Celebrity Feuds
Rosie the Riveting's Raucous Week

Even by Rosie O'Donnell's outspoken standards, this week's been a particularly loud one. With just a few wags of her tongue (and a couple thrusts of her hips), the talk-show empress once dubbed the "Queen of Nice" has turned into a one-woman provocation machine.

First, on "The View," she irked the gun control lobby -- and co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck -- when she suggested that the tragic murder of five young girls in Pennsylvania Amish country on Monday wouldn't have happened if better controls were put on the sale and possession of firearms. Then, on Wednesday, she incensed Catholics everywhere -- including the president of the Catholic League, who publicly denounced her comment -- when she put the blame for the Church's pedophilia scandal squarely on the shoulders of the current Pope Benedict XVI and referenced the controversial new flick "Deliver Us From Evil." And finally, yesterday, Rosie got into it with what she termed the "crazy" pro-breast-feeding legions, saying that they would be bombarding her with enraged complaints for her more pragmatic stance on the issue.

To top it all off, as if to prove dramatically that she just can't stop talking, she gabbed all the way through a steamy sex scene in a guest appearance on FX's "Nip/Tuck," hitting on such varied topics as Britney, K-Fed, and mac 'n' cheese along the way. Whatever she's saying, however, we're listening.



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76. hope you're reading this Rosie...........I Luv Ya. I've been a fan of Rosie's since her days on HBO specials. The fact that she finally came out of the closet was no surprise to me. I knew she was gay during her early days and that in itself doesn't make a person, as most evolved people are certainly aware of. So, yes some days on The View she is a bit ......... wild and wooly. The things she cares about most, she is quite opinioned about. ie. guns,pedophiles, etc. I'm glad she has Elisabeth acting less mousy and whiny. So many days I actually changed stations to see what was on the home shopping channels, while she was talking as her waa waa waa waa is nerve racking. Her 2 other co-hosts can hold their own, most of the time,LOL Rosie definitely has an attitude, but usually a good one. She would die for her family, loves Kelly and her kids. Someone I'd like 2 be friends with. (and no I am not gay). She keeps me in stiches with her smart-ass comments. I will admit she does cut into people making comments or telling things about themselves sometimes, which isnt courteous and sometimes gives the impression that she's a loud-mouth-windbag. See even tho I Luv her I can still see the errors that she sometimes makes!!! All said and done.....................Rosie Rules!!!!!!...................................
BTW # 7 youre a psychopath, get some therapy

Posted at 5:24PM on Oct 7th 2006 by Queen Bee

77. Hello jean,

I sure I speak for everybody here hoping that you will get your oxygen from Medicare. I don't know why the government is acting like this, considering we waste so much money on unnecessary things.

All the Best.....

Posted at 5:57PM on Oct 7th 2006 by flyonthewall

78. Rosie is obnoxious.The show will be cancelled.I preferred Star and Meredith..They had intelligent non belligerent comments.Star needs her own show!

Posted at 7:17PM on Oct 7th 2006 by Carol Taylor

79. They view's rating are higher than they've ever been, even when Star and Meredith were on the show. So the show will not be canceled for a long time. And Rosie will remain host.

Posted at 7:58PM on Oct 7th 2006 by pukingposh

80. Rosie and Tom C...two outspoken individuals who know absolutely nothing about what they are talking about but think they know more than absolutely anyone. A dirty sock and a roll of duct tape would shut them both up.

Posted at 11:01AM on Oct 8th 2006 by Adam

81. Was there not controversary when Rosie had her own show and he blind sided Tom Selleck about guns, only to find out her security men carried guns.

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.

Rosie should go back to school and study Social Science because it is very obvious she knows nothing about our Constitution which gives us the Right to Bear Arms. And what makes her think if guns were out-lawed, that the criminal element will not still be able to get guns. Drugs are illegal, but everyone get them.

Rosie needs to shut her BIG mouth and quit trying to slam all her controversial views down our throats. It's an insult for her to think she way is the right way or not way at all.

I say she is far worse than Star Jones, will never be a Meredith, and she should be fired.

Posted at 12:18AM on Oct 8th 2006 by Dior

82. Who cares about the good year blimp aka. Rosie O'Donnell Liberal ass views. BLAH BLAH BLAH.......... I hope my dream comes true when I wake to find out the VIEW has been CANCELED.. That show just SUCKS big time.............

Posted at 1:14AM on Oct 9th 2006 by Cheryl

83. We hope Rosie talks and talks and TaLkS and talks and talks and TALKS!!! - ROCK ON ROSIE!! We LOVE YOU!!!!!!

We desparately hope and dream that it is Elisabeth Hasselbeck that will be the one that SHUTS THE He#% UP! We are sick of her insipid opinions and whiney pathetic diatribe. IDIOT BARBIE FREAK that she is - we can't WAIT for Rosie to verbally SHRED HER asap!
She constantly talks over guests, beligerantly hogs the blocking on guest segments and apparently is only there to make herself (NOT GUESTS or anyone else, for that matter) look good. (She acts like a stupid, spoiled little girl who thinks she knows more than mommy.)

Everyone we know despises her and PRAYS that Rosie will reduce her to babbling tears, that Joy will gleefully slap her and that Barbara will sack her forthwith!!!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make her go away!!! She is RUINING what could be a fantastic show!

Posted at 7:04AM on Oct 8th 2006 by You-Kno-Who and her best friend

84. Rosie is an idoit! She will be, or should I say is, the downfall of The View. She alone has ruined the entire show. I feel sorry for Barbara and she must feel humiliated that she made the mistake of hiring Rosie. Rosie sucks!

Posted at 10:10AM on Oct 8th 2006 by Jeanne

85. Rosie great with the highest ratings ever she'll be around for a long time. Looking forward to that! Say what ya will , she's not going away.

Posted at 11:09AM on Oct 8th 2006 by yessirmrmartin

86. Rosie should have her own show ... oh wait ,she did ... and it was cancelled.
hahahahahahahahahahahhahaha! I was a faithful View watcher...until Rosie erked me into the arms of Rachael Ray!

Posted at 1:33PM on Oct 8th 2006 by karen

87. Rosie is great for publicity. No one ever talked as much about the View -- Barbara Walters is a genius.

It would even be better if she replaced Elizabeth with Ann Coulter and encouraged actual fighting! People would be watching the show at work!

If this is not a good suggestion, Rosie should be encouraged to take some active listening classes (it's hopeless for Elizabeth....)

Posted at 11:43AM on Oct 8th 2006 by Donna D

88. Funny Rosie went off on Tom Selleck and the NRA on her show, then when someone may have planned on kidknapping her kid She hires an armed bodyguard WITH A GUN!!!. Oh it is OK for her to have armed people to protect her and her child, but not the average citizen. Let,s face it Rosie is anti-gun for you and me, she is pro-gay and wants all of us to be guy, she hates religion because she does not like having to answer to a higher power to her. I wonder if she thinks she is god sometimes. But the worst is people who even give what she says real credibility. She is just another liberal nut who wants to impose all her beliefs on us all.

Posted at 11:44AM on Oct 9th 2006 by SteveP

89. her comments werent all that inflamatory - they are being taken out of context and exploted - if you watched all of what she said it wasnt that bad. people are looking for bad things where she just isnt really saying things that are that contraversal!!!!!

Posted at 12:34PM on Oct 8th 2006 by mary

90. Reading a few of the comments posted on this site was disheartening.
Although, I have only watched the 'view' a few times, it always struck me as a bit lame/tame...other the the funny red haired woman...I saw no reason to watch it and hence have only seen it a fews but after reading some of the truly hateful,intolerant and mean postings I may have to check it out again.
The job of those individuals in the television industry should be to create a dialogue. A dialogue in which varying points of view can be expressed (in a civilized way). Sadly there are some within our country who do not want to consider or hear the views of anyone who they might disagree with.....sad really. The hate in some of the postings slaps you in the face. Horrible! But at least for the time being we still have our right to free speech, although other civil liberties are slowly disappearing.
Additionally, any rational individual would observe (and have thoughts on) the abundance of guns in our society and the high number of innocent individuals killed by them.
Lastly, no one needs to help the Republicans. They are sinking themselves by sending our fine young Veterans/soilders into a civil war, taking away civil liberties, being dishonest about the state of the nation and being out of touch with anyone who is not part of their club (there club is the ever hateful religious right....who are anything but Christian).

Posted at 11:03PM on Oct 8th 2006 by Terry McKay

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