# Rosie: Did she jump or was she pushed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582 "2007-04-25T14:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/21 "2007-04-29T21:15:41Z")
[QUOTE=SHAKES] Why is Rosie such a terrible person? [/QUOTE] Because in real life, she is a terrible person- rude to those “beneath her”, yells at underlings, etc. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/22 "2007-04-29T23:24:42Z")
I remember seeing tapes of her standup, before she got her talk show. She was incredibly nasty, but funny. Which was why I had to laugh at seeing all those stories about “nice” Rosie cleaning up TV talk shows. That’s like portraying Paris Hilton as an icon of dignity and class. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/23 "2007-04-30T00:09:07Z")
I think they should just junk the entire show-it’s pretty much run its course. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/24 "2007-04-30T02:30:32Z")
> **[COMIN’ UP ROSIE](https://nypost.com/2007/04/29/comin-up-rosie/)** > > Call her Rosie Inc. If Rosie O’Donnell was a business pitch right now, she’d be a win-win. The opinionated diva who quit her job as co-host of “The View” last week is a TV m… She may have planned the whole thing. She is in the drivers seat now. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/25 "2007-04-30T17:18:19Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] I think they should just junk the entire show-it’s pretty much run its course. [/QUOTE] It looks like they just might, [but not in the way that you might expect](http://www.nypost.com/seven/04302007/tv/ro_placements_tv_don_kaplan.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/26 "2007-04-30T17:25:25Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] [http://www.nypost.com/seven/04292007/business/comin\_up\_rosie\_business\_don\_kaplan.htm](http://www.nypost.com/seven/04292007/business/comin_up_rosie_business_don_kaplan.htm) She may have planned the whole thing. She is in the drivers seat now. [/QUOTE] I seem to recall back when they signed her that she had only been signed for a year. I think she always intended it to be just for a year to get her back in the public eye and perhaps set her up for bigger projects. I wouldn’t put it past her to have made a point to be even more outspoken than usual in order to get noticed. Roseanne Barr as a possible replacement? Why not get someone who will let the other hosts get a word in edgewise or just not bother with the other co-hosts? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/27 "2007-04-30T21:02:20Z")
I heard (too lazy to look up a cite) that they offered her a three year deal and she turned it down because she only wanted a one year deal… ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/28 "2007-05-01T00:37:48Z")
Disclaimer: I have never ever watched _The View_. But I was reminded of “Steel Can’t Melt” Rosie yesterday, when the big interstate intersection in Oakland collapsed because of the tanker fire under it. I don’t hate her. I just hate that we have so many morons in this country that she is able to make a nice living from what comes ot of her mouth. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582/29 "2007-05-01T01:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=PharmBoy] …Rosie does seem to wreak havok whereever she goes, tho. Remember, she had a show before, left it… [/QUOTE] Well, after six years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosie-did-she-jump-or-was-she-pushed/401582.md?page=1)