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Entertainment | 11/20/2008 3:50 pm

Barbara Walters Rips Unnamed Rosie (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Rosie O’Donnell made headlines this morning after rehashing old beef with her former colleagues over at "The View."

O’Donnell took specific issue with Barbara Walters, who O’Donnell says lies about the level of friendship among the popular talk show’s female hosts:

[Walters] wanted everyone to believe and think and act as if [the girls] get along and are really good friends and happy and hang out together, and, you know, that’s just not the reality.

I’m not saying they loathe each other, but the fact of the matter is, there was not a lot of camaraderie off camera.

Walters was understandably irked by the remarks and took some time in today’s episode of "The View" to blast O’Donnell. Though she didn’t mention the entertainer by name, Walters definitely directed this at her: "There are some people who have done the show and then for years feel they have to dump on it — maybe for their own publicity … I resent it. If the shoe fits, lady, ladies, get on with your lives! We are not perfect. We are not always happy. But we’re pretty good."

Here’s the video! The pertinent remarks come around the three minute mark…

 

9 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Belinda Joy
I think some of what Rosie has to say in regard to possible gripes off camera are true…..you can’t have the level of animosity on air that they have shown and have it not spill over into their lives off camera. And I don’t believe that is a knock against women supposedly not being able to disagree but still be friends, which is Barbara’s take on this subject. But it is apparent that Joy and Elisabeth in particular do not genuinely love one another….that can not be faked.
By Belinda Joy on 11/20/2008 4:09 pm
Ms. Dee
Oh, Barbara. How unnecessary was this. Do we really need to hear more vacuous defense of your fair-haired child? You hurt Rosie, and I’m sure she resents it. So I guess you’re even. Really. You have more class than this.
By Ms. Dee on 11/20/2008 6:18 pm
DeBúrca obj
After reading what Rosie O’Donnell actually said, I don’t know what the big deal was. Walters reactions seemed a bit extreme for O’Donnell’s pretty mild statement.
By DeBúrca obj on 11/20/2008 9:55 pm
georgia fatwood
Joy should be a regular sub on Larry King Live and Whoopi should just stick with us…….leave Barbara and Ekizabeth to their own dreadful devices……
By georgia fatwood on 11/21/2008 1:17 am
georgia fatwood
Ooops….that was supposed to be what’s-her-name…..not Ekizabeth…….
By georgia fatwood on 11/21/2008 1:20 am
f p
Vacuity, vacuity, they name is The View. With Lizzy Hasselbck on the panael, need I say more?
By f p on 11/21/2008 5:08 am
J B
She doth protest too much” in my opinion.
By J B on 11/21/2008 7:19 am
david archuletta
David Archuletta has asked Rosie O’Donnell why her self funded Chilgren of the World Adoption Agency went out of business. He knows for a fact that that they were as good as stealing babies. He has documentation that proves such.
By david archuletta on 11/28/2008 1:06 am
Susan B
She does this for publicity. Once, before the days of The View, Ms. Walters was a bigger, classier person and wouldn’t waste her breath on such silliness.
By Susan B on 12/13/2008 12:03 am