TMZ to Rosie: How Dare You!

Posted Nov 17th 2006 12:44PM by TMZ Staff

Rosie O'Donnell took a shot at TMZ this morning on "The View," accusing us of outing gay celebs in the same way that PerezHilton.com has done. Not that there's anything wrong with coming out of the closet, but -- yo, Ro! -- get your facts straight! TMZ has, for the record, never outed anyone; gay, bisexual, alien or otherwise, and that's really not what we're about.

O'Donnell was talking about her own gay admission to Warner Bros. execs when she started her talk show back in 1995, and said that she kept it mainly under wraps to avoid controversy. But, she added, "At the time when my show was on, there was no Drudge Report, there was no Perez Hilton, there was no TMZ, and you could be gay and have a big successful career and no one would ask you -- no journalist ever asked me."

Frankly, Rosie, we at TMZ don't shy away from the tough questions, but we're not in the business of outing people -- so back off, girlfriend!

Filed under: The View, Rosie O'Donnell


Tags: rosie odonnell, RosieOdonnell, the view, TheView, tmz

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1. TMZ is as queer as Rosie, you are both disgusting, obnoxious pigs. You can't say anything nice and neither can she. Your business is gossip and so is hers. Self opinionated a**holes who do it for ratings, no difference. If I've made a falsehood, I'm sorry, but these are the facts.

Posted at 12:58PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Harry

2. The question I have to Harry is what are you doing here if they are so disgusting? Hypocrite much? Places like this wouldn't exist if you weren't here gobbling it all up. Get off your horse and remove the nine foot pole from your ass. Weirdo.

Posted at 1:05PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Ebony

3. Several other things Rosie has been outed on at TMZ
1. Being a ultra-liberal with no sense of history
2. Having a mouth bigger than her Brain
3. Shouting to prove her point
4. Intimidating people with the " you hate GAY " card
5. Hogging the TV time
6. Liking lame Broadway productions
7. Being " The cat in the Hat"
8. Producing that awful broadway show with Boy George
9. Staring at people like their dumbasses
10 . Being on the View

Posted at 1:10PM on Nov 17th 2006 by kevinbgood621

4. Watch the show again. Rosie does not accuse you of outing people. She is referring to the fact that news travels fast now and you certainly have to admit that news of a gay celebrity makes it fast on to TMZ. Surely you can not dispute that.

Posted at 1:13PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Chris

5. TMZ don't get your thong in a wad. Rosie didn't say that you OUTED her or anyone else, only that your type of media reports, and reports, and reports those that are ? in or out. Just this week look at your reports and see, you now have Michelle that hasn't came out listed with the photo of her and her partner, so Rosie is just making a point. I never thought that I would be siding with Rosie, EVER on anything.

Posted at 1:13PM on Nov 17th 2006 by HaHa

6. Oh, and I do agree with the above posters. She was only stating that news does travel at the speed of light nowadays with sites like this around. She in no way insinuated that you guys were the culprits. Try not to read too much into it, calm down.

Posted at 1:25PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Ebony

7. I am just curious why TMZ seems to so frequently report on the goings-on at The View. I am a View watcher and therefore check TMZ for any View gossip. I appreciate their reports because it's a chance to comment on the show with others that watch it. I also peruse other celebrity gossip websites and the others rarely give a mention to what happend on The View. I am so curious what affiliation TMZ has with The View. And why doesn't TMZ have their finger on the pulse of what happens on Tyra or Ellen or Oprah, etc. on a regular basis? Why is The View so newsworthy? Again, I watch The View, but recognize that the majority of people who follow celebrity gossip probably do not watch it. It's a curious thing to me..... Does anyone know the answer????

Posted at 1:30PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Curious

8. ROCK ON TMZ! You guys do a great job! Kudos to you for sticking up for yourselves.

Posted at 1:30PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Derek

9. Hey Harry if TMZ is soooo disgusting obnoxious pigs then what does that make you????? Oink Oink idiot!! Typical person with a stick up their a**......if you don't like it stay off the website genius!!!!

Posted at 1:34PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Vanessa

10. Who cares if she's gay or straight or fat or whatever....she's turned into a big mouth B***H! She's always in the news griping & complaining about something or someone! SHUT UP! already, and in my opinion that was the WORST choice The View could have made!!!!

Posted at 1:51PM on Nov 17th 2006 by PJ Rogers

11. I'm with TMZ on this one.

She insinuated that they're responsible for outing celebs.. which they don't.. Perez does.

On a side note...I wish Rosie wasn't so-in-peoples-faces about her gayness! There's not one show that she doesn't bring it up! It's getting annoying... we get that you like pussy... but you don't see the other hosts talking about their sexuality all the time.

Posted at 1:53PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Lindsey

12. Right on,TMZ, right on. Even if she didn't mean it that way, people could have taken it that way. Good to clear that up.

Some things I'm soooo tired of reading from commenters:
1) And this is news how?????
2) Screw you, TMZ!
3) All you do is report on superficial gossip!

If you want news, go to CNN. If you don't like TMZ or gossip, DON'T READ IT OR DON'T COMMENT. I'm surprised I have to tell you this.

Posted at 2:03PM on Nov 17th 2006 by KK

13. I'm with TMZ on this one

She insinuated that they're responsible for outing celebs.. which they don't.. Perez does.

On a side note...I wish Rosie wasn't so-in-peoples-faces about her gayness! There's not one show that she doesn't bring it up! It's getting annoying... we get that you like p***y... but you don't see the other hosts talking about their sexuality all the time.

Posted at 2:07PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Lindsey

14. What's wrong with outing gay celebrities???:

Posted at 2:18PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Birthday Cake

15. I can't stand Rosie O'Donnell. She makes me skin crawl at the very sight of her. The sound of her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. Why did the View ever put this fat, ugly, loudmouthed twit on the panel? They screwed themselves with me, forever, as far as I'm concerned. I won't watch their show anymore and neither will anyone I know.

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 17th 2006 by ACG

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