Thinking of reprising my old blog, "The Rosie Watch Never Stops." She's EVERYWHERE these days, and I do mean everywhere - I believe I saw her sky-diving over Manhattan the other day (scary sight.) But watch a show, any show, and there she is.
It's called, "going to the opening of an envelop." She can't resist the invitations; sure, she's selling a book, but one is left with the unmistakable impression that she's selling herself again too. A new talk show? Something? Anything? She was just on "Today Show's" fourth hour with Hoda and KLG, and, as always, tripped through all matters great and small. She defended Rev. Wright: white preachers, she claimed with the usual Rosie-esque bravado backed up by nothing but hot air (and a lot of it) have said much worse she claimed. (Yeah, swell, Ro - but that's not the point, is it?) She defended Miley Cyrus; oh that poor girl. "We're a country that sells sex to kids on a daily basis."
She's right about that, but should that rise to the level of defense in Miley's case, or - rather - her creepy father's case? "I've had photos taken by Annie [Leibovitz]. It was the most intimidating thing that ever happened...dressed like a witch's gown in Times Square; Parker was one [and] walked onto set while she was snapping. She said, don't worry I won't use those. Guess what one she used?"
Babs Walters - memoir out tomorrow - got the treatment too; the ladies from "FHOTS" ("Today") quoted some snip from the book - something about Ro's a "great talent with emotional issues." Ro said: "It's just like Rev. Wright - some people confuse passion for rage. I have a lot of passion about things...passion on that show was not number one. If someone on that show said something insane, I said, THAT's INSANE!!!"
She says she "forced [Babs] to be more emotional than what she's comfortable with..."
Ro had some very nice things to say about Babs, but very not-nice things about the show's director and producer - latter's Bill Geddie who threatened to quit if Ro stayed (Babs addresses this in her book, but it's old news...)
"Sorry the way it ended? [her departure]. Not really....when...the director and the executive producer goes against you. The director has a four day rehearsal to get a shot of this [coffee cup]. They were waiting for the split screen; it was a choice and they made it into 'Hardball.'"
She's referring, of course, to that famous screamathon between her and Elisabeth...Now THAT was TV the way it oughta be...