O’DONNELL MAKES DEBUT ON THE VIEW
ROSIE O’DONNELL kicked off her first day on US talk show THE VIEW by interviewing old friend JESSICA SIMPSON and giving away a luxury cruise to every member of the audience.
O’Donnell walked onstage arm-in-arm with TV veteran BARBARA WALTERS this morning (05SEP06), announcing to the crowd, "Like it or not, here I am!" She received a standing ovation from the studio audience as she took her seat alongside co-hosts including Walters, JOY BEHAR and ELISABETH HASSELBECK.
O’Donnell pointed out that a large floral arrangement at the foot of the stage was a special gift from "very nice guy" TOM CRUISE.
During the show’s regular Hot Topic segment, Walters denied reports she had been upset by O’Donnell’s online comments as reported in Newsweek magazine saying, "I have never read a blog." O’Donnell apologised, saying she’d never write about the show again without first running her messages past Walters.
She explained, "When I read it I just started laughing. Because it’s like ‘Barbara Walters is furious after reading Rosie’s blog.’ "I’m like, ‘She doesn’t know how to open Internet Explorer! What are they talking about? Read my blog?’ "It was really just about my feelings. I was saying that I felt powerless and that I was a little scared to come on The View and that it’s a new chapter in my life.
"I was just being dramatic and emotional." She also pointed out that she no longer has "the haircut that scared America," a short chop with shaved sides.
O’Donnell added her hair is "going to be long from now on. And I’m taking my medicines, so everything’s going to be fine".
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