Rosie, Kelli, And Marriage Equality

Remember when everyone was bitching about Rosie O'Donnell's lack of participation in the Prop 8 campaign in California. How they all said she needed to do more, to contribute more, to be visible more???

Well now it all makes sense.

On her Sirius Satellite radio show, O'Donnell suddenly admitted Carpenter had moved out of their home two years ago. The reason for the big reveal? A pressing psychic and a long-haired chihuahua.

And, when asked who "sometimes looks after her," [the dog] O'Donnell explained her four children all fight over caring for the pup, which she got three days after Carpenter left. "What happened [was] when Kelli moved out two years ago, I got the dog. Because I wanted another child or something to love. And I got the dog."

Wonder where everyone is with their public apologies for all the crap talk and pressure they put on her?

Rosie O'Donnell On Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Yesterday, in the Ask Ro section of Rosie O'Donnell's blog, she responded to a question about Elisabeth Hasselbeck — her former co-host on The View — thusly:

"she thinks she is marilyn
from the munsters"

I thought that was just perfect! She's the "pretty, normal" one surrounded by people who are clueless about their, how shall we say, "imperfections."

Today, someone responded that the real Marilyn is a friend of the family. Not sure if that is true or not, or which Marilyn they were talking about (must be Beverly Owen since Pat Priest is married and living in Idaho), but interesting nonetheless.

Douche Bag Of The Week: Donald Trump

The new executives running NBC said they'd bring Donald Trump's reality show The Apprentice back from near extinction for at least one more run — this time with celebrities playing for charity.

And in yet another twist to efforts to revive the low-rated Apprentice franchise — and NBC's own sagging fortunes — they said Trump was inviting his archfoe, actress-comic Rosie O'Donnell, to join the cast of the show's latest edition.

Trump's impending return, and his invitation to O'Donnell, drew the most attention at the opening of NBC's annual summer presentation to TV critics. Trump and O'Donnell made headlines last year with a nasty war of words that began when O'Donnell, then co-host of the daytime talk show The View, mocked Trump on the air for his rebuke of disgraced beauty queen Tara Conner, Miss USA 2006. Trump fired back with a series of public insults, calling O'Donnell, among other things, "a fat slob," "a loser" and "despicable." The feud continued off and on for months.

Silverman said a Trump-O'Donnell union would be "great for television," and he insisted the offer was genuine, though he conceded, "I don't know if she'd do it."

The proposal was almost instantly shot down by O'Donnell's publicist, Cindi Berger, whose terse reply when told of the idea was, "Not in this lifetime, or beyond."
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Say It Ain't So, Ro

In a surprise announcement, Rosie O'Donnell said she won't be returning to The View next season as co-host. The decision was supposed to come in May after a family meeting but negotiations with ABC Daytime broke down. It seems they wanted her to commit for a longer period of time than she was willing. She'll be on the show until June when her current contract expires and wants to return as a guest host and to participate in one-hour specials on topics important to her such as depression and autism.

To keep up with her, visit Rosie's Blog where she talks about her family, politics, and Broadway. I've added the link to my blog roll sidebar.

Why, you might ask, is Rosie important? First of all, she provides the world with an up-close view of an out homosexual leading a somewhat normal life. By discussing her partner, children, and their lives, she has humanized the gay experience.

Next, like her or not, she raises important topics for discussion. Today's news cycle is covered with talk of a military email that asks why flags are lowered to half-staff for the victims at Virginia Tech but not for fallen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The reason is because the military code of conduct says they are not to be flown as such. But Rosie started this conversation immediately afer the VT shootings. Her points are relevant!

Now that Rosie won't be in the limelight, what will Entertainment Tonight, The Factor with Bill O'Reilly, and Donald Trump do for content to boost their ratings?
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Dump Truck On Scarborough Country

Are you going to be Scarborough unFair?

Most of you know I sleep with the television on. A habit from when I was a kid where I need the noise to fall asleep. Of course, once I'm asleep, the stimulation does nothing for my rest since my subconscious essentially watches TV all night. Last night I was awakened by Joe Scarborough and an interview with Donald Trump about Rosie O'Donnell. [Notice my last post on AI was made in the middle of the night after this got me riled up.]

Joe Scarborough has been bashing Rosie O'Donnell all this week for her promotion of the conspiracy theory that 9/11 was masterminded by the Bush administration. See her blog. He's also been taking Barbara Walters to task for allowing Rosie to have The View as a forum. Saying Barbara is ruining her illustrious career, I think it is a back door way for him to get Rosie to shut up.

Of course, he knows Rosie is a ratings winner — they tease the story in all the previews and save the segment until last — so isn't he kinda a ratings whore? He may not like her but he'll ride her coattails to get higher ratings. Yes, Joe, some of us are smart enough to get it.

In this world, we know that birds of a feather flock together. So loser Donald Trump found a likeminded person with a media outlet. In an interview, the Dump Truck rehashed his tired insults of Rosie and Barbara and then threw Joy Behar into the mix. He must not have liked it when the whole panel on The View imitated his comb over. Wonder why he didn't criticize Elisabeth Hasselbeck who also participated. Hmmmmmm, because she espouses Republican viewpoints and she's a Bushie? Is this all political? It's a sorry state of affairs for President Bush when the only people left on his side are EH and the Dump Truck. Ugh.
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Rosie Is Burying The Dump Truck

A couple of weeks ago, NBC fired Donald Trump (nicknamed the Dump Truck by Rosie's son Blake) from his time slot. Desperate to reverse the ongoing ratings decline of The Apprentice, NBC slid the Los Angeles version back an hour to Sunday at 10. NBC's announcement came less than a week after the show set a new all-time ratings low with its fifth episode broadcast.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, The View is up 600,000 viewers since Rosie O'Donnell joined the gabfest. While people may not agree with her opinions (something for a future post), they are tuning in to see what all the fuss is about. I'm an avid fan of The View and things certainly are interesting. You can find out more about Rosie's world view by visiting her blog.

News reports have it that The Donald started a become-a-millionaire presentation in Toronto with a 10 minute tirade against Rosie. What a loser. If I were them, I'd demand a refund.
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