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A Decidedly Non-Rosie Outlook
Rosie at an October 'Celebrity Detox' signing. (Getty Images)
When Rosie O'Donnell walked away from "The View" after last spring's serial spat with conservative nemesis Elisabeth Hasselbeck, I cheered. It wasn't so much because I'm a Rosie-hater (though, in the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I'm not her biggest fan). Rather, it was because she decried the split-screen treatment of the shout-down. She'd had enough, she said. She didn't want to be "Hannity & Colmes," she said. She was tired of it all and wanted to return to the comfort and quiet of her family. Good on her.
But, alas, she lied. Hours (at least in Celebritology time) later, O'Donnell was pushing herself back into the national blather-feuled dialogue by posting pseudo-cryptic blog slams to anyone in arm's reach (Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters). And just a few short months after her abrupt departure from daytime talk, she unleashed her poison pen book, "Celebrity Detox," on an unsuspecting world and, again, one very chagrined Barbara Walters.
O'Donnell once described the book thusly: "If celebrity and fame are truly a drug, can one go back to drinking and sip instead of taking a slug?"
Turns out the answer for Ro is no. She wants to be "Hannity & Colmes" after all. Or at least compete with them. Like a good little megalomaniac -- fearful of the irrelevance that living on her vast fortune would mean -- she just can't stay away. And so we are now threatened with Rosie's return to TV, this time hosting her own show for MSNBC in the 9 p.m. time slot, competing directly with Larry King and her pals, Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes.
But I can't help wishing she'd just drift quietly into semi-retirement; living off her holdings, hosting her yearly cruises, crafting her nightmarish art and tapping away happily on her blog. In short, pursue those avocations where she can be more easily avoided.
That, for me, would be the rosiest outlook of all.
By Liz |
November 6, 2007; 12:00 PM ET
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Posted by: 23112 | November 6, 2007 12:25 PM
Liz,
That image is entirely too big, kindly resize it when you have a moment. I'm thinking thumbnail and blurry. I was about to take a bite of lunch when I looked up and here's Rosie.
As far as her return to tv. I don't have cable so all I need to do is avoid Access when they mention her. Love her description of the book makes me want to run right out and get a copy.
Posted by: petal | November 6, 2007 12:28 PM
Should we start a pool on how long it'll be before she goes postal on the air?
Posted by: Bored @ home | November 6, 2007 1:05 PM
I think we should start a pool on how long she'll last before MSNBC cancels her. She doesn't stand a chance in primetime.
Posted by: arlington | November 6, 2007 1:21 PM
maybe not so, arlington -- remember it's basic cable, where a rating share of about 1.1 (about 800,000 viewers) will keep you on the air indefinitely. and, unfortunately, i think there are probably that many stupid rosie fans out there, regardless of what timeslot she's filling (pun intended).
Posted by: meh | November 6, 2007 1:40 PM
doesn't she have kids to raise?
or maybe its best for them that she isn't
Posted by: Bethesda | November 6, 2007 1:41 PM
considering Glenn Beck just got $50 mil to continue his radio show, i think we're stuck w/RoODo.
*sigh*
work won't let me see the poll.
Posted by: b | November 6, 2007 1:46 PM
Got to say that I am not looking forward to Keith Olbermann doing a lead in to Rosie, it was bad enough with Rita Crosby. MSNBC has always done a good job of putting intelligent people in front of the camera (Rita Crosby notwithstanding) and keeping the load mouths off the air. It would be a shame for them to start acting like fox news.
Posted by: michael | November 6, 2007 1:58 PM
On air or off, she has taken great steps to make herself less relevant than a cliche. I really find it hard to believe that any network would spend the money to give her another show - to use one of Rosie's own phrases, that's an "error in judgment."
Posted by: sunnydaze | November 6, 2007 1:59 PM
I wish that Rosie would stop speaking in rhyme
If she'd only quit talking, I'd like her just fine
(And her blog posts read somewhat less than sublime)
And now she's up against Hannity and Colmes on primetime.
Lucky us.
Posted by: Omaha | November 6, 2007 2:39 PM
You find it hard to believe anyone would give her a show? It's all about money people, and it always has been.
Despite all the naysayers, when she joined The View the ratings went up significantly. That is what advertisers pay for and want to see.
Posted by: CJB | November 6, 2007 4:26 PM
I just wonder who is suppose to be standing up for her when she puts her foot in her month! Who is going to be the poor sap who explains what she really means!
Posted by: MLF | November 6, 2007 4:50 PM
I only wish I wasn't informed of her return so that I could remain in ignorance. It's like hearing about someone's genital warts.
Posted by: USASpaceMonkey | November 6, 2007 6:45 PM
Let me get this straight - I don't get to watch fresh Daily Shows (though the new web site helps), but Rosie O'Donnell will start something new?
Is this a sign of the apocalypse?
Posted by: Chasmosaur | November 6, 2007 6:49 PM
I have an idea..if you don't like Rosie, how about you don't watch the show!
Posted by: jo | November 6, 2007 8:07 PM
The comments to this entry are closed.
I must confess that I thought the survey choices left out my visceral reaction, which I shan't reprint here. But no one brings the crazy (or my bile) like ROOOOOSIE. Hey, maybe we can get the networks to rebroadcast the movie where she played the mentally challenged woman.