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January 10, 2007

Barbara and Rosie Tag Team Trump – Whose Side Are You On?


Barbara Walters and Rosie O’Donnell exchanged high-fives on Wednesday’s “The View,” after Babs took her first on-air swipe against Donald Trump, calling him a “poor, pathetic man.”

It was the one “View” everyone wanted to see, just one day after Trump’s scathing letter was released, in which he claimed Walters told him “working with [Rosie] is like living in hell.”

While Rosie and her legendary boss made nice on-air, Donald Trump wasn’t ready to make peace quite yet; right after Wednesday’s show, he fired off yet another letter straight to “Extra” with more barbs for Barbara.

“Barbara Walters has taken the low road for the sake of her show rather than the sake of her morality,” he wrote. “She lied with Star Jones, and she’s chosen to lie again. She refused to discuss my recent letter because she knows it is true.”

Trump went even further saying, “It was sad to see Barbara read her statement off a cue card. Rosie just pushed her out like a (‘pathetic’) puppet.”

“I’m happy to say his show tanked,” Rosie said on Wednesday’s show, after preliminary numbers showed “The Apprentice” rating were down.

But on Tuesday night’s Conan O’Brien, The Donald spouted off more fighting words at Rosie, stating, “People don’t like Rosie. She’s not capable of being happy.”

Now, even the stars are weighing in on the battle!

“If he’s got two, she’s got four,” Robin Williams said at the People’s Choice Awards Tuesday night.

“Rosie, she’s tough; I think she can take Donald,” Brad Garrett said. “I just can’t believe how he’s reacted; it’s hysterical!”

Meanwhile, Rosie may have an all-new feud on her hands after targeting CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday’s show for doing stories on Paris Hilton during his broadcast.

“You call that journalism?” Rosie inquired.

While the war may not be over in The Donald’s court, on Wednesday, the ladies of “The View” promised, “We’re done!”

Only time will tell if Trump lets them get the last word.


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Trump should move on he is wasting his time with those two. I think Rosie and Barabra are both pathetic. The View has not been the same since Starr Jones left.


- Sherrie Knight
Posted 01/10/07 04:33 PM
 

Go Rosie Go! I very much dislike Donald Trump and do not give a rats behind what he has to say, but I am very very interested in everything you say, especially when you are critisizing Donald Dump. I am glad you have Barbara on your side. I am on your side also!!!!


- Kahty
Posted 01/10/07 04:33 PM
 

TO ROSIE: I STOPPED WATCHING YOU YEARS AGO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TRSHED YOUR IRISH FATHER….!!!!RIP TO YOUR MOTHER.
YOU HAVE HIT ROCK BOTTOM, AND WHAT IS SAD YOU ARE TAKING BARBARA WALTERS DOWN WITH YOU, WAIT ……THE VIEW WILL SOON BE GONE TOO. ELIZABETH IS THE ONLY MORAL PERSON THERE, THE PAY MUST BE GOOD OR SHE WOULD BE GONE. JOY IT MUST NOT BE FUN FOR YOU AT ALL.

FROM LONG ISLAND


- Anonymous
Posted 01/10/07 04:33 PM
 

I think this has gone too far. With all the real issues in the world, it is sad to hear this feud continue. Rosie is paid to speak her “view”. Donald is a business person… why would he ever say such crude things about another person??? If anyone had class, they would stop talking about each other.


- Carole in Georgia
Posted 01/10/07 04:32 PM
 

I have not and will not watch The View as long as Rosie is on it. She acts like her opinion if the only opinion. I believe Donald and I am very disappointed by Barbara behavior, I thought she was above all this. The so call rating may be up for now but it won’t take long for that to change.

The view needs to stop making fun of people and talk about more important issues.


- Anonymous
Posted 01/10/07 04:32 PM
 

You know, I am just scanning through the comments being made here on this post and I am really offended by some of them.

Calling Rosie a Hermaphrodite and talking about her sexual preferences? That is homophobic and sick! What is wrong with you?


- Tanya
Posted 01/10/07 04:32 PM
 

howard stern was right,rosie is a big fat head. she needs to keep that fat mouth of hers shut. no one can get a word in when she opens her mouth. next thing she’ll be taking over the show. go donald trump! the view sucks anyway.


- d.m.
Posted 01/10/07 04:31 PM
 

I can’t believe Barbara Walters has let Rosie turn her show into a circus. Rosie started it, but she sure can’t take the heat, can she? Someone needs to put a sock in her mouth. She uses the show only for her only personal gratification. It’s either her “View” or no view.


- Peggy Kelley
Posted 01/10/07 04:31 PM
 

Donald Trump has has gotten completely carried away and I feel he is only using this as a way of promoting his own sagging television show. Rosie was right from the start, Miss USA should have been replaced for what she did. Donald has no right calling Rosie fat and a loser…..he’s acting like a bully on a playground who needs to grow up. This is exactly what he did to Martha Stewart when he realized her show was better then his…..which it was. GROW UP MR TRUMP


- Mary Ann
Posted 01/10/07 04:30 PM
 

Money and class are clearly not the same thing. Rosie commented on his three wives (who keep getting younger and younger) his bankruptcies (it does not matter that is was not personal but only his companies) and his hair (in which EVERYONE in TV comments and makes fun of all the time - how many times has his hair been spoofed on TV shows?) He attacked her weight and looks. Exactly what a loud mouth, no class bore does. When someone has absolutely nothing intelligent to say, they go after your looks. One would think that “The Donald” would be beyond middle school antics. His attack at Rosie about what she initially said (much of which has been said by many people on TV shows before) just shows what kind of man he really is. I have a feeling that if some beautiful skinny blond had said it he would have laughed it off.


- Anonymous
Posted 01/10/07 04:30 PM
 

I’m on Donald Trump’s side. Rosie is the most annoying celebrity [note I’m using the term loosely]. People that are supporting Rosie: REMEMBER WHO STARTED THIS DRAMA. People will obviously support ROSIE’S FAT A** and go against the DONALD…… but all he’s done is put the truth out and defend himself. Rosie and Barbara are as fake as Rosie’s and her “wife’s” children. So people please, don’t deny the truth, even if it’s as ugly as ROSIE.


- Melanie
Posted 01/10/07 04:30 PM
 

trump needs to let it go, he’s such a weirdo. his ego is sooooooo huge that he won’t let it lie, that’s sad and pathetic…
rosie, i stand behind you. you were right from the beginning, you gave your “view” on his publicity stunt and he can’t deal with the fact that you’re right and you called him out.
he better step into an ice cooler and ice that bruised ego!


- renee
Posted 01/10/07 04:30 PM
 

I was a fan of the view until rosie was brought onto the show. I stopped watching it the day she started and have not seen a show since then. rosie was a loser before then and only confirmed her level of intelligence as that of a grade school dropout. Mr. Trump was attacked as a sideshow gimic. He responded as any human would when being attacked by a subordinate. If the view wants to get a fan base again they need to dump rosie.


- RobertLW
Posted 01/10/07 04:29 PM
 

Rosie rox! Donald is a comb-over clown who needs to shut up, already. He said Rosie will never be happy but someone on his THIRD wife shouldn’t throw stones. Trump is a LOSER and my wish is Americans stay away from his awful television show.


- Renee
Posted 01/10/07 04:29 PM
 

I used to admire & like Trump,but after the cruel things he said about Rosie and her weight,etc. I have lost all respect for him & will no longer watch any of his shows. It’s one thing to voice your opinion(as Rosie was), but it’s another to viciously attack everything about a person for expressing their thoughts.What Trump has said was childish and uncalled for.Just because you have alot of $ doesn’t give you the right to trash other people-shame on you Donald!


- Hope
Posted 01/10/07 04:28 PM
 

Rosie has taken every step to bash the fact that Donald gave miss USA a second chance. Thats how it all started, we understand that Rosie has a problem with her weight and miss USA obviously does,nt.Does rosie have a problem with fit people?So when Donald bashed her for her weight she had a fit. Tough for Rosie. I don’t agree with any of her actions.She backs whats wrong for America anyway.


- Fred Woolley
Posted 01/10/07 04:28 PM
 

For anyone to question Barbra’s integrity is crazy. Rosie is right all the way. Sometimes the truth does hurt and the truth be told he does have awful hair and should spend more time doing something to better humanity and less picking a ridiculous fights. He’s an idiot and really needs to just go away!!! Pay more attention to what really matters.


- Anonymous
Posted 01/10/07 04:28 PM
 

What a pompous, petty and ugly man.
Shame on him for dragging his family into this.

Has anyone asked him yet if he owns any mirrors?

How old is he anyway? 13 going on 70?


- Dump Truck
Posted 01/10/07 04:28 PM
 

The whole thing is ridiculous. Rosie made fun of him and voiced her opinion of him and the fact that he is so irate only makes it seem even more true. I use to watch the apprentice and WILL NOT watch it anymore. He is being an A*s !! AND, i agree with Rosie’s feeling on the whole miss USA issue. I think it is HORRIBLE that she was patted on the head and told she was a bad girl BUT… keep the crown and be the representative of the Miss USA peagant. It’s time for it to be over.


- Judy
Posted 01/10/07 04:27 PM
 

GO ROSIE.YOU’RE GREAT,PRETTY AND SMART.DT should look in the mirrow to see a stupid slob. Glad his show got off to a bad start,I for one won’t watch it anymore.


- Mary Fitzpatrick
Posted 01/10/07 04:27 PM

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