Former Hosts: PROFESSIONAL Life After The View

[TheGreenKnight]

The only thing I can think of that Elisabeth has is her looks (as sad as that is to say for a woman in 2015). Her voice is awful to hear, she can't deliver a coherent sentence or question, she definitely can't act (going off her feigned attempts to appear nice on The View), she isn't able to think any farther than you could toss a rock, she has no onscreen presence, and we can deduce she can't cook very well because she would never enter the vicinity of food unless she's hocking bars. At least Sherri has a little something to work with. I guess you have to give it to her that she's managed to make it on almost nothing but unintelligible rage and suck-uptitude.

 

At least we can be thankful she's too bitter over her exit to ever return to The View--and who else in daytime would want her? Considering how unbearable Whoopi's comments about race issues the past year were, I can't even imagine what abyss Elisabeth would've dragged the Viewers into.

[Tunia]

As far as the last sentence, I do remember BaWa saying that was one of her techniques (am I remembering correctly?).  So Bitsy probably thinks she is the next BW.  

 

"Now, there's a baby!"

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I can't help but wonder what Bitsy claims as her occupation in her IRS tax forms.  If "Journalist", I have a picture in my mind of Bitsy and Tim being called in for an audit, and the IRS examiner is red-faced, holding his stomach, and falling off his chair, laughing.

[CMH1981]

Wouldn't it be great if Bitsy's comeuppance was Tim's name being on the Ashley Madison hack list.

[Qoass]

Could never happen:  he'd have to have a credit card in his own name...

[Medicine Crow]

Could never happen:  he'd have to have a credit card in his own name...

I think everything is in his name!!

[CMH1981]

I agree Medicine Crow, I wouldn't be surprised if the Hasselbeck marriage is much like Candace Cameron-Bure's marriage where she is "submissive" to her husband.

[susieq147]

I agree Medicine Crow, I wouldn't be surprised if the Hasselbeck marriage is much like Candace Cameron-Bure's marriage where she is "submissive" to her husband.

 

 

 

Didn't she say as much once?  That Tim was the head of the household and he decided everything.  She told a story once about them shopping in a Home Goods store and there was a line and Tim wasn't having that at all and they had to leave.  Now if it had been me I would have told my husband go sit in the car and I will check out.  But not our good little wife Elisabeth.  Nope.  Her husband says they leave and they leave.

[Mumbles]

There is also the story of Tim leaving a grape in the sink just to test Bitsy's house-cleaning skills. And he has final approval on Christmas gift lists. She also told a story about how Tim *INSISTED* that she and Grace (their only child at the time) be there at the stadium after games to support him. Which made me laugh at the time because he made a career as a benchwarmer. Not a whole lot of pressure.

That said - he sure doesn't seem to mind her making a whole lot more money than him. (I think this is a sensitive issue. She once said on the View when they were discussing wives who make more than their husbands, that over time he has outearned her. I didn't believe it at the time and sure don't now.)

[CMH1981]

Well there are statistics that show that husbands who earn less than their wives ( in her case she is even the more popular of the duo ) act out by cheating, drinking, or become abusive.  I don't wish anything like him being abusive or such, but I wouldn't mind for it to come out he had been cheating on her or such....of course I think she was doing sexual favors to Geddie for years while on the View.

 

I can't wait to see what this idiot and her co-horts spew tomorrow in regards to Kim Davis being sent jail due to her religious convictions in Kentucky.

Edited September 3, 2015 by CMH1981

[susieq147]

in her case she is even the more popular of the duo )

 

 

 

I don't know if I would believe that.  Elisabeth is definitely more well-known than her husband but I'm not so sure popular is the correct word.  I've only seen Tim when he would appear on the View and do his analysis on ESPN (does he still do that?) and I can honestly say I thought he came across as a much nicer person than his shrew of a wife.  He might share his wife's conservative views but maybe he isn't so mean-spirited about them. 

[CMH1981]

Well I meant by "popular" in that she is more known for her views and inability to censor what comes out of her mouth, plus her stint on the View going up against Rosie.  What is Tim most known for, other than the younger less-successful brother of Matt and being a bench warmer and sometimes analyst.  I couldn't point Tim Hasselbeck out of a lineup. 

[MatchaLove]

A golden moment when The Rickles appeared on The View.  Totally called-out Tim Hasselbeck as a big nothing.  Jump to about 1:35m  :)

 

[RogerFromOhio]

Well there are statistics that show that husbands who earn less than their wives ( in her case she is even the more popular of the duo ) act out by cheating, drinking, or become abusive.  I don't wish anything like him being abusive or such, but I wouldn't mind for it to come out he had been cheating on her or such....of course I think she was doing sexual favors to Geddie for years while on the View.

 

I can't wait to see what this idiot and her co-horts spew tomorrow in regards to Kim Davis being sent jail due to her religious convictions in Kentucky.

I dont think she put out for Sweaty Geddie.... but I am sure she teased him quite often.

Now the Elisabeth scandal I do believe is this one.....She went to a Sarah Palin rally hosted by Sean Hannity....and she was way chummy with him on the stage.....well less than a month later she reports she is pregnant.....Now I can add 2 + 2

Edited September 4, 2015 by RogerFromOhio

[maggiemae]

LOL....later Hannity blew her off because at the Palin Rally Elisabeth brought up the clothesgate issue Palin was trying to bury at the time.

[CMH1981]

 

I dont think she put out for Sweaty Geddie.... but I am sure she teased him quite often.

 

Oh I don't mean she went down on him or more than that, for some reason every time I have thought there was something b/t the two of them it was kind of a Geddie being into feet or other types of kink and that's what she did, like letting him massage her feet or stuff like that.  He always seemed like he was a strange pig who would be into strange stuff.

 

Geddie reminds me of that foot fetish guy from that episode of SatC, the one where the guy got off just helping Charlotte try on different shoes and touching her feet.

Edited September 4, 2015 by CMH1981

[Mumbles]

One day Bitsy came out with some huge 1950s-style bouffant hairdo and a very retro dress. When the others asked what was with the hairstyle, she said that it was Geddie's birthday and he liked hairstyles like the one she was wearing and so she was treating him for his birthday.

 

YUCK.

[backformore]

She just can't stop: http://www.newshounds.us/20150903_seriously_elisabeth_hasselbeck_doesn_t_see_problem_with_baptism_on_public_school_football_field

 

It's a controversy about a high school football team getting baptized before the game.  Guess which side Bitsy is on?

 

And I love this part:

 

Once again, we are faced with that eternal question - is Elisabeth Hasselbeck an idiot or does she play one on TV?  Given her support for a Christian group baptism, held on a public high school football field, the answer seems pretty obvious!

On paper, Elisabeth Hasselbeck appears to be educated with a degree from BostonCollege. So one is forced to ask how she could attain that level of educational achievement, yet continue to say, as she did on this morning's Fox & Friends, stuff that is clearly batshit crazy - so crazy that even reliably idiotic Brian Kilmeade didn't support her!

 

[NextIteration]

"Some people say" is the stock and trade of the Fox News Channel.

 

BItsy is scum.

[Neurochick]

Elisabeth isn't capable of critical thinking.  All she knows is this was a baptism, she's a Christian so it's okay.  Her little brain can't stretch itself to ask, "what if the coach wasn't a Christian and wanted the players to participate in a ritual from his religion?"  Would Elisabeth be okay with that?  I bet I know the answer.  

[imjagain]

I don't know if I would believe that. Elisabeth is definitely more well-known than her husband but I'm not so sure popular is the correct word. I've only seen Tim when he would appear on the View and do his analysis on ESPN (does he still do that?) and I can honestly say I thought he came across as a much nicer person than his shrew of a wife. He might share his wife's conservative views but maybe he isn't so mean-spirited about them.

I remember talking to my son while he watched some sports thing, I noticed it was Tim and I said "oh God, there's EH's husband ugh! Is he even any good? " my son looked at me like I was a nut lol. He said he thought TH was a pretty good analyst. He said he really knew the game and was good at breaking things down and he didn't have a big ego and that made everything about him, like some of the bigger "star" ex players. *Shrugs* what do I know. This was a couple years ago so idk what he's doing now.

Edited September 6, 2015 by imjagain

[maryis1]

I was watching TV just a night or two ago, I think it was CNN, and it was a segment on Black Lives Matter and whether FOX was fomenting hate by trying to get it labeled as a hate group. And guess whose segment was the very first one they aired? Elisabeth's question that we have been talking about here. The CNN commentators just rolled their eyes...

[NextIteration]

This was also featured on Melissa Harris Perry this past weekend.

[susieq147]

Elisabeth isn't capable of critical thinking.  All she knows is this was a baptism, she's a Christian so it's okay.  Her little brain can't stretch itself to ask, "what if the coach wasn't a Christian and wanted the players to participate in a ritual from his religion?"  Would Elisabeth be okay with that?  I bet I know the answer.

 

 

 

It's just her support your team at all costs mentality.  All you have to tell her is "blank" is doing "blank" because of their Christian faith and Elisabeth will automatically be all rah rah rah supporting them.

[ChicagoCita]

I had a dear friend who was sober in AA for many years. In my late teens and early 20s, I would occasionally attend open meetings with him.  I picked up a lot of wisdom from those rooms, things that have really served me well in the time since.  One of the sayings is "Principles, not personalities" and I really wish Elisabeth (and many others) could somehow grasp this.  If you think it's okay for a sports coach to baptise the team as Christians, then wrap your brain around how you would feel if he were to put them through the rites of another religion.  What if he asked them to shave their heads and wear saffron robes? What if he had a reading about Joseph Smith finding the golden plates in upstate New York? What if the kids were required to handle snakes and speak in tongues?  If those things are upsetting, then it's the principle of the action -- not an attack on Christianity -- that's at play here.

[TribbleTrouble]

Nicolle was on with Rachel Maddow tonight. Rachel introduced her as her favorite republican on the planet…under the age of 50. Heh.

She looked great, made some amusing remarks and sounded happy and far more at ease back in her political pundit wheelhouse.

[Cosmocrush]

Nicolle was on with Rachel Maddow tonight. Rachel introduced her as her favorite republican on the planet…under the age of 50. Heh.

She looked great, made some amusing remarks and sounded happy and far more at ease back in her political pundit wheelhouse.

I saw that too!  I really like Nicole with Rachel - they can have a real political discussion and still laugh.  I think they genuinely like or at least respect one another.   Also, even though I am a devout liberal I really appreciated what Nicole had to say, particularly about Trump who she called a misogynist among other things, noting his stupid comments about RO, Megyn Kelly, and Carly Fiorina.   She  noted Bret Stephens' WSJ op ed that called Trump's supporters appalling, which I had not seen so thank you Nicole. 

 

I never didn't like Nicole and for that reason I'm glad she's off this show.  She's too good for it. 

 

P.S.  Earlier in the same Rachel Maddow show, Rachel did a segment mocking one of the morons on Fox & Friends that isn't Bitsy.   The guy had Huckabee on about that homophobic spectacle in Kentucky and asked, "How is it that you came to be the face of Ms.Davis outside?"  or some word salad like that.  Hahahaha   I don't know if Bitsy is rubbing off on them or if she has truly has found her people. 

Edited September 10, 2015 by Cosmocrush

[ginger90]

Sherri apparently interviewed Raven on the radio show she's on once a week and The View promoted it:  https://twitter.com/TheView/status/641943443518918656

Haven't listened yet, I have to be in the mood!

[springtime]

A woman tweeted to Sherri - and Sherri responded... 

I'm thinking a quick google search could've helped Sherri with a better response! 

 

I've suffered from alopecia since 3rd grade. Your wig product line of Lux hair gives me life!! I feel beautiful!! Love!

so glad it helped!!! God Bless You Madam https://twitter.com/Sincerity4sho/status/642562022182400000…

Edited September 12, 2015 by springtime

[TribbleTrouble]

From Ask Rosie. Now, the question was specifically about guest hosting as opposed to visiting for a single segment like crafts or something, but....

Ask Rosie

Q: Manuel writes:September 11, 2015 10:31 pm

True or False? You guest hosting on The View?

A: false

[maggiemae]

I can't blame RO at all, in fact would hate for her to return.

The show blind-sided her twice - first with the split screen (never done before or after that set up) - and the second allowing Whoopi to treat Ro so poorly day in and day out last season.

[telemachus2]

MAggiemae - Personally, I feel it's Rosie O that let The View & her fans down, by twice breaking (? I presume) her contract & leaving the show in the lurch.  If only she could tolerate a semi-difficult environment (& maybe, slightly rein in her dominant personality behind the scenes) - in other words, suck it up & don big girl pants for a huge financial reward, the same way 90% of us plebs manage to do 40 hours a week for relative chicken feed.  If she were woman enough to stick it out, I'd have appreciated hearing her strong liberal opinions this season, & seeing how she'd mesh with the new panel.  (FWIW, I have some serious physical afflictions myself, but unfortunately lack the money to quit my HIGHLY stressful & frequently unpleasant job!!)

Edited September 13, 2015 by telemachus2

[RogerFromOhio]

No one would stay in a hostile work environment unless they needed the money.

Rosie didnt leave them in a lurch..... she left them because the show allowed her to be disrespected. The show will improve once Whoopi leaves... she has been a drain on the show for years. Whoopi did all she could do belittle the whole panel.... and Rosie specifically.... Rosie had no reason to stay..... notice there was no improvement once Rosie left.... because Whoopi is still there.
 

[TribbleTrouble]

MAggiemae - Personally, I feel it's Rosie O that let The View & her fans down, by twice breaking (? I presume) her contract & leaving the show in the lurch. If only she could tolerate a semi-difficult environment (& maybe, slightly rein in her dominant personality behind the scenes) - in other words, suck it up & don big girl pants for a huge financial reward, the same way 90% of us plebs manage to do 40 hours a week for relative chicken feed. If she were woman enough to stick it out, I'd have appreciated hearing her strong liberal opinions this season, & seeing how she'd mesh with the new panel. (FWIW, I have some serious physical afflictions myself, but unfortunately lack the money to quit my HIGHLY stressful & frequently unpleasant job!!)

Well, see, that's the thing. Would you put up with a job where you were miserable and felt lied to and disrespected and bullied by a coworker if you didn't have to? Rosie has more money than she will likely ever be able to spend. She never needed that job. She chose to do it in 2007 because Barbara asked her to, but she only agreed to sign on for one season. I would not categorize her departure in 2007 as leaving anyone in the lurch or breaking her contract. By the time of the ugly split screen fight she had already announced that she was not going to be returning the following season and that she would be leaving for good in mid June, well before the end of the season. After the fight, she did leave a little bit earlier than planned but only by a couple of weeks. Barbara was already on deck to moderate the last couple of months of the season. She just started a little earlier than planned. No one was left in the lurch.

In 2014/15 Ro still didn't need the job, but she chose to give it another shot and was again disrespected and in fact bullied, this time by Whoopi primarily. The tension between them was on camera for all to see, and assuming most of the stories were at least fundamentally accurate, the hostility and tension emanating from Whoopi continued off camera as well. The irony is they asked her to come back because they wanted "Rosie O'Donnell" knowing full well what came with that brand and that personality. But then when she got there she was sabotaged, belittled and dismissed at every turn by a clearly threatened Whoopi and not allowed to be "Rosie."

Look, I think by now everyone knows that Ro is quite intense and wears her emotions on her sleeve, and that she has a strong personality that can be interpreted as abrasive by some. But that doesn't mean she wasn't also treated quite poorly and subjected to a hostile work environment. Further, as we all know, she has a great deal of turmoil going on in her personal life. Unlike someone who doesn't have a $100M in the bank, she had the option to not continue to subject herself to a hostile work environment and she chose to remove herself from that environment to focus on, frankly, far more important things. If you had the option to say "life is too short to put up with this BS and, you know what, I don't have to," wouldn't you leave too? I know I would. In a perfect world it would have been Whoopi who left leaving Ro as moderator and improving the show immensely, but that's not the way it went. I'm disappointed that Ro chose to leave, but I don't blame her a bit.

[backformore]

. In a perfect world it would have been Whoopi who left leaving Ro as moderator and improving the show immensely, but that's not the way it went. I'm disappointed that Ro chose to leave, but I don't blame her a bit.

 

I agree Tribble!  Rosie would be a great moderator,  and Whoopi clearly doesn't do the job very well. 

I think Rosie came back thinking she and Whoopi would collaborate well, and she discovered that Whoopi was not the person Rosie had thought she was.  Whoopi wants to be the star of the show, and she isn't good at sharing. 

 

(I also wonder if it was a salary issue, Whoopi might have discovered something about how much RO was getting paid, and had some resentment based on that)

[RogerFromOhio]

Very good overview TribbleTrouble.... thanks for posting it

[bannana]

Very good overview TribbleTrouble.... thanks for posting it

I agree, and as someone who does work in toxic work environment, I know I would leave if I had the resources to do so. I cannot see why anyone would want to go work in that environment.  Jon Stewart talked about the joyful environment at the Daily Show, and that was believable.  We have never believed that the View was a nice place to work, and that they all "loved" each other.  I am disappointed that Rosie left, but I sure understand why she would.

[TribbleTrouble]

I agree Tribble! Rosie would be a great moderator, and Whoopi clearly doesn't do the job very well.

I think Rosie came back thinking she and Whoopi would collaborate well, and she discovered that Whoopi was not the person Rosie had thought she was. Whoopi wants to be the star of the show, and she isn't good at sharing.

(I also wonder if it was a salary issue, Whoopi might have discovered something about how much RO was getting paid, and had some resentment based on that)

Assuming the reports were true, Ro was to be paid the same amount as W ($5M/yr). Make of that what you will, but I can see that irritating W's massive ego. She's been with the show longer, she holds the moderator title and, as we know, she considers herself a much much MUCH bigger *stah* despite Ro's immense popularity and her piles of awards and accomplishments.

[Cosmocrush]

(I also wonder if it was a salary issue, Whoopi might have discovered something about how much RO was getting paid, and had some resentment based on that)

 

Assuming the reports were true, Ro was to be paid the same amount as W ($5M/yr). Make of that what you will, but I can see that irritating W's massive ego. She's been with the show longer, she holds the moderator title and, as we know, she considers herself a much much MUCH bigger *stah* despite Ro's immense popularity and her piles of awards and accomplishments.

Great point about the money.  I never even thought of that as the reason for Whoopi's visible animosity towards RO but now that you mention it, I'd bet that was certainly part of it. 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

I miss RO, she has a huge heart, is extremely intelligent, well read and her quick wit never ceases to amaze me!  I love how she listens.  WG is simply a loud, brash, horribly dressed blowhard.  She must want to be a man by the way she carries herself, talks about her boobs like they are anchors she would rather not have, talks like a man about her "air" habits and many other disgusting attributes.  

 

Take this woman off the show completely and watch the ratings increase in just that one staff change.  Enough with deleting and adding people GET RID OF WHOOPI!

 

I do like Joy much better as a moderator but she needs to work on her facts, she had the Clinton email thing wrong saying the problem was combining 2 email addresses...NO, the problem was using her single PRIVATE server.  

Edited September 13, 2015 by Foghorn Leghorn

[RogerFromOhio]

I miss RO, she has a huge heart, is extremely intelligent, well read and her quick wit never ceases to amaze me!  I love how she listens.  WG is simply a loud, brash, horribly dressed blowhard.  She must want to be a man by the way she carries herself, talks about her boobs like they are anchors she would rather not have, talks like a man about her "air" habits and many other disgusting attributes.  

 

Take this woman off the show completely and watch the ratings increase in just that one staff change.  Enough with deleting and adding people GET RID OF WHOOPI!

 

I do like Joy much better as a moderator but she needs to work on her facts, she had the Clinton email thing wrong saying the problem was combining 2 email addresses...NO, the problem was using her single PRIVATE server.  

Honestly the email thing is not really a problem.... the last 2 SOS used private email and never turned any of them over...... they were all deleted.

If Hillary Clinton was not running for President... this would not be an issue. People can point to the emails all they want..... but the reality is this... it is just another fake scandal that she will overcome..... this just strengthens her leadership skills.

I dont know of any person who supported Hillary Clinton who has changed their minds because of emails

[Fatkat]

I do like Joy much better as a moderator but she needs to work on her facts, she had the Clinton email thing wrong saying the problem was combining 2 email addresses...NO, the problem was using her single PRIVATE server.  

Whoopi confused the facts, saying she doesn't blame Hillary for using two emails but Joy corrected her that Clinton was using only one email server when she should have used two. I don't think though she mentioned it was private and not government.

 

As far as Nicolle goes, I don't miss her in the least. She sucked up to Whoopi because she thought that would advance her career. I work along-side colleagues like her daily and they are cloying. Nicolle miscalculated the power the "Captain of the Ship" holds.

Edited September 13, 2015 by Fatkat

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Whoopi confused the facts, saying she doesn't blame Hillary for using two emails but Joy corrected her that Clinton was using only one email server when she should have used two. I don't think though she mentioned it was private and not government.

 

 

Joy didn't correct anything at least with regard to a server issue, that word was never used including when Michelle added they should have used the WH one.  And my point is not about HC at all it is about The View getting the facts right. 

 

Here it is    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40mHMOdhWg

Edited September 13, 2015 by Foghorn Leghorn

[Fatkat]

Joy didn't correct anything at least with regard to a server issue, that word was never used including when Michelle added they should have used the WH one.  And my point is not about HC at all it is about The View getting the facts right. 

 

Here it is    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40mHMOdhWg

 

I should not have used the word "server" in my earlier post, but Joy corrected Whoopi regarding her misinformation about Hillary using two email accounts.

Edited September 13, 2015 by Fatkat

[GHScorpiosRule]

Also, Rosie was also an executive producer or producer when she returned.  Last I checked, Whoopi isn't.  I think this why Rosie asked to have more creative control upon her return.  And just like the soaps, it seems ABC sold Rosie something akin to a bridge in swampland.  Otherwise how else could Whoopi have bullied her off the show?

[ChicagoCita]

I don't think the circumstances surrounding RosieO leaving The View were as clearcut as being bullied, although I do agree with so many posters that Whoopi was horrible to her.

 

But Rosie got a one-in-a-million reprieve from the Grim Reaper by surviving a heart attack in the part of the heart called The Widow Maker. She had bariatric surgery to improve her chances of long-term survival. When her doctors told her that the stress she was under was affecting her heart, she did what she could to relieve some of the stress in her life.

 

Now, as far as we knew, there was tension on the set and that was the main source of her stress. But since then, we've learned she was separated and is now undergoing an ugly divorce. We've learned that one of her children has some sort of mental illness and was in deep rebellion. We know that her father was very ill and has since died.

 

Of all the things causing stress, the easiest one to jettison was The View. My thinking is, even if it had been an outstanding experience this time around, she still would have quit. Other people and circumstances in her life needed her, and those are the ones she can't ditch.

 

Seriously, if my doctor told me what Rosie's doctor told her, I'd be gone, too.  She's fortunate that she's in a financial position to do what is best for her health without having to choose between it and supporting her family.

[maggiemae]

An intolerable mix of unhappiness, and no need for Rosie to stay.

I will never give Whoopi any benefit of doubt in the way she treated Rosie. She tormented an already fragile woman in a time of huge stress. I think Whoopi was aware of some of the issues RO was going through at the time.

Edited September 14, 2015 by maggiemae

[TribbleTrouble]

Also, Rosie was also an executive producer or producer when she returned. Last I checked, Whoopi isn't. I think this why Rosie asked to have more creative control upon her return. And just like the soaps, it seems ABC sold Rosie something akin to a bridge in swampland. Otherwise how else could Whoopi have bullied her off the show?

Hmmm...no....I don't think that's right. Rosie may or may not have been *promised* a certain amount of creative input before coming back, but she never officially held any kind of producing title. I actually think that was a rumor possibly sparked by Elisabeth during the period after it was announced that Rosie was returning when Bitsy spent a considerable amount of time publicly bad mouthing Rosie. Remember, even Joy called Bitsy out publicly for her ugly remarks about Rosie at the time. I remember Bitsy saying something to the effect that she assumed Rosie would be in a producing role because for some unknown reason Bitsy assumed that Rosie had swooped in and produced Barbara's grand finale retirement episode. Just more of Bitsy spouting assumptions not based in fact. Meanwhile, every time Rosie answered a viewer question about some hideous decision the show had made, she said repeatedly that she was just a cohost and an employee and not a decision-maker and that she had no control. It seemed as though she said that at least once in nearly every vlog she posted during her time on the show.

The tension and hostility with Whoopi was clearly a major source of stress both in front of and behind the camera, but also there were a whole lot of backstage and executive level shenanigans going on over control and the direction of the show that contributed to the hostile working environment and general hot mess-ness of the whole thing . Plus, there was stuff like the senior producer who had been with the show for 15 years or so that was so rude and threatening and disrespectful to Rosie that after a huge blow up she was fired pretty much on the spot by ABC. Allegedly there are some ABC execs that Whoopi doesn't even want allowed on set and refuses to talk to. Clearly all that stress and crazy cannot be good for anyone in that environment, but especially someone like Rosie who's temperament is just not suited to that level of leadership incompetence and emotional chaos. I don't think there's any question that Ro is often her own worst enemy, but it's no wonder she said "f*** this" and walked. And Rosie isn't the only one. In the past couple of years half the people involved with the show at every level have either resigned or been fired. The apparent level of incompetence and dysfunction is actually kind of shocking and yet somehow the Titanic has managed to stay afloat a little while longer through it all. By all rights the old hulk should be resting at the bottom of the sea by now.

[merriebreeze]

RO picked up on Whoopi's childish remarks. 

 

shane writes: 

Sounds like someone isn't even excited about the IDEA of you doing a guest spot on the view. 

 

(RO responds:) shocking

 

Whoopi and Dumptruck have more in common than just their mutual dislike of RO.

[GHScorpiosRule]

Hmmm...no....I don't think that's right. Rosie may or may not have been *promised* a certain amount of creative input before coming back, but she never officially held any kind of producing title. I actually think that was a rumor possibly sparked by Elisabeth during the period after it was announced that Rosie was returning when Bitsy spent a considerable amount of time publicly bad mouthing Rosie. Remember, even Joy called Bitsy out publicly for her ugly remarks about Rosie at the time. I remember Bitsy saying something to the effect that she assumed Rosie would be in a producing role because for some unknown reason Bitsy assumed that Rosie had swooped in and produced Barbara's grand finale retirement episode. Just more of Bitsy spouting assumptions not based in fact. Meanwhile, every time Rosie answered a viewer question about some hideous decision the show had made, she said repeatedly that she was just a cohost and an employee and not a decision-maker and that she had no control. It seemed as

though she said that at least once in nearly every vlog she posted during her time on the show.

Oops, my bad. I stand corrected. I could have sworn that when the news had come out that Rosie was coming back, that she had some sort of producer credit.

[RogerFromOhio]

Oops, my bad. I stand corrected. I could have sworn that when the news had come out that Rosie was coming back, that she had some sort of producer credit.

I read on some article that she wanted her own team to be part of the show.... not sure if she got that wish or not.