I Don't Get It Either

I wasn't surprised that Rosie announced she would not be returning to The View for another year. I didn't expect her to. She'd only signed a one year contract and I didn't expect that she'd want to do it beyond a year. What I also didn't expect was the media blitz behind her announcement. Why was that news? People are obsessed with Rosie and I don't know why!

Reaction to the announcement that Rosie O'Donnell is leaving The View took the TV star by surprise, she said on Thursday's episode of the ABC show.

"Yesterday's announcement was a tad bit bigger than I expected," she said as co-host Joy Behar read off a lengthy list of news programs that had discussed O'Donnell's departure.

"I just didn't watch it," O'Donnell, 45, said about the widespread TV coverage. "Once you buy into it, it becomes lodged in the hard drive of your brain. [But] to be breaking news on CNN?"

She said there were more important issues to be covered than her failed contract negotiations with ABC, such as the health problems of 9/11 rescue workers, some of whom, on Wednesday, taped their stories for The View's Friday broadcast.

Instead, she said, after she left the studio on Wednesday, 65 press crews were "attacking [my] car like I'm Lindsay Lohan or something."

Rosie received coverage, almost daily it seemed, on cable programs like Scarborough Country and whatever Tucker Carlson's latest mutation is. They dissected her every word and took every opportunity to bash her in some way. Donald Trump's fixation with her was/is positively juvenile and I still cannot believe my eyes and ears everytime I hear him on the tube ranting about her. Rosie's views are not much different than the average liberal blogger's views. Why is she labeled as being so out there?

I am sure she will get her own show where she doesn't have to share the stage with an ensemble. The View was a good way to get her feet wet again and a good way for Barbara to boost the sagging ratings. We'll see what the show does for the next season. Maybe they'll tap someone like Whoopi to sit at the table.

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