Rosie calls Barbara a liar (and other things) over feud with Trump

[Brent88]

I'm afraid Rosie won't be on the show much longer with incidents like this.



Interestingly, more people favor Trump over Rosie in the feud.

NEW YORK — Tempers flared backstage at "The View" Monday between moderator Rosie O'Donnell and the show's creator and longtime co-host Barbara Walters over the continuing war of words between O'Donnell and Donald Trump.

O'Donnell allegedly accused Walters of being "a [expletive] liar" in ABC Studios' hair and makeup room Monday morning, according to The New York Post's Page Six gossip section.

The spat began about 8:30 a.m. when Walters walked in after two weeks' vacation and tried to give O'Donnell a hug, a gesture the latter responded to by fuming, "You kept me in the newspapers this whole time!" Page Six reported, quoting unidentified "spies" on the scene.

Walters, along with "View" producer Bill Geddie, tried to soothe O'Donnell, but she was having none of it, according to the Post.

"You didn't call me for 10 g—damn days, and you didn't tell me what you were going to say on television!" O'Donnell reportedly told Walters.

The Trump vs. O'Donnell feud started when O'Donnell questioned Trump's decision to give Miss USA Tara Conner a second chance after she was reportedly caught drinking while underage.

Trump's "comb-over" hairdo, pointed to his two divorces and said he shouldn't be the "moral compass for 20-year-olds." She also said he had been bankrupt, which ABC later clarified (he has never filed for personal bankruptcy, but several of his casino companies have filed for business bankruptcies).

Trump later told FOX News Channel and other media outlets that he and Walters were friends and that Walters had confided in him that she regretted hiring O'Donnell.

While she was away, Walters released a statement that said she was "sorry there is friction between Donald and Rosie. That said, I do not regret for one moment my choice to hire Rosie O'Donnell as the moderator of 'The View.'"

Backstage on Monday, producer Geddie told O'Donnell she'd "crossed the line" with her tongue-lashing of Walters, the Post reported.

"Cameras are now outside of my house where my wife and kids are," Page Six sources reported O'Donnell as replying before she told Walters, "You went all around this and never called [Trump] a liar. You never said, 'Donald is lying.' You never called him a liar ... Are you looking me in the face and denying you didn't tell him you didn't say this? You're a [expletive] liar."

Those at "The View" characterized the exchange as minor and old news.

"From the first day Rosie spoke about Donald Trump, Barbara has been nothing but supportive of Rosie. Whatever happened in the hair and makeup room was only a squabble," "View" publicist Karl Nilsson told FOXNews.com Tuesday. "It's business as usual. Everyone has moved on."

Cynics speculated that Trump's in-the-spotlight handling of the Miss USA scandal and his counter-attacks on O'Donnell were publicity stunts for the new season of his corporate reality show "The Apprentice."

But if that was the case, the efforts have failed. Ratings for "The Apprentice" premiere, which aired Sunday night, were dreary.

The program garnered only 9.1 million viewers for a sagging 5.4 Nielsen rating — shockingly low for a season opener of the once popular NBC show and about half a million viewers behind the last "Apprentice" debut. It also dragged in third place in its time slot, according to Nielsen Media Research.

O'Donnell's role in the ongoing verbal warfare hasn't exactly been helping her, either, however.

A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted by phone over the weekend among 1,004 participants indicated that only 28 percent of people had a favorable opinion of O'Donnell versus 41 percent who said they had a favorable opinion of Trump, USA Today reported.

[Ireneparalegal]

Hmmmm, Barbara stated on the air yesterday that everything Trump is saying abt supposed comments Barbara made ARE TOTAL LIES. So, I think this is just gossip, since Barbara has already stated ON THE AIR the truth.

[Janice]

The plot thickens, lol. The three of them are probably full of it.

[Sharop]

Originally Posted by Janice

The plot thickens, lol.

That reminds me of a Frasier cue card that read, "The clot thickens." This was a reference to Niles' nosebleed (his physical reaction whenever he tells a lie.)

[TVFactFan]

Now this is making me record the View tomorrow-lol

[dawsongirl]

Oh geez....I wish they'd all just shut up.

[TJL]

I guess Star Jones wan't that bad after all...

[Courtnee]

Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Oh geez....I wish they'd all just shut up.