Celebrity Feuds
Rosie Calls O'Reilly an "Imbecile," Murdoch "Big Brother"

Rosie O'Donnell spat back at conservative talk-show pugilist Bill O'Reilly after he called for her firing from ABC last week, comparing him to a character in George Orwell's "1984" who is "a fattish ... man of paralyzing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms."

She didn't reserve her fire for O'Reilly, however. On her blog at Rosie.com, Ro accused O'Reilly of being a totalitarian puppet of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, as she put it, in her lower-case verse, "like 1984/molding the facts/2 suit the needs/of big brother rupert." And Rosie also revealed that when she and co-host Joy Behar made reference on "The View" to a sex scandal involving O'Reilly, they were told they had to can it about O'Reilly or else "bill o would 'go after' all the hosts" of their show.

Rosie Gets PhysicalWell, Bill O. did go after Ro at least, as TMZ noted last week, calling Rosie "nutty" and "irresponsible" and suggesting that ABC should oust her from the show. Rosie went all literary-nasty on O'Reilly, comparing him to Parsons, a fellow employee of protagonist Winston Smith, whom Orwell says is "one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the thought police, the stability of the Party depended."

Response from O'Reilly is awaited.



Tags: Bill O'Reilly, BillO'reilly, Rosie O'Donnell, RosieO'donnell

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31. Whether agreed with or not, at least O'Reilly backs up his opinions and judgements with REAL facts and moral common-sense. Rosie is nothing more than an obese, low-brow, gay-agenda, hack. If you GAVE her something intelligent to say, she'd screw it up.

Posted at 10:48AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Susan

32. Rosie has become a pathetic, desperate bully. If Bill O'Reilly is everything you said he is, Rosie, why did he get to you so much? Get help, Rosie. That hanging upside down isn't helping you.

Posted at 10:49AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Janice

33. Send her over to Iraq permantantly since she feels the US Government is behind the trade center tragedy .She hates Trump, O'Reilly, the US Soldiers Etc. Etc She has attacked everything that we value in this country . It appears to me she does not desire to be an American anymore. Ship her out.

Posted at 10:50AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Jan- an American and proud to be one.

34. I quit watching the View because of Rosie. She is disgusting!! I have lost respect for Barbara Walters for hiring her!!!!

Posted at 10:50AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by jojo

35. Apart from the merits of Rosie's tirade, she is one sick puppy. Her self-destructive would be a private matter if she didn't pull others lives into the matter as well.

Posted at 10:51AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by yvonne adler

36. ROSIE-ROSIE-ROSIE

You have overstayed you welcome - know when to let go and go away...............

bye-bye

Posted at 10:52AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by pookie

37. Concerned -- wtF? why would you think that her children are going to be messed up? bc you dont agree with her opinions? bc she is a little too overbearing for you? bc she is gay? why? do you agree with your parents on every issue? hmmm... guess you are messed up 2.
you sound ignorant, especially your first post.. sounds like you hate her soley for not being a size 6 or bc she is gay... either way - ppl like you scare me far worse than people like Rosie .... wait, are you Bill O'Reilly?

Posted at 10:53AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by concerned for ur kids as well

38. I can't stand either of them ..They are Jerks!! And O'Reilly does loves his phone sex.

Posted at 10:54AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Margie

39. Rosie can not keep her mouth shut and digs her hole deeper and deeper. She is nothing more than an attention seeking lier. Please call ABC 818-460-7477 --she does not deserve to be on the air. For a person that hates this government so much...if the USA is so crooked, then she is lucky that she is STILL alive, because in another country her rantings would have her BEHEADED (AND HER FAMILY).
Freedom of Speech is one thing...speach of a traitor is punishable. She condridicts herself and is a compulsive lier. Contact abc.com--call the number above. Have her anti-American ass thrown off the air waves. I feel sorry for Barbara Walters---She worked so hard to be where she is today, and this despicable Rosie, just flushed BW and her show down the toliet.
IMPEACH ROSIE!

Posted at 10:53AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by jProud American Author

40. In my opinion, Bill O'Reily, nor anyone else is Rosie's real problem.

Rosie seems to have it all - her family life is an open album of happy photos, homes, boats and wonderful friends who love her very much... But Rosie has CHOOSEN to become angry and lecture the people or things that make her furious.

She or ABC do not care that I refuse to listen to all that anger every morning. I used to love The View - By all accounts, the viewing audience of The View is going through the roof.

The live audience at The View not only applauds Rosie's rants against the U.S. government & conspiracy theories, but the war my family is actually over there fighting in since day one and the list goes on. I watched Rosie the day she got told Trump off for giving the beauty queen a 2nd chance - Rosie posed the question - IS DONALD TRUMP NOW THE MORAL AUTHORITY FOR BEAUTY QUEENS - and threw her hair over, etc., and to watch The View "spin" who started the arguments between Rosie & Trump would drive "The No-Spin Zone" O'Reilly nuts!

Rosie can be angry if she chooses. We have "free speech" in this country.

I always admired Rosie's love the dreams she & mother had for Rosie and how she has accomplished so many of her dreams. I've had gay friends all my life - I have gay family members.

Rosie doesn't make it easier for gay who are not rich & famous - whose own family members sometimes shun them because they are gay. Rosie could afford to fly out to California and marry Kelly, but she spoke to 300 reporters and/or cameras on the court house steps after the ceremony - Rosie & Kelly looked adorable - Rosie said to the cameras as I watched it live or immediately afterwards - Rosie lashed out at Bush.

Rosie is a hero for Time Warner who owns ABC/AOL/CNN/The New York Times/TIME and other media entities - Who had/has an agenda to destroy public opinion of our government, the White House, Christians, conservatives, republlicans and anyone they disagree with.

One only has to do serious research into the news and comments which come out of Hollywood to destory the opinions of at least 50% of this nation.

They believe they are richer, prettier, smarter and we are all a bunch of ignorant people who need to be squashed. I do not beleive it makes America better when you take the low road.

The View & Rosie can go on forever, as for me and my house we will not serve up Rosie's anger day after day. I wish her no harm but I don wish her happiness.

Posted at 10:55AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Patsy

41. Take another does of your venomous hate pills Rosie. The world is so over you. You and the other hags try to make yourself relevant in this world by spouting Soros/Turner propaganda. They own you. Men own you. Men pay your paycheck. Men keep you from getting married. It just pisses you off how irrelevant you are to the world. The world kept going after everyone realized you weren't that cutiepatootie you pretended to be with your own show. The View has ratings but it lacks class. Boycott the view, their sponsors, and the Disney Corporation; see how much these men want to pay you when they start losing money because of your hate speech!

Posted at 10:54AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Rosie Is a Hateful Person

42. I wish these imbeciles Rosie and O'Rielly would just shut up about crap they know absolutely NOTHING about. They know nothing about our military and nothing about whats really going on over there in Iraq. Rosie is just like every other celebrity out there protesting the war. She is only doing it for publicity and she probably couldnt care less about the troops being there. I am so tired of these so called celebrities using our troops to further their own agendas.

Posted at 10:54AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by military wife

43. 24. You know the old saying "money talks", the rattings are thru the roof for the View...she will leave if she 'wants" too, They will never cut off their nose to spite their face. Love her or hate her, I think someone needs to remind Bill of his sick headlines, he pd. dearly and made that go away in 15 days...short memory Bill.

Posted at 10:46AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Donna

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Saying it doesn't make it so. ACTUALLY, the show has slipped substantially and the network's none too happy with her ignorant attempts to rebuild them (especially since her same "efforts" are the cause for the really bad PR). The only hope anyone can have for the show right now is that she doesn't bury it before she is "booted" off.

Posted at 10:59AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Susan

44. The only way Rosie is going to go, is for eveyone to stop watching the View.....
ABC isnt going to give up the ratings!!
Who in their right mind believes this nasty woman. Hanging upside down has really constricted the blood flow to her brain

Posted at 10:56AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by pj45

45. IMO, she's always been a PIA....would do the world and herself good if she'd deal with her anger from whatever happened years ago. She's a bully for a reason; she needs to stfu and get a shrink...how about Dr Kris E? LMAO

Posted at 10:57AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by a nurse

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