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Rosie O'Donnell to leave The View in mid-June

April 25, 2007 at 11:10:00 AM

Trump's nemesis ends short tenure on morning TV.

Rosie O'Donnell will leave as cohost of the ABC talk show The View in mid-June after nine months, capping a controversial run on daytime television for the provocative actress and comedienne.

O'Donnell and ABC were unable to come to a contractual agreement, O'Donnell said on the show Wednesday, though she told viewers she planned to return as a guest for special occasions.

The lesbian activist thrived on skewering powerful men such as real estate baron Donald Trump and Fox News Channel commentator Bill O'Reilly from her seat on The View, a panel hosted by four women discussing news and gossip.

But off-camera, her sometimes outrageous comments made life difficult for Barbara Walters, the show's creator, coexecutive producer, and cohost, who brought O'Donnell onto the panel in September to fill a vacancy created when Meredith Vieira left to cohost NBC's Today show.

O'Donnell offended some of those attending a luncheon this week at the Waldorf-Astoria with off-color remarks about Trump, according to a New York Post report Tuesday.

She and Trump have been in a war of words since O'Donnell criticized him for his public rebuke late last year of then-Miss USA Tara Conner for her underage drinking.

Trump, who co-owns the company that produces the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, exalted in O'Donnell's departure and took some credit for it during an appearance on Fox News shortly after ABC's announcement.

"Rosie's a loser, she continues to be a loser, and she was fired by ABC. And I'm proud to say that I probably had a part in it," Trump said

Before joining The View, O'Donnell appeared in a number of television shows, theater productions, and major films, including the 1992 baseball comedy A League of Their Own. She also hosted her own daytime talk show, the Rosie O'Donnell Show, which ended its six-year run in May 2002. Walters said O'Donnell's departure from The View was amicable, according to ABC News.

O'Donnell said in a report on the ABC News Web site that her "needs for the future just didn't dovetail with what ABC was able to offer me."

The View also made headlines last year when Star Jones Reynolds announced on the air that she would be leaving, and told People magazine she felt that she had been fired.

The ABC network is owned by The Walt Disney Co.

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35 Comments

 
PtownGram-ME
Rosie is now GONE....too bad. She did give "life" to the show.
Elisabeth is very outspoken too w/ her judgemental, "holier than thou" attitude.
Why does she think she know so much....in ALL of her (what?) 30 + - years?!!
For Rosie's replacement, I suggest JAMIE LEE CURTIS (she's quite a gal) or NANCY GRACE (well-informed, intelligent lady). Certainly NOT ROSEANN BARR (they thought Rosie was bad, with which I do NOT agree)! That would be like throwing "gasoline in the fire"!
Posted 06/02/2007 3:21pm
candozier
Personally I did enjoy this show a little more when she was there. Does EVERYONE have to agree..the show is supposed to be about different VIEWS. lol
Wish she had stuck it out and Elizabeth had left instead.
Posted 05/26/2007 7:50pm
corkydog
Rosie, don't go. u r the show, i have a great respect 4 u. not gay but Elisabeth needs to go,stupidity isn't cool,her mouth and views,not worth spit,Rosie u will b missed
Posted 05/23/2007 9:52am
txgirl75
Sounds like Rosie has a mouth that gets her in to trouble. Sounds like she needs to watch it.
Posted 05/23/2007 9:05am
lucygordon
I think that guy on Jay Leno who interviews on various awards nights (he's gay should take Rosie's place. He is interesting and because he is gay he would fill the shoes of somewhat a female at the table.
Posted 05/02/2007 5:52pm
bushisoncrack
Rosie was the best thing to happen to day time tv. It's too bad the networks couldn't see that. Finally, somebody is talking about real issues in the world today and holding our politicians responsible for horrible leadership. Great let's go back to listening to Elizabeth talk about fashion or "the bachelor." This stupidity will be the demise of a good future for generations to come.
Posted 05/01/2007 2:28pm
vontaylor60
So, when Rosie came Out Of The Closet, she changed!
Not for any Good in my opinion. I think she should stay home and have a Nanny in to raise her Children with "RESPECT".
Posted 04/27/2007 2:49pm
peggy777
Rosie O'Donnell voiced her opinion and demanded it over every one else on the view. She had no respect whatsoever for anyone else's opinion. She was horrible to Barbara Walters who has earned respect in her lifetime. Because of Rosie's lifestyle she has not learned respect for anyone else. Her lifestyle is her choice but she cannot go around forcing her views like she does. The show is handled in a more respectable way. I would hope she would have learned something from this experience but knowing her she will use it to manipulate into something else.
Posted 04/27/2007 2:21am
GODHOOD
Not surprising, she embarrass ABC and her co-hosts with her negative comments onstage and out. She accused Kelly of being homophobic which everyone seems to forget. It's nice to see a guy like Mr. Trump not take her crap and fight back. Of course Rosie won't learn anything from this experience, and I bet all the people that work on The View are jumping for joy she's out.
Posted 04/26/2007 3:13pm
widadita
nice! I don't like this woman!
Posted 04/26/2007 2:33pm
ejwlover
Good
Posted 04/26/2007 1:55pm
xxxBEASTxxx
It's funny to read some of these comments about how "Rosie will not be missed". Umm... what about the millions of people who watch the view...? and those who started to watch the show after Rosie signed on? I hope Rosie gets another show... she offers some balance against the likes of O'Reilly (although the "outspoken" scale tilts in O'Reilly's favour).
Posted 04/26/2007 11:55am
LAURAMARIE63
See ya!
Posted 04/26/2007 10:10am
Mad_Buck
Rosie, don't let the door hit you in your fat....well, you know. Goodbye and good riddance.
Posted 04/26/2007 10:08am
mammalazz
so glad maybe that stubid show will get cancled
Posted 04/26/2007 6:56am
fluffybear
I understand one of the stipulations on her new contract was that Rosie had to sew her jaw shut. Seriously, I suspect Rosie did everything possible not to renew that contract in order to position herself for a return to her own show. Now, if the media could stop discussing how far she can stick her foot in her mouth, Rosie would just fade in to the background.
Posted 04/26/2007 6:27am
treehill_fan
this is crap Rosie is the best thing on The View. i only watch the View because of her. she makes her opinion n now shes leaving / got fired. that show is going 2get canned. the only other good person on the View is Joy! im pissed off ABC!!! BAD MOVE!!!
Posted 04/26/2007 6:01am
AprilFox
I just hope she stays away from TV for a very long time, rumors are she may get her own show again (GOD FORBID!). Her vulgarity and foul-mouth are just sickening.
Posted 04/26/2007 4:41am
Unholy_Smite
lunaboi1980 you actually believe 9/11 was an inside job and the british set up the kidnapping? Oh no.....Those were both blatant lies and got her canned. I hope I never see her again!
Posted 04/25/2007 9:10pm
lunaboi1980
I too will stop watching after Rosie leaves. Only started watching again because she joined the show. No reason to watch after she is gone. I have the same taste in music as her, I have the same views as her, and I'm gay like her. I love ya Rosie. Guess I'll go back to watching the more timid and tame lesbian. I'll be looking for Rosie on Nip/Tuck.
Posted 04/25/2007 5:36pm
Dakotagirl823
Rosie is too outspoken for her own good. She won't be missed.
Posted 04/25/2007 5:18pm
redthor
AT least Rosie spoke out. The View has been an ABC mouth piece, and avoiding controversy. In truth, I hope ABC dumps the View. It seems that its only purpose was to fill the air time between 10 and 11. They always repeated what their lead-in Regis and Kelly had already said that day or the day before. The same with the guests. Barbara Walters avoided hard news and facts.
Posted 04/25/2007 4:47pm
tiffie012
It's so sad to see her leave the show. The ONLY reason I had watched The View was because of her. She spiced things up. I never liked the show before. I used to think it was a show for much older women. Rosie made it more and honest and lively.
Posted 04/25/2007 4:42pm
timpysan
Good riddance.
Posted 04/25/2007 4:29pm
pgsuperfan
I am tired of rosie lol
Posted 04/25/2007 3:25pm
talkygirl
Rosie cooked her own goose as she was too ou tspoken for own good
Posted 04/25/2007 2:52pm
Unholy_Smite
klnb91 most americans would like to accuse 9/11 of being an inside job and saying the UK fabricated its own hostage situation? I seriously doubt that, even left wingers like Bill Mahr laugh at her fo saying those lies. And what right wing party? There isn't want, in america its left or far left.
Posted 04/25/2007 2:21pm
Unholy_Smite
Can you say fired? I am so happy Disney won't allow her back! Very good news.
Posted 04/25/2007 2:19pm
PerfectDark0Fan
Rosie makes the View acctually enjoyable.
Posted 04/25/2007 2:04pm
BeachfrontGlass
Why is the view sill on tv? Why was it ever put on in the first place?
Posted 04/25/2007 12:31pm
killcoyle
WHO CARES
Posted 04/25/2007 12:20pm
klnb91
I am so disappointed about Rosie leaving the View!!! The only reason I tuned in everyday or recorded the View was because of Rosie. After Rosie leaves, I won't be watching or recording your show again. I think it is sad when the network listens to a horses butt like Trump or the right wing party and get rid of someone who finally has the guts to say what most Americans would like to say. I will miss her and I hope your ratings go down which I'm sure they will! Rosie made the show!!!!
Posted 04/25/2007 11:57am

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