Friday, April 28, 2006
As Rosie joins, Star may take a dim 'View'
Rosie O'Donnell is about to join 'The View,' according to our sources at ABC. Barbara Walters will deliver the news tonight as she presents a Daytime Emmy Award, they add.
Meredith Vieira is due to replace Katie Couric on NBC's 'Today' show at the end of May, upsetting the special chemistry shared by Walters, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Star Jones Reynolds on the nine-year-old show.
While it's unclear whether Rosie's role will be permanent, the outspoken comedian might rope in the 2.5 million viewers she enjoyed every day on her own talkfest, 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show.'
However, it begs the question of whether there's enough room on that famous couch for Rosie and her nemesis Star.
As we've told you, O'Donnell has been a fierce critic of Jones' spin on her weight loss.
"Star says she's lost that weight through diet and exercise," O'Donnell said last March, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, I'd like to see that b- do a pushup."
And just last month, on her rosie.com blog, the lesbian comic wrote a poem about the incredible shrinking Star:
"Star jones had weight loss surgery/ she had part of her stomach bypassed/ that is how she lost 1/2 herself," O'Donnell wrote. "she refuses to say this/ which is her right/ but we do not have to pretend/ we do not know."
"so star shrinks b4 our eyes/ we know the truth/ but nod as she talks about/ pilates and will power," she added. "i am sure star jones/ beneath the beyonce bravado/ is a scared lil girl/ who grew her body big/ strong and safe."
Rosie O'Donnell is about to join 'The View,' according to our sources at ABC. Barbara Walters will deliver the news tonight as she presents a Daytime Emmy Award, they add.
Meredith Vieira is due to replace Katie Couric on NBC's 'Today' show at the end of May, upsetting the special chemistry shared by Walters, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Star Jones Reynolds on the nine-year-old show.
While it's unclear whether Rosie's role will be permanent, the outspoken comedian might rope in the 2.5 million viewers she enjoyed every day on her own talkfest, 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show.'
However, it begs the question of whether there's enough room on that famous couch for Rosie and her nemesis Star.
As we've told you, O'Donnell has been a fierce critic of Jones' spin on her weight loss.
"Star says she's lost that weight through diet and exercise," O'Donnell said last March, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, I'd like to see that b- do a pushup."
And just last month, on her rosie.com blog, the lesbian comic wrote a poem about the incredible shrinking Star:
"Star jones had weight loss surgery/ she had part of her stomach bypassed/ that is how she lost 1/2 herself," O'Donnell wrote. "she refuses to say this/ which is her right/ but we do not have to pretend/ we do not know."
"so star shrinks b4 our eyes/ we know the truth/ but nod as she talks about/ pilates and will power," she added. "i am sure star jones/ beneath the beyonce bravado/ is a scared lil girl/ who grew her body big/ strong and safe."
posted by Trikc at 6:23 AM