"1999: "You are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun, I think you should go to prison."

However, big shot people like her are allowed to have body guards follow them around with guns for their protection. Something she admitted on O'Reilly. I dislike hypocrites.

As an Irish American, I am so glad she is off TV. Her loud mouth and rude demeanor do not represent me. I hate to admit this, but she made me like Elizabeth and I really don't care for her "view" either and often times think she is whiny.

oh, that's so unfortunate. it was always entertaining to hear what crazy, illogical thoughts she could verbalize. it somehow made "the view" more relevant to me. now I could care less what joy and hasselback have to say. oh well.

I was appalled to read about that speech at the Matrix awards...what were they thinking? There were young scholarship winners there. Very bad taste.

Its pretty clear to me that Rosie lives by a double standard when she opens her mouth: on the one hand, she is on the lookout for any kind of remark that could possibly be characterized as homophobic (the Ripa thing), but on the other hand its OK for her to slur Asians by making fun of how they speak?

What would Rosie say if a male public figure made of fun of gays by lisping his speech? She would be outraged, and slam them. Why can't she follow that same standard herself with all communities?

What a loud, foul-mouthed hippocrite. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I have no problem with what Rosie said at the Matrix Awards. She is a stand up comedian! They hired her to emcee the event, knowing full well who and what they were getting! To act upset after she made inflammatory remarks during her routine is disingenuous BS, as far as I am concerned. Why is it other comedians can do routines putting down celebrities and public figures and not get the same heat?

That said, I don't agree with all her remarks on the view, particularly the ones with racial overtones. But I do think she is often singled out for unfair treatment.

she is "singled out" for "unfair" treatment because she keeps authoritatively saying asinine things. I am a huge advocate for limiting the free speech rights of celebrities, and rosie is the posterchild of my movement. I have never seen her open her mouth without absolute garbage spilling out.

The only thing and I do mean the ONLY thing I have every agreed with Rosie on is after 9/11 she was criticizing the celebrities for doing a telethon and giving up their time but not their money and I don't know what the criteria was for being able to actually talk with one of them, but I am sure it wasn't cheap!

She's bipolar and off her meds and the world knows it. Try digging up some of the quotes surrounding her (failed) time at McCalls magazine.

The only thing I'll miss about her is her ability to make that mealy-mouthed nitwit Hasselback uncomfortable with the realization that she's a right-wing nutbar.

The fact that Rosie says such controversial things leads TV network executives to take a chance on her and hire her for shows. Her controversy makes them money in the short term through increased ratings, but might cost them ad revenue in the long run when (NOT if) Rosie says something beyond the pale.

Sure, Rosie is an angry person who says insulting, controversial things. But its the networks that are giving her a huge platform to say those things that is the real problem.

Dean Vernon Wormer: "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

Rosie's not doing so well with her 2 out of 3 either.

Considering the uproar about Don Imus and his comment(s), how did Rosie keep her job after the "ching-chong" bile she spewed?

Or are ratings all the TV networks have to answer for?

AS far as her comment about giving a man a boner ... dream on Rosie - it will never happen. It is women like you that make men gay.

The View needs to be taken off the air totally. It's just a waste of tv space and a source of air pollution. Rosie is irritating, Joy is a waste of time, Elizabeth is annoying and can't seem to put a coherent thought together, and Barbara should not be destroying a lifetime of reasonably good work with this tripe. But, hey, that's just my opinion!

Amazing that no MSM story mentions Rosie's questioning of 9/11 only other events in her life. Simply amazing.

You forgot her comments about how it "defies physics" that the way one of the WTC towers collpased was caused by the plane hitting it, that it had to be lined with explosives or something. Popular Science, btw, actually disproved these sorts of conspiracy theories a while back... but I guess Rosie, a comedian, knows more about these things than actual physicists.

Why are celebrities allowed to give thier opinion about anything? Who cares what they think? They don't know what the real world is like...they are celebrities! Duh! They are just here to entertain...not to be given a forum for every stupid thought that runs through thier minds! No one else gets that opportunity. They should just smile and wave and keep thier mouths shut!

"The View needs to be taken off the air totally"...AMEN!!!!!

Rosie's early success gave her a big head and made her think she could say/do anything that came to her limited mind. I'm glad she's gone.

I hate that show but it's obvious she was given a leave of absense. She isn't "leaving" by choice.

As soon as I heard her comments about the World Trade Center collapse, I knew the conservatives who run Disney (and all mainstream media) would try to get rid of her.

Questioning the "official story" on 9/11 is what did her in.

Well, finally she is gone. The big mistake was putting her on the view in the first place. Rosie is an angry bully that shouts about what is right or wrong but blythely goes along doing what every she wants because she is Rosie. good bye, good riddance.

Maybe we'll get lucky and she'll fall off the cruise ship in June.

it will certainly take more than one square to wipe television and the american sensibilities of "rosie"...i am all for freedom of speech, but not a national forum to spew bile...it would be nice to think that this is the last we will hear from the irrelevant "rosie"...and while we are at it let's fire the rest of the inane celebrity "politicos"...

y'all are all crazy. rosie was the best thing that ever happened to the view. agree with her or not (and i rarely did), it was pure entertainment to see what would spew from her mouth at any given moment. i actually became interested in the show b/c of her. now, meh...not so much. bye byeeee view!

What a loss to "The View." O'Donnell infused belly laugh humor, political critique, and a very strong sense of family values as she always emphasizes "children first." As I work at home from my computer, "The View" has become my daytime check in with "the girls" to hear a full panorama of "female America speaks." Sadly, O'Donnell isn't aware of the impact she has helping form young peoples' moral compass, or she wouldn't give up her bully pulpit. We need her opinions through the coming Presidential campaign - and suffer a loss without her.

disney may be a gigantic corporate conglomerate that controls half the world, but I don't know that I'd label it "conservative." yes, it does force its employees at DWorld to conform to a pretty strict code of conduct, but it also has an entire day where it lets gay families come to the park, and at least one of its movie studios is known for putting out what many conservatives think are slanderous films.

this doesn't really add to the conversation, I'm just sayin...

remember when people thought she was the "queen of nice"? man, we were stupid back then.

another trash mouth loser bites the dust, now if Howard Stern gets ousted, maybe we can bring dignity back (a little) to the media.

ca,
if rosie is your moral compass you must be flying over the poles and spinning out of control...if anyone needs her commentary to make a presidential decision, god help us all....

Rosie is simply an example of what is wrong with the freedom we have in the US. She doesn't actually care about making a point as long as she is talking. The world is listening and instead of actually using her forum to make a difference she is making offensive noise.
Moonbeam

WDC:

We really don't want her falling off the cruise ship. You think global warming will raise the ocean levels? Rosie in the water may flood half the east coast.

I love Rosie and don't watch the view because I work. I think she's funny, says what she wants and who cares. It gives people something to talk about. good for her. i hope she gets her own show back. I would TVO that!!!!

Why is this news again?

Come back in a year and see that 99% of what Rosie said has been proven true. Her so-called enemies: Rupert Murdock, Donald Trump, Bill O'Reilly -- are all despicable people. America is stupid, sheep led into war by a maniac, sheep slapping yellow magnetic ribbons on their gas-guzzling SUVs while the world dissolves into chaos. Rosie was the breath of gutsy truth on The View and the only reason I watched. (OK, I love Joy Behar, too, because she was the other wit.)

puuwai, I was with you right up to the joy comment. I find it sad that people describe her as a comedian, because I have never heard her utter anything that was the least bit amusing.

"The world is listening" to Rosie? Really? Does anyone outside of the US tabloids and celebrity columnists really care at all about what Rosie has to say? Does what she say really matter at all anyway? Personally, I would take anything a celebrity spouts off, whether it be 9/11 theories, child raising tips or Scientology, with a grain of salt.

i'm w/the irish girl at the top of the postings. she is a hypocrite with the first statement about guns...and yet she allows an armed bodyguard to protect her family.

not to mention her longstanding 'crush' on wacko tom cruise during her first talk show. man, what a pain she is. i can't stand 'the view' anyway, never been able to stomach any of the women who were on there including supposedly normal meredith viera.

I'm with Puwai, too. The people are stupid sheep who blindly follow a psychopathic president into a hellhole war. The yuppie stay-at-home-thanks-to-rich-husband moms who watch the view need a civics lesson these days. IMPEACH BUSH!

I'm with Puwai, too. The people are stupid sheep who blindly follow a psychopathic president into a hellhole war. The yuppie stay-at-home-thanks-to-rich-husband moms who watch the view need a civics lesson these days. IMPEACH BUSH!

Get a life, both of you. Rosie has mental health issues and she should get those issues under control if she plans to stay "married" and an adoptive mother. What a life those poor kids live.

I'm with Puwai, too. The people are stupid sheep who blindly follow a psychopathic president into a hellhole war. The yuppie stay-at-home-thanks-to-rich-husband moms who watch the view need a civics lesson these days. IMPEACH BUSH!

I'm with Puwai, too. The people are stupid sheep who blindly follow a psychopathic president into a hellhole war. The yuppie stay-at-home-thanks-to-rich-husband moms who watch the view need a civics lesson these days. IMPEACH BUSH!

I'm with Puwai, too. The people are stupid sheep who blindly follow a psychopathic president into a hellhole war. The yuppie stay-at-home-thanks-to-rich-husband moms who watch the view need a civics lesson these days. IMPEACH BUSH!!!

Rosie was one of the best people on TV for Republicans. Her crazy rants exposed the conspiracy theories, hypocrisy, and intellectual slovenliness of the far Left. She probably turned people further right and only affirmed their conservative views more than Bill O'Reilly could dream of. A true loss for the red states...

Interesting. All this screaming because people don't want to consider the truth, because then what would we do? Rosie O'Donnell, like Jane Fonda during the Vietnam Era, is taking all this flack because she is right, and underneath, everyone knows it and wishes they didn't. So they kill the messenger. But get ready, folks. Rosie has a huge heart, and her truth comes from her heart, not her testicles. Love instead of fear. Which is why she's right.

Wow. That's exactly the kind of "intellectual slovenliness" the commenter referred to above. Rosie is right because you think she is, because "her truth comes from her heart." Think about this without succumbing to your own sense of intellectual superiority: There are many people against the war, but why do people think Rosie is an idiot? Maybe it's Rosie, not your sense of utopia, or what is "right," or how everyone who disagrees with you must be driven by fear. Reading your response, however, leads me to believe that maybe you ought to consider being driven by reason and rationale rather than just love.

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I liked Rosie when she was stand up comedienne. She was funny and not so over the top crazy and vulgar. I think she just could not handle the success she achieved. In her mind, she is still the fat, poor kid that everyone picked on, so she strikes first.

The View is the voice of American women? Oh hell no. I am an American women and those harpies/barbies/spineless doormats do NOT speak for me. Furthermore, the only thing left wing on Elizabeth is her hand. That bimbo has no thoughts or beliefs, she only says whatever someone else has told her to say.

Now here is a person who should not own a gun! I would keep her bodyguards on a short leash, too.

It is about time Rosie was gone

I wish everybody would stop picking on me!!! Acting was so much easier than walking the streets. Then again, those nickles really added up.

Of all the "first name basis" celebrities out there, I'd say Rosie is the one I find most tiring, the biggest nothing, the one whose fat, angry, snarling face I'm most sick of seeing on my AOL welcome screen... the one I am least interested in knowing anything about or hearing ANY opinions from... the one who, everytime I see a headline about her, makes me want to scream ENOUGH ALREADY... and the one who, unfortunately, has proven time and again that her biggest talent is for putting herself back in the limelight when you think she's finally gone for good.

So I know I haven't seen the last of her yet. Sigh.

Some fire melted steel out in San Francisco today, Rosie girl. Think all those backed up motorists should blame a Bush conspiracy?