Why do you hate Rosie O'Donnell?

That is, if you hate her....

Lots of things made me dislike her....from her chastising Clinton and supporting the impeachment, to automatically assuming she WAS the voice of all Lesbians in the world...

But the thing that really did it was watching her interact with her kids. She browbeats them, will not let them go, and is one of those nosey, overprotective parents. If she wasn't gay, she'd be that fundie neighbor that rats on you to the HOA for violating some small rule in the guide...

She stated that no one should be allowed to own a firearm and yet she has armed bodyguards for her and her children. Her reason was that she was a celebrity and subjected to kidnapping attempts.

Gotta stick up for my O'Peeps

He thinks she is more "real" since she came out, and praised her work with children adopted by gay and lesbian parents.

I admire that...but her attitudes towards parenting are straight out of the Dobson camp.

Just because someone is a liberal, doesn't mean I have to like them.

They both do some good stuff but both are self serving and annoying.

Although, nothing can mitigate my hate of Oprah.

If they were guys we would love them. Honestly, they are just very powerfully creative women who have risen with hard work
to celebrity status. Rosie wears her heart on her sleeve which makes her very venerable. I admire them both for trying to improve the lives of so many.

for that? Have you seen her "browbeat" her kids? What kind of browbeating does she do?

It's hard for me to jump on the criticism wagon of someone who was brave enough to come out at the risk of hurting her career, and who champions gay parenting rights.

But I don't hate her.

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Because she's excruciatingly annoying to the point of inducing physical discomfort.

Missed that one...

Just picked a random name from the phone book. I was inspired by the Lenny Bruce bit "When in doubt, lie like hell."

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Rosie was critical of Star for claiming she lost weight without surgery. But rumor has it, there was a ton of surgery involved

she was slobbering all over *, saying how she felt so safe with him as president (or something to that effect).

She's another who lost her head in fear in the wake of the attacks.

She is a NY Resident who may have witnessed it first hand, had Bush done the right thing after the attacks I might have changed my views of him myself :puke: but to her credit she did go on Air America in 04, admitted that she made a mistake and no longer supports him.

I mean, I didn't vote for him and I thought he was a bit of a boob, but I didn't start DESPISING him until he began using 9/11 as an excuse to push his thirst for war. I can't hate her for that. But I am definitely not a fan. She often makes us lezzies look bad. :-)

She also went on O'Reilly and made a complete ass out of herself.

And of course her fawning over "her Tommy" on her show. :puke:

I used to like her a lot. But no 'mo.

Seriously, she is not funny. She has an annoying voice. And she just sets off that warning buzzer in my head that says something's not right, but I can't put my finger on it yet.

Don't really hate her; just don't much care for her.

in the next Harry Potter movie (Order of the Phoenix). :P She's toadlike enough to pull it off! :rofl: *Hem, hem...*

One of my friends mentioned that a long time ago, and I ROFL when I heard it! He's right!

well, she ain't a Brit, so it's no go. Rowling prefers British actors, I've heard.


Who is going to play Umbridge? I've been pondering that one for a while.


I generally admire O'DOnnell, but don't know much about her politics.

According to my geek rumor sites... and yes, I understand having British actors in the movies is a stipulation in Rowling's contract.

what does she look like? Ya know, I'll just take a look myself. :)

Cool, she played Vera Drake! And a very nice theater background, too.

She's a verrrry versatile actor. :)

and supporting Bush. and being a gun-grabbing extremist. She's a bandwagoner, plain and simple.

Every picture I see of her, she has her mouth open. Why does that annoy me? I don't know but it drives me nuts.

Other than that, I find her pretty abrasive. I don't like Oprah either - I know both of them have done a lot of good things but I find them both extremely annoying.

I wasn't a fan when she was in the closet and swooning over Tom Cruise. Now that she is out and fearless with her opinions I dig her highly. I used to love her stand-up. I remember a routine where she criticized OJ's defense that was brilliant. Also fearless criticism of Woody Allen and people who kiss his ass.

She's not perfect and in the past made some statements that I disagree with but lately I give her a thumbs-up.

The Betty I knew wasa always sweet and kind, she portrayed her as tough and abrasive and for that I declare her to suck forever.

I like her as a person. I read her blogs everyday. She's not perfect and is the first to say it. She's more real than any celebrity I can think of. She has a big mouth, yes so do a lot of us. She has gone through a lot of hurt in her life, you can see it in her eyes. I relate and admire her a great deal.

As her being judgemental and her fawning over Bush.

I stand by her being a great candidate for the Log Cabins....

I don't like her show and I don't think she's funny, but she's confident enough to do and say what she wants, and that's cool with BL. Plus, anytime one of us breaks out of the "get a job and husband" mold (you have to grow up in Catholic Queens to understand, maybe), you gotta give her props.

Anyone who feels "safe" with Dubya in the WH needs their head checked.

Most recently the kids that are displaced because of Katrina. Damn her, she just can't keep her nose out of other people's misery and especially those innocent little kids that are living in temporary housing and have nothing because their homes and schools were all destroyed. :sarcasm:


Trudy
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I issue a Fatwa!

I'm not a Rosie hater, at all, at all...but every once in a while she makes me wince with the stupid remarks, the jokes in very bad taste, (don't get me started) or the giHUGic factually inaccurate statement about something or someone important. That being said, I am deliciously intrigued to see what happens to the View from this point forward.

It used to kill me that she and Sinbad would put "comedian" on their tax forms. Talk about lying to the IRS...

i really can`t find anything funny or even likable about her

find new work. Rosie O'Donnel just made her crap "comedy" even louder. She comes off as overbearing and mean. She isn't funny. I don't care *who* she sleeps with, I don't want to listen to her.

cause I don't know her personally, hates a strong word. Maybe a repulsed by her is a better word.

I was repulsed by her before she came out of the closet, mostly from the dozen times I saw her talk show, she came off as overbearing, obnoxious, annoying and I find her basically talentless.

Then when she came out, she developed this kind of attitude of if you don't like me it's because "I'm gay" and so you have the problem. In truth a very large percentage of people who can't stand her is based on her talk show before she announced she was gay.

Since that time, her celebrity star has faded greatly since she isn't on TV everyday from having a talk show and she comes off a desperate to get attention by constantly reminding the media and anyone who will listen that she's gay. No one really cares what is in her bed at night and it isn't unique so she needs to quit passing that off as her talent to extended her career.