Rosie O'Donnell has the 411 on black America

[firecrotch]

From PopGlitter:

So just how DID the Rosie-Star feud all begin? Maybe when Rosie decided she had the 411 on black America? Lloyd Grove of The NY Daily News digs through The View transcripts, and finds something troubling from May 2004. Read the transcripts: Were Rosie's views actually racist or maybe just stupid insensitive?

[lovely bones]

I don't think Rosie was being so much racist or insensitive, as she was presumptuous and arrogant as always. Star was just being her dumb*ss self.

[hotmommy]

There was a Blind Item awhile back that spoke of a butch lady who was so racist that even her dinner guests were stunned at the things that flew out of her mouth. Check the archives and read it but I always said "That is Rosie O'Donnel!!!" The Blind item even said something about the person being a cancelled show host or something.

[firecrotch]

Originally Posted by hotmommy

There was a Blind Item awhile back that spoke of a butch lady who was so racist that even her dinner guests were stunned at the things that flew out of her mouth. Check the archives and read it but I always said "That is Rosie O'Donnel!!!" The Blind item even said something about the person being a cancelled show host or something.

Great detective work - I remember this blind item!

[Bellatheball]

^^ I remember that one too and thought of Rosie. I can't stand that crazy bitch. In fact, I'll always be Team Star (God help me) so long as she and Rosie are fueding.

[Palermo]

if this is true it strikes me as really weird that a person in a minority group of her own would feel that way about another one

[Elvira]

Definitely not Rosie in that blind item. Plus the article didn't use the term butch or cancelled show. Anyway, Rosie's show wasn't cancelled.

[LynnieD]

Just the title alone of this thread made me laugh!

[KD]

I hate Rosie, but she does have a black foster daughter. If she *hated* black people or was racist, I doubt she would have her living with her.

Anyway, let the Rosie bashing commence.....

[moomies]

Star Jones Reynolds, Rosie O'Donnell Feud & 'The Black Community'
By Jo Anne Way
Jul 10, 2006

Certainly there had to be a starting point for the entire Rosie O'Donnell and Star Jones Reynolds feud where it certainly appears that Barbara Walters take Rosie's side. And Lloyd Grove of The NY Daily News digs deep all the way back to the May 2004, showing of 'The View.'

Star Jones Reynolds, Rosie O'Donnell Feud Began in 2004?
Star Jones Reynolds, Rosie O'Donnell Feud Began in 2004?

Daily News contributor Jawn Murray dug up the smoking videotape, Grove reports.

The exchange is telling and you can expect many to take Rosie O'Donnell's remarks as bigoted and racist.

Read and decide for yourself.

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Lowdown:

The chat quickly turned ugly when O'Donnell suggested that women "stand up and scream" to protest Martha Stewart's felony conviction, and former prosecutor Jones Reynolds vehemently objected.

Rosie: "Here's what I love. The black community said you cannot have O.J. Simpson, you cannot have Jayson …"

Star: "No, excuse me! … And if the black people had a vote, they did not tell me."

Rosie: "Honey! Honey, listen to what I'm saying. … The black community said you can't have the basketball player Jayson Williams, you can't have him. …"

Star: "There were two black people on the jury!"

Rosie: "Wait! Wait! Wait! I'm saying that as a culture, and I agree with it, black people have so few role models that they said, 'You know what? I don't care, you're not taking them!'"

Star: "What???! … When did the black vote have a meeting and vote?"

Rosie: "I didn't say you had a meeting, Star!"

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Grove then reports that Star ripped Rosie the next day. Babs actually tried to get Star to apologize to Rosie over the incident. (Regardless of what you think of Jones Reynolds - shouldn't Rosie be the one apologizing to the 'black community'?)

Star commented, "Although the mainstream media may not collectively report on black role models, trust and believe there are plenty out there, and you don't need to rally behind O.J. Simpson. I mean, that was inappropriate."

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This may really get the ball rolling on Rosie.

It's hard to fathom why she felt she could speak for the 'black community' and why no one on the panel other than Star called her on it.

It's obvious that Walters and Rosie are pals, but still you would think Babs with all her experience would see this as a possible red flag for Rosie. And what if Star Jones had let Rosie finish? Where was she going with her rant against the 'black community'?

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No matter what one thinks of either woman - this find by 'Lowdown' will ignite some serious passion and many will deem O'Donnell's remarks as racist, bigoted and ignorant.

--Jo Anne Way

source:
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman...27266955.shtml

[Femmefatale]

omg what is she talking about????

I never thought Id say this, but this is when i start to like Star Jones bc she handled that well. Rosie's comments are so ludacris its hard to even dignify them, but Star calls her out and makes her look like the insane bitch she is

[Reptillycus]

Rosie is an idiot who thinks she knows everything...