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Rosie's "View" Not the Prettiest Picture

Katie Couric's not the only high-profile female TV personality with airbrush issues – Rosie O'Donnell says she's recently had the retouch treatment as well. In a new ABC promo photo for the new season of "The View," Rosie appears with her co-hosts Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, and Barbara Walters, and though she seems to be in relatively normal proportion to the other "View"-ers, the gab queen says she's been slimmed by the hand of Photoshop magic. "Look at the amount of white space/between my arm and body/barbara and elisabeth seem to vanish/there in my underarm," writes Rosie, giving her best forensic analysis on her blog at rosie.com



What's more, she tells Glamour magazine that she's letting her hair grow "long and luxurious" to allay concerns that her tight crop of recent years (especially the Flock of Seagulls look) might be too "gay" for the audience of "The View." Fortunately for all of us, O'Donnell promises that her locks henceforth won't be "scary."

Of course, as the photographic evidence has shown, butch doesn't have to equal "scary" – or gnarly. Halle Berry and Natalie Portman are just two of Hollywood's beauties that have made short look hot.



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211. An educated "view" from Rosie? That will be a first. All she ever did was scream and shout and class acts like Tom Selleck for a different viewpoint. Ellen is a lesbian with a point of view and I dearly love her. Rosie has used up her 15 minutes of fame. One can get educated from heterosexual or otherwise, but "she" would be the very last person to educate anyone. She's an embarassment.

Posted at 9:12AM on Sep 5th 2006 by Legal beagle

212. Above topic
It was def a touchy topic w/ Tom Selleck, Rosie is def not the only one against the NRA, or gun problems in this country..Tom is not the easiest man to get along with either... from what they say about him.
Talk shows are opinionated, as well as blogs....but, you can't fry a person for discussing a topic, and defending it on national TV...they were both yelling....at each other.. defending their opinions ....that's what this country is about....
Last I knew this was still a free country....right to bare arms, freedom of speech....

Posted at 1:12PM on Sep 5th 2006 by JP

213. May be Rosie joining The View, Elizabeth will talk less, because nothing
she says makes sense . Joy so far is the best.

Posted at 3:52PM on Sep 5th 2006 by sylvia

214. hey 13 if rosie is so "UNENTERTAINING" then why was her show on for so long.......? she was rivaling oprah with ratings and doing quite good...remember she closed the show down they never canceled her...... good luck rosie.

Posted at 6:34PM on Sep 5th 2006 by j

215. I think we need more Elisabeth Hasselbecks on tv! Her conservative views are good!

Posted at 10:42AM on Sep 6th 2006 by Neysa

216. BARBARA WALTERS HIRES ROSIE ONLY THINKING AWARDS, AWARDS AND MORE AWARDS. HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT THINK ABOUT STARS FEELINGS RE: ROSIES COMMEND AND THAT IS BECAUSE AS SMART AS PEOPLE THINK ROSIE IS SHE IS NOT "HELLO". SHE WAS NOT HIRED AS A COMEDIAN THAT IS THE REASON WE HAVE JOY AND ROSIE CAN'T TOP THAT, SO WHEN STAR ANNOUNED SHE WAS LEAVING BECAUSE THE SHOW WAS GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM LOOKING AT THE SHOW STAR WAS CORRECT. ROSIE HAS NO CLASS AND STAR JONES REYNOLD DOES AND THAT IS THE REASON STAR IS NO LONGER THERE. I DO NOT CARE WHO IS TO TAKE HER PLACE , IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENNING. GOOD LUCK BARBARA WITH THE AWARDS, AWARDS AND MORE AWARDS IF THE SHOW WILL LAST THAT LONG. IF NOT BEING LOYAL TO STAR MAYBE NOW THE PUBLIC WON'T BE LOYAL TO THE VIEW, AND I DON'T CARE FOR ANY BACK TALK UNLESS IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PUBLIC WANTING TO E-MAIL OR CONTACT STAR JONES AND WILL YOU PROVIDE THAT I HOPE SO, BUT IF YOU AT THE TIME WERE NOT LOYAL TO STAR WHY WOULD YOU NOW?

Posted at 6:17PM on Sep 6th 2006 by MILLIE

217. A trainwreck??? How about the second sinking of the Titanic?

Babs won't soon be looking for a replacement for the scary diva Star. She'll be looking for Rosie's replacement.

How a terrible experiment!

Posted at 2:11AM on Sep 7th 2006 by Bob Johnston

218. Come on they made Rosie look skinnier than Joy and we know that she is not. She is way fatter than the rest of them and I am not going to enjoy watching her clash with Elizabeth, or Barbara Walters patronizing Elizabeth, or Rosie push her gayness on America. I stopped watching when they got rid of Star. Rosie is so selfish. She has kids with another woman she lives with and not with a man. Guess she doesn't think men matter in the equation of rearing children. Guess she thinks her kids won't mind not having a dad like most all other kids have. Guess she thinks all any boys need are just two moms. Get real Rosie and get off the view!

Posted at 2:30AM on Sep 7th 2006 by Sarah

219. I don't remember anybody airbrushing Star Jones in her fatter days. Could it be that the producers of the View are trying their best to make Rosie fit in? If you ask me,"Everthing is not coming up rosie" at the View. Barbara Walters has made Rosie as beige in color as her and Elizabeth...it's too painful to watch, you know like a train wreck!

Posted at 8:18PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Florence

220. I don't know about you but I AM SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT ROSIE'S KIDS! I don't give a hoot about her kids! And I want Star back! She had class--something that Rosie doesn't have and never will.

Posted at 7:08PM on Sep 10th 2006 by Carolyn Toczek

221. I only tuned in on the first day, but thought Rosie livened up the show, and made
Barbara laugh -- I thought it was an improvement. She did talk a little too much, however, but she was probably nervous from her reputation when she left TV a few years back.

Posted at 7:20PM on Sep 10th 2006 by Carol Denmead

222. I THINK ROSIE DID A WOUNDERFUL JOB AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE GIRLS! ROSIE IS A WOUNDERFUL PERSON AND BELONGS WITH SUCH A WOUNDERFUL GROUP OF GIRLS! I WATCHED THE VIEW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. I LOVED IT THEN AND LOVE IT EVEN MORE NOW. ALL YOU WHO ARE HATEING IS JUST JEALOUS, SO GET OVER IT, ROSIE IS HERE TO STAY AND THE VIEW WELL BE BIGGER THAN EVER!!!

Posted at 9:46PM on Oct 5th 2006 by SCOTTIE

223. In my opinion, I do not believe that Rosie is a good replacement for Meredith Viera as moderator of "The View". I find her to be loud, obnoxious, overbearing, self righteous, and I believe that she is just as intolerant as she accuses others of being. And then on top of hiring Rosie, "The View" gets rid of an educated, articulate, and funny person who helped create a diverse panel of women, all because she went a little "bride-zilla" about her wedding, and then didn't think it was anyone's business how she lost weight (and why is it so absolutely important that she tell us how she did it? did we want to know so that we could take pot shots at her? or talk about what a hypocrit and liar she is because she didn't directly answer the questions they way we wanted her to?) The View used to be my favorite day time talk show, one with class and decorum, without being stuffy - - I no longer watch the program and do not plan to do so. All of us make mistakes, and Ms. Walter's and the producers of The View have made a huge blunder this time.

Posted at 9:00PM on Sep 10th 2006 by S Williams

224. I will no longer watch the view because of Rosie. I don't care what she looks like or what her sexual preference might be, but I do care about how Anti-American she seems. I was watching the other day andshe bashed our president, bashed our efforts in Iraq, and was very demeaning to the military. My husband is returning from Iraq next week after serving for 16 months, and I found her comments so hurtful. I absolutely will not watch the view again. I can understand that she might oppose the war, but this show is not the place to be so political. I want to watch a light-hearted show in the morning and not feel so much hate going on. Maybe she should run her own radio show opposite of Rush Limbaugh or something.

Posted at 8:16PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Emaleea

225. Rosie O'Donnell, you are so off base saying Christian right is radical. Followers of the Bible, which is God's law book, and if they are faithful to His word are not permitted to be radical. God looks on anything like that as sin. TRY READING THE BIBLE AND THEN RECANT YOUR COMMENTS! I am sick and tired of people attacking the Christian right, everything that is happening today is in the Bible. There isn't anything that goes on in this world that we are not privy. It is non-believers like you that are the cause of what is happening in this world. Anyone who does not follow Jesus, is a follower of Satan and he is the one who is responsible for what is going on in this world. So please do not call us radical. We are God's children, chosen by Him. READ THE BIBLE AND YOU WILL GET THE ANSWERS! Please see that she gets this comment.

Posted at 10:11PM on Sep 13th 2006 by barbara pellicane

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