Barbara Tells Rosie Not to Blog About The View

Posted on September 4, 2006

Rosie made headlines the other day with her blog post that a new promotional image for The View (shown on the right) had been photoshopped. Rosie says she saw the image on Drudge, referring to the Drudge Report.

i saw the view black suit photo
on drudge
and i vote yes
it was photo-shopped
look at the amount of white space
between my arm and body
barbara and elisabeth seem to vanish
there in my underarm thin-ness
yes i say
photoshop

People magazine reports that The View host Barbara Walter did not appreciate Rosie's blog post. People also says Barbara Walters doesn't want Rosie to blog about the show.

"I didn't like the blog," Walters tells Newsweek of a post in which O'Donnell complained about a promotional skit for the new season. "I saw the new view promos," O'Donnell wrote on her Web site. "Found myself/ in the position/ I loathe the most/ powerless."
But Walters is hoping O'Donnell will be a team player. "I'm counting on Rosie's intelligence and sensitivity and humor," she tells Newsweek. "This is, after all, an entertainment show. It is based on people who like each other and are having a good time, not on people who are arguing and unhappy."
Soon after Walters spoke to the magazine, she called back to say she'd just received flowers with a card reading, "Barbara, I only want the promos and the show to be great. And I love you. Love, Ro."

It should boost traffic to Rosie's blog, at least temporarily, as people check to see whether or not see is able to keep from blogging about The View.