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"Idol" Exec to Rosie: We're Not Weightist, Look at Randy!

Posted Mar 8th 2007 10:24AM by TMZ Staff

If Rosie O'Donnell was looking for a new Donald Trump, she's found him.

Adding more fuel to TV's newest burning rivalry, "American Idol" executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, phoned into "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" this morning, and dragged Randy Jackson's plus-size stature into the raging dawgfight.

During the call, Lythgoe called Rosie "utterly crazy" for accusing "Idol" of being racist and "weightest," saying "look at our past contestants, Ruben for instance, Randy Jackson himself ... these are not small people!" That's gotta make Randy feel good.

Lythgoe added, "Once you get into a situation where you can have a view and then put it on television ... that comes with responsibility and that responsibility is you think before you open your mouth."

Your move, Ro.

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31. Roise
you will go to hell just by been in sin with another woman. So who cares what you think. You need to find away to get you life right with god before you try to set it straight with anyone. You have know room to talk but there is a lot of room in HELL .God did not create woman to love woman. You are just dumb and crazy. And that's not good. Try to see if you can ask God to stop you from thinking that you are guy cause you are just sick that 's all.

Posted at 8:41PM on Mar 8th 2007 by unknown

32. I agree with #32.......prefer Star to Rosie - she had class, she dressed to the 9's, she was smart and articulate......she grew up with fine southern manners, didn't interrupt and talk over people......she gave her opinion, was clearly a liberal, but she didn't shove it down your throat.
Rosies' poetry is very scary to me........she goes home and sits in her room and writes these rantings........very scary.

Posted at 10:25PM on Mar 8th 2007 by lynn

33. Rosie is a BIG MOUTH BULLY, I can`t stand her and I think Babara WaWa is afraid of her. And Rosie if you would keep your BIG MOUTH SHUT no one would know you nuts.

Posted at 10:28PM on Mar 20th 2007 by Lily

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