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Rosie dumped, Donald cheers
Posted by Fired Fred on April 25, 2007 6:20 PM
The cheerful banter and witty debate between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump over her stint on The View will end in two months, right around Barbara Walters 138th birthday. Rosie's punching out in June.
Officially, she and Baba Wawa's ABC couldn't come to an agreement on a contract extension. Either Rosie was asking for Donald type money, or ABC lowballed her just to give her an excuse to walk away without making them look bad...
Ms. O’Donnell, whose contract with the program was only for this season, said that ABC had wanted her to sign a three-year extension, while she had wanted to commit only to a year. An ABC executive who was directly apprised of the negotiations but who was not authorized to discuss them confirmed Ms. O’Donnell’s account, but said that there had also been wide differences between the salary she was seeking and what the network was willing to pay.Baba Wawa said she's got nothing to do with those negotiations. She doesn't care much for The Gleeful Donald, either. He took credit for Rosie quitting. I know, what a shock, The Donald showcasing his ego...
He contended that “the straw that broke the camel’s back� was Ms. O’Donnell’s performance at the Waldorf-Astoria luncheon on Monday, where she was said to have grabbed her crotch when uttering Mr. Trump’s name and to have invited him to perform a sex act on her; also attending were Ms. Walters, Meredith Vieira, Cindy Adams and Rupert Murdoch.In a word? Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
“I think I exposed her for what she is,� Mr. Trump said. “I told you she was going to self-destruct.�
The jokers at TMZ have Rosie's replacement all picked out. Baba Wawa, meet Alec Baldwin. Just make sure the kiddies at home stay away from the phone while Alec is on the show.
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