almost everything she says, but at times I think she puts her foot in her mouth. I was somewhat disappointed in her too for "coming out" so late. She was in the last year of her show, had made a few movies, and the headlines remarked how "brave" she was for coming out. I think she would have been brave to come out in the beginning of her career. Now THAT would have been brave. I don't fault her for not coming out sooner, but let's be honest... it didn't take a lot of courage to announce something that everyone already knew.

I'm not a real big Rosie fan. Not because she is gay---and certainly not because she is overweight (how shallow would that be?) She does seem to have a good heart, but I find her kind of loud, crude and abrasive. She's just not my type I guess. I find her more annoying than funny.

I liked the Rosie show and like her on the View. I agree with JJ about how kind and truly loving she is to children. She is full of compassion about many things, and she does say what she thinks, but has a kind heart and doesnt deserve the treatment shes getting.

That Donald Trump I can't stand him!! He made some smart remark about how "if he looked like Rosie and looked in the mirror he'd be depessed too". How cruel and mean. Depression is a terrible thing to go thru. He has no heart. I never liked him, never will!

~Fin~

I don't know much about Ms O'Donnell, but the way Mr Trump treats women - from his first wife to Ms. O'Donnell is utterly disgraceful.

Rosie makes the View worth watching. I agree with her on most issues and find it refreshing to hear someone "tell it like it is"
without regard to consequences. I totally agree that the media twists her words and distorts her intent. This is usually a certain
element of the media like Fox News. If you actually watch the show and hear what she says, it is usually very different
than the sound bites on the so called news shows.

I do disagree with her on certain things recently- I think her loathing of the current administration ( which I share) can blind her
to certain political realities, but I prefer her to the usual mealy-mouthed bores on daytime TV.

I expect she won't last long on the show, though personally I won't watch it if she goes. The other cast members start to look very small next to Rosie (not just physically) she has a very overpowering personality. Rosie stimulates interesting conversation-
something you don't get much of anymore.

I'm afraid I agree with dcamp...I don't care for Rosie's personality at all...just too crude & abrasive for me, also. I thought she was more pleasant when she had her own show...now, she always seems angry to me. My impressions are strictly with regard to personality...couldn't care less about sexual orientation or body type!

I like Rosie too, but she's treading on some pretty thin ice lately. Her latest tirade concerned how one of the buildings that fell during 911 couldn't have possibly done so from the airplanes...it 'had to be fraud'. There are a ton of conspiracy theories about 911 but I was shocked to hear someone actually voice them on national t.v. I'm all for free speech, but Rosie needs to educate herself before she goes spouting off about the country that has given her the chance to be herself and live the lifestyle she chooses to. She's going to end up with the kind of reputation Jane Fonda got during Vietnam (and has never been able to shake.)

I don't agree with everything Rosie says,(I do agree with some of what she says) but, I give her credit for speaking her opinion, after all the show is called "the view" I think she gets a lot of over sensationalized media about it when others have said and done a lot worse. I do however think the thing with Donald got way out of hand and I think they both should just pipe up about the whole thing. She seems like a really generous person and tries to do a lot to help others, maybe others in a similar position financially should follow her example on that score. peace out.

I watched like 5 minutes of The View the other day. I don't know why, because I never watch it, I just flipped the channel. I couldn't believe what I was hearing coming from Rosie's mouth! I don't have anything against her personally. But I have to say that I hope people don't take her word for things without doing their own research and looking at the facts. Rosie obviously hasn't done either. We all need to be skeptical about what the media is telling us, and the media includes Rosie. Anyone who spreads misinformation or perpetuates unfounded rumors is not doing a service to anyone.

Okay, I'm going to take some deep breaths now and hope my BP comes down, LOL!

Here is my 2 cents worth on Rosie:

I first saw her when she hosted Talk Soup! Her impersonation of Elvis cracked me up! That was years ago.
She was great in "A League of their Own". I like her humor...it is quick and witty! I enjoy her on The Viiew. However, when she explains about her sex life with Kelly~~~~I think, that is more information that I want to know..LOL
I really really like Rosie!!!

M&M

People always have to talk about someone and cause drama!

I agree with the above post.

I find Rosie interesting for a short time but then she rubs me the wrong way and I have to turn her off. There are things about her that I like but her radical political opinions disturb me. Since I heard about her opinion on the Trade Center I do not turn The View on anymore. I just think it is so disrespectful to the victims and to the US to say such things that I just do not want to listen to Rosie anymore because she makes me too sad. I do not need comments from TV sucking away my positive energy and replacing it with sadness, so I opt for the Food Channel or something similar instead. I do like the young blond woman on The View (sorry I cannot remember her name). She is gluten intolerant like I am and I like listening to her opinions.

Kathy

Thanks to everyone that replied! You all answered they way I expected you would. I was just afraid that people were all becoming mean and hurtful these days. Yes, some of the things Rosie says I don't agree with but that doesn't make her a bad person. I don't agree with everything my husband, mother, pastor and kid say but I still respect them, and I'm sure they don't agree with me all the time, and I hope they would still respect me for the other things I do.
The people that don't like Rosie do what they should and turn the channel and watch something they do enjoy and go on with there day.

I no longer view her as an entertainer. She's a complainer and an uninformed citizen. Her comments recently have been so wrong and she spews such hateful venom that I find her disgusting.

This morning Rosie O'Donnnell announced that she is leaving The View. I still love ya Rosie and wish you the very very best.......you crack me UP~~~I'm already a NUT. She was superb in A League of Their Own.

M&M

Thanks for posting this. I was wondering why they were talking about Rosie on the AM news today.

Did she say why she is leaving?

Kathy

I rarely get to watch the VIEW.....but when I do get that rare oppurtunity......Rosie always cracks me up!! I may not always agree with 'how' she gets her point across.......but she is intelligent, witty, and I have always enjoyed her 'view'.

Sorry to hear that she is leaving the show.......

I heard that it had something to do with her contract....but I am sure that the media will twist it around.......and paint thier own 'view'.

Here's lookin' at you kid....

Cheers !!

I saw the clip about Rosie by Trump. I wonder why people like Trump are obtuse to the fact that when they slam others that viciously, it reflects more poorly on themselves than on the object-ess of the scorn.

Why would he bother? Is he that desperate for attention, himself?

I love Rosie! I think she's awesome! I remember her when she was a VJ on VH1 and I was taken by her sense of humor, she was sooo clever! I remember seeing a few standup shows she did on HBO or something......I laughed so hard she was just so great and so funny. One of the things she said that I remember was this bit from her standup..."Doesn't Nancy Reagan look like a human Pez dispenser?" It literally looks like you could pop back her head and a pez would pop out her neck!" She went on to talk about Tina Turner's accent...her Irish father trying to leave a message on his answering machine but didn't know the proper way....it was all hilarious!!

I loved her show and tried never to miss it. I still miss her show.

She does do a lot of charities and for kids so she can really do no wrong with me.

That's my two cents.

As I expected, Rosie was pushed off the show. I don't believe the contract nonsense. Daytime TV has always been mediocre
pablum aimed at network exec's perception of the bubble headed housewife. Rosie was just too controversial.

So disappointing, I suppose she will be replaced with an empty dress like Elizabeth whatshername. The right wing radio guys are interviewing Donald Trump and reveling in this. Hopefully Rosie's replacement will be thin and beautiful so as to please
Mr. Moneybags. If she's a real looker, maybe he can drop his latest wife and baby for her. (oh he's done that a few times already). Hearing that bad haircut capitalize on this makes me feel even sicker.

So much for the "liberals" controlling the media. Rush Limbaugh (who said the Virginia Tech shooter was a liberal) is still on the air. Rosie brought some real world issues to the tube lately. I guess its back to the cooking and how to look good in a bathing suit segments.

Lidge.....you took the words right out of my brain...if I only had a brain.....
Bravo....well said!!

Cheers!!

I saw a poll yesterday where they asked people whether they were happy that Rosie was leaving the view. Over 70% of the people they spoke to were glad she was leaving. I am sure that the show's prodcuers are not trying to dilute the show by ridding it of Rosie, I think they are probably making a smart decision since they are funded by their advertisers and need to keep their viewer's watching or they will lose ad $$$.

Personally, I find Rosie to be crude and overbearing and too abrasive to be on a show where other women would like to get a word in edgewise periodically. I have not watched the show in quite some time because of Rosie. Just weighing in with my 2 cents!

maura

Who did that poll?

I would be astonished if that was true on a straight-up poll.

I gather Rosie's positions are fairly liberal. In America, between men and women, there are more female liberals than male. If the poll was offered by a site geared to women's needs, the opposite result should occur. More over, Rosie, as far as I know, echos positions widely held by America, regardless of party, regardless of sex. In short, all things being equal, she should be ahead in the polls

Which leads me to think that either that's a one off, or the poll is pro-offered by a right wing website ie Fox or AOL, or worse: someone's playing on the poll pages to skew the results. Stuffing the cyber ballot box happens. The right wing was displeased to loose Imus.

This just in.......

O'Donnell has helped increase the chat show's audience by about a half-million a day.....................ABC was willing to spend more to keep her, but wanted a three-year deal so it didn't have to worry about O'Donnell as a potential competitor. She could easily command her own talk show for much more money.........Despite controversy -- or maybe because of it -- O'Donnell was good business for ABC, owned by the Walt Disney Co. Through mid-April, "The View" has averaged 3.5 million viewers since O'Donnell joined, up 17 percent over the same period last year, according to Nielsen Media Research...............(By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer )

You just have to LOVE those polls.....even the polls are controversial.

Love her or hate her.....she WAS controversial......and that my friends.....is always a good thing

Cheers
Dotty Doo ......compliments of my good friend Anxiety Attack

My opinion of Rosie is not a good one. I can't believe that she has lasted this long on the View. She is obnoxious and uninformed. She spews hatered and nonsence. The media has not portrayed her in any light except the light that she puts on herself. I say good riddence to that crude ignorant woman.

You are correct about which polls showed the 70% results to get her off, they were AOL and I don't know about Fox. I read one on MSNBC that was the total oposite. It's also the people that hate her are more vocal then the ones that don't.
I don't have a problem with people not enjoying her, but I don't understand why they have to be so mean. If you don't like her then turn the channel. And I do think alot if the hate comes from the fact that she is gay. Anyway my daughter is waiting for me to take her to WalMart so I better go.

I was flipping the channels and saw Donald Trump being asked about Rosie. He said words to the effect- "Rosie said she
suffered from depression, well now she will really have something to be depressed about."

They say you can judge a man by his enemies. If so, Rosie can be proud.

Right ON!! I can not stand that man....what a pompus blowhard.....

I find it interesting that he discusses her outer appearance in such a negative fashion. It's a good thing he has oodles of money......because for my 2 cents....that man is SO superficial, and quite disgusting....both in appearance, and his inner (cough-cough).....which is made from ....money....honey!!

Cheers
Dottie
P.S.
ALL the polls that I read, and ALL the news articles that I 'view'....ALL state that Rosie boosted the VIEWS audience QUITE alot. .....interesting.....perhaps we only see, and hear...what we want to see, and hear.....

Dotcalm2u,

As far as only seeing and hearing what we want to see and hear - I was simply sharing the results of one poll (the only news snippet I actually saw regarding Rosie's departure.) not being close minded about Rosie. Geesh, and I always thought these boards were a place where tolerance was very much evident. This is the probably the last time I will share information on non perimenopausal matters!

maura

Dear Maura
My goodness, why are you taking this so personal? I was not just refering to just the poll that you stated......but the poll that I read, the poll that was stated by a previous poster....and polls in general. My response was to Lidge.....(someone with whom I personally agree with by the way...and whose repsonse I had purposely included in my response).....and....as I have stated many times before....I am a Voltaire follower.......so clearly......I support the right for all people to VIEW thier opinions.


Cheers
Dottie

Ahhhhh.....just came across my earlier post......once again.....r-e-a-d what I wrote. I was not attacking your VIEW personally.

I was stating MY VIEW.
and I re-quote.......


You just have to LOVE those polls....even the polls are controversial
Love her or hate her....she WAS controversial....and that my friends....is always a good thing
Cheers

Has anyone told Rosie about this?

"The elevated section of highway that carries motorists from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to a number of freeways was destroyed early Sunday when the heat of a burning gasoline tanker truck weakened part of one overpass, crumpling it onto another. " --MSNBC

I find "The View" itself too hard to watch. I saw it once and my husband also saw it, and we both found the way the women keep interrupting one another and cutting each other off to be so distracting that we couldn't keep our mind on the conversation. One woman would ask someone a question, and the person would start to answer, and before she could finish, someone else barged in, then someone else again. It seemed as if the original question never got answered. There was total confusion. So I haven't even watched "The View" after that, and I don't think I'll even turn it on again.

What I remember about Rosie is that when she got her talk show several years ago, her reputation was really good and she was known for keeping everything positive with her guests. She did not delve into negative gossip or ask them uncomfortable questions. I had no idea at the time that she was gay, and this doesn't make any difference to me with someone, but it seems like her path has been just a tad similar to Roseanne Barr's, who used to be the most hysterical and witty stand-up comedy act I ever saw. Then she got her own show and became increasingly crude and vulgar. After she was given the privilege of singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, and she sang it off-key and then flipped everyone off at the end, I think her career was over. Rosie's path has been similar--she started out with a positive talk show and now she is diving into rude and crude.

I'd like to see the replacement chosen on something more substantive than just humor. I mean, in a country this size, don't we have one poliscientist or economist with personality? Somebody objective - no Ann Coulters.. I can't think of a left winger that's comparable, but just someone with a personality and some sort of objective smarts.

I think people forget that Rosie's old talk show was just that a talk show. The View is a whole different kind of show. The show is a place where the girls are suppose to share there views on issues. Her old show wasn't a place to voice her opinion on gay rights and politics but the View is that kind of show. I agree they do talk over each other alot and that is frustrating. To be honest I heard what she did and said at a private luncheon about Donald Trump and I personally thought it was funny.

WOW, you know, I live in the SF Bay Area and this has been a nightmare!! It does make you wonder what's going on in the world today, tho....seriously!

The accident was quite horrific and our news stations kept us up to date on alternate routes to take....

Did Rose comment on this?

Just wondering,
Guitarplayer Sue

I can't stand Rosie, Donald Trump or The View, but I will defend with my life their right to say whatever they want.

However, she sunk to a new low with those Twin Tower statements. I used to work in a foundry and steel does indeed melt when it gets to the right temperature and when those airliners (full of jet fuel to fly clear across the country) went into the towers, the heat from the burning fuel turned the steel girders into rubber and we all know what happened after that!

I was waiting for her to comment on the collasped bridge too, but it never happened. I guess she thinks steel girders and I Beams pop out of the ground like carrots!

Velvet, I agree with you. And thank you so much for the big laugh I got over the steel I-beams popping out of the ground like carrots, LOL!

Surprise!

I've read quite a number of articles. Of course, it could just be speculation, but it seems that
they're pretty close to choosing Rosie's replacement

...another article: http://www.film.com/celebrities/story/whoopitakingoverforrosieontheview/11784156/15052396

... and yet another: http://www.hollyscoop.com/tv/isiah-washington-leaving-greys-anatomy_11392.aspx

Dearest

i'm sorry for rosie as it seems she has alot of emotional problems......BUT PLEASE DON'T LET HER BE BOB BARKERS REPLACEMENT !!!!!! THE PRICE IS RIGHT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT BOB ANYWAY.....BUT ROSIE WILL BUTCHER MY FOND MEMORIES !!!!

Velvet I totally agree with you and it took alot of courage for you to post this, thanks I couldnt have put it better myself.
Tinks
Yes I agree with greenie thats hilarious about the carrots
For such a serious situation that happened people like her that are not the experts should watch what they throw out there.

She's a woman with a boulder on her shoulder, always daring someone to knock it off. He, of the Magnificent Combover, took the challenge. A perfect matchup!