Show of hands — anyone surprised that the so-called “Queen of Nice” and 9-11 Truther is an abusive monster? Neither am I.
Former staff members of Rosie’s show earlier described how they were working in a ‘hell hole’.
The comedienne’s frequent clashes with her staff and publicists of her guests during its brief run have all been laid bare, further damaging her once treasured reputation as Queen of Nice
In perhaps the most vicious critique of The Rosie Show, one told the Daily Beast, ‘It was such a f**king hellhole.’
It has also emerged the 49-year-old would frequently throw tantrums that left he[r] employees quivering in fear.
The insider added that during one taping last autumn, ‘O’Donnell uncontrollably yelled at a publicist backstage because she didn’t like the parameters agreed upon for an interview’.
And while the show had been on the air for less than six months, there were plenty of other run-ins on-set.
Perhaps the feud which best sums up the whole debacle was the way she allegedly treated one of the most experienced directors in television.
The source said she repeatedly clashed with Oprah’s longtime director Joe Terry, humiliated him by scolding him in front of a live audience for using the wrong camera shots.
It has also been claimed she suggested he didn’t know what he was doing.
In addition she fired Winfrey’s stage manager because she felt he was ignoring her and not doing his job properly.
Bizarrely, the former View star was also unhappy her bandleader, Katreese Barnes was unable to play Broadway tunes off-the-cuff on live television.
Frustrated Emmy-winner Barnes told her: ‘I’m not upset that I don’t know Into the Woods by heart. A little heads-up would have been nice.’
To insecure megalomaniacs like Rosie, whatever problem is at hand is never their fault. At least, not until they’re forced by circumstances to insincerely apologize for it. Five minutes later, they’re off on a mad tear again.
Now if they had filmed the things that were going on behind the scenes and put that on the air instead of the regular show, they might have had something worth watching.
Heh. I would certainly have watched it.
Shocking. Now that her reputation is hose she’ll just have to rely on her good looks.
Why is this so totally not a surprise?
No surprise. This carnivorous Land Manatee “managed” a magazine she once published in the same manner, and with the same results.
You only have to see a few of her photos to see how her face just naturally falls into a mean scowl.
“Only the soul matters in the end” and she has a very small and nasty soul.
She sounds just like my sister.
– her mother died when she was young; she never learned to act like a lady.
@C’mon : Who taught her to be that hateful?
Lot’s of people have had hard childhoods that were difficult to overcome or in some cases left them emotional cripples. But the majority of them persevere, adapt and overcome, and in some cases developed “character” that made them better than average.
After you get past your teen age years it is time to stop blaming the parents and start charting your own way. When you are still wallowing in your misery at Rosie’s age and spreading it on other people ……
I find people who offer up excuses for monsters just as bad if not worse than the monsters. They are enablers who are trying to show how compassionate they are, but they seem to have no compassion for the victims of the monsters.