Rosie's Angsty Pre-"View" Poetry

Rosie O'Donnell is clearly conflicted about her upcoming debut as a co-host on "The View" -- and she's letting her feelings spill out for all to read. On her blog, O'Donnell has given her fans and observers a taste of what she's been thinking in advance of joining Barbara, Joy, and Elisabeth at the kaffeeklatsch, almost in real-time and in a stripped-down shorthand (and all-lower-case) verse that might best described as Hai-M.

Last Thursday, she caused a minor stir when she reacted to having seen the new "View" promos, in which she's portrayed as just one of the girls. "It will be hard 4 me/2 not b/the boss," she wrote. But Friday, she did something of an about-face, writing, "I am excited about the view ... hoping they all like me ... cuz there is nothing better/than being a cast member."

And then yesterday, Rosie described an interaction at Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys (pictured above) with a reporter from Access Hollywood, who apparently asked her if she was happy about her former nemesis Star Jones' firing. Rosie wouldn't take the bait, according to her: "It would not have been fun for me/fighting everyday/life is 2 short."

Though her unabashed self-explication is certain to continue to make (little) waves, Rosie herself explains that it's just a way to work things out: "The discord is internal/inside myself. . .feelings are not fights." Rosie's full poetic discourse on "The View," complied into a mini-anthology, follows.



The Pre-"View"

by Rosie O'Donnell

i saw the new view promos
and found myself in the position
i loathe most
powerless

it will be hard 4 me
2 not b
the boss
it is already
and we have only just begun

i am excited about the view
like a new kid on the first day of school
hoping they all like me
that i fit in
cuz there is nothing better
then being a cast member

access hollywood
asked if i was happy
star was gone
b4 i could reply he added
- i would have loved 2 c u 2 go at it
smiling

it would not have been fun for me
fighting everyday
life is 2 short

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496. Look ok....Star sucks, Rosie sucks, Meredith gone ;therefore the View REALLY SUCKS!!!

Posted at 3:59AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Mel

497. Hello, Just wanted to say that this tubolard is nothing more than a misguided looser. Produced by the media to make other LOOSERS feel less out of place. PLEASE,,, PLEASE, Rosy, go away and never return. No one cares about you. Go away. Your unbalancing the earth with your girth. PLEASE! Go away.

Posted at 4:04AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by joe yaknow

498. Ref #11; Yeah, just imagine having no life..................LOL

Posted at 4:05AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by STAR MOVEMENT

499. be


Rosie is no Ellen DeGeneres - the only thing they have in common is their sexual choices - it stops there! Ellen is an entertainer and when you watch her you do not think of her sexual preference, you just enjoy her show.
Rosie looks mean and acts the same. It will be interesting, however, to see how her and elisabeth match up - Elisabeth will probably be the next to go. Walters, I believe thinks she will be in the running for an Emmy, competing against Ellen with rosie. I think she is mistaken! People like Ellen, regardless of who she sleeps with!



Posted at 4:14AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by elaine lee

500. Spud, you're an idiot. Hey... here's an idea: Let's give Rosie a CHANCE! She may be gay but she's clearly not stupid. If anyone took the time to actually read her poem (or whatever that is), she knows she can't act like the boss this time. I suspect she'll figure out it's way easier to show up, read cards and be spontaneous than it is to run the show.

Posted at 4:21AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Confused

501. Rosies nasty all she has is a big mouth, I will never watch the view again, bring back Star

Posted at 4:26AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Gail

502. You know Rosie wouldn't come on the View until that Darkie or Star girl is gone.
Thats the real reason Star is not with show anymore.

Posted at 4:31AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Darin

503. I am sadden by the direction "The View" has headed in recent months. With Meredith and Star having departed and Rosie soon arriving, "The View" simply no longer appeals. While Star Jones (like most humans) was not perfect - she was entertaining in a more positive manner than the soon to be co-host Rosie O. I find Rosie to be a rather offensive person, with an infantile command of the english language and quite the vulgar mouth and manners. Joy Behar is a delight and entertaining, yet her appeal is not strong enough to counteract the distaste I feel for Rosie O'Donnell and the once (but no longer) magnificient Barbara Walters. What a shame that Ms. Walters ultimately felt it necessary to conduct herself in such a shabby manner in recent months. How the mighty do fall.

Posted at 4:52AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Melissa

504. I for one thank its ashame that two people can't get alone. An causeing others to take sides. Starr was an is a fine person as for as I know. and Rosie is as well. so what if they had different appenions. Its that what the view all about.
at anyrate they need to get over it and get their feelings off their shoulders.
We can't let what other people say hurt us.there is more imporntant things to thank about, life is short and we should live our lives as if it was our last day.
after all GOD did not promise tomorrow. God bless all of you. you will be in my PRAYERS

Posted at 4:53AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Ruthy

505. I am sick of her already. I STOPPED WATCHING THE SHOW WHEN STAR WAS FIRED AND I HAVE KNOW INTENTIONS ON STARTING AGAIN, from now on I'm waatching ELLEN.

Posted at 4:57AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Susan

506. I agree with spud!!!!!

Posted at 4:57AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by WB

507. Rosie is a fat sour slob and hippotwit, the view really sucks now, Barbra whaawhaa only wanted this rug licker on the show for selfish reasons. Rosie has no fans only idiots that listen to her, but there is enough of them to give her a fat head. She is truelly a hateful b**** who bought her some kids from someone that needed money, this pervert should NEVER have been allowed around children. her whole family is dysfunctional. Star Jones needs to slap the ugly b**** so hard she'll see her own a** three times. Thank you very much and have a wonderful day, except the perve.

Posted at 5:05AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by vesters

508. Does this woman not look like a man in drag or what? I mean she looks like the process by which sex is determined at conception or throughout the fetus' development went terribly wrong somehow.

Posted at 5:15AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Lawrence

509. I wil not sit in the judgement seat
of gay of the people I meet,
but I will be tuned in fine
to watch for every sign,
if the attendance of what they view
will indeed add a positive to what they do,
In this day and age
We need a voice to share God's page.

Posted at 5:25AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by Anna M. Miller

510. As some who watched The View pretty regularly, I was pretty shocked when Rosie O was named as the new chick. She can't share a conversation with anyone! C'mon Barbara walers. What the f**k were you smoking the day you made that decision? I also agree with an earlier writer who said I'd take Star Jones ANYDAY over Rosie O'Donnell.

Also, that uptight Elisabeth is an idiot but now that Rosie's in town, she's gonna really look stupid....no credit to Rosie.........it's just that Rosie is MUCH bigger and expertly TALKS OVER PEOPLE.

HAVE FUN LADIES......I hope Joy Behar jumps ship with her diginity before the network pulls the plug.

Barbara Walters and her co-producers, because of their poor decisions have created the end of The View.

Posted at 5:45AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by 1 degree of separation from Rosie

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