Rosie

I received an e-mail from a friend who knows who I am and reads my blog from time (and apparently doesn't really like it) who told me I was too harsh on Rosie.

Really????? Let's check the facts.

In late 2003, O'Donnell entered into a legal battle with the publishers of Rosie magazine. They claimed that the failure of the magazine was due to O'Donnell's uncooperative, rude and violent behavior within the magazine's offices. They claimed that by removing herself from the magazine's publication, she was in breach of contract. O'Donnell claimed that there was no way she could in good conscience continue to be a part of the magazine, because they were moving away from her vision. She never defined that vision, but was nonetheless released from any wrong-doing...as was the magazine. The result? A draw.

Economic insiders state the folding of the magazine came from an insistence on uncontrolled political bias, which caused the drying up of sponsorship dollars. Of note during the trial was the curious public statement to a former magazine colleague who testified that O'Donnell said to her on the phone that "people who lie die of cancer." O'Donnel never reconciled this statement.

Rosie O'Donnell is an outspoken supporter of gun control and a major figure in the Million Mom March. In 2000, O'Donnell outraged parents of kindergartners at the private school her son attends when she was granted special permission to allow an armed bodyguard to accompany her son to school. In response, she promised that the bodyguard wouldn't actually be armed while on the school grounds. Her critics charged that this was hypocrisy, citing the April 19th, 1999, broadcast of her talk show, on which she stated, "You are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun, I think you should go to prison." Ms. O'Donnell has subsequently explained her faux pas by opining, "Celebrities shoot their mouths off too much." No one has yet to explain that statement.

Rosie, who claims to be a "Woman of the people", has an estimated net worth of $115 Million and growing. Yet her personal IRS documents show one single charitable donation of $1 million to a children's foundation. During her tenure as a talk-show host, she frequently highlighted various charitable projects, which tended to generate significantly increased donations. This much is to be rightfully accredited her, but a $1 million personal donation with a net worth of $115 million is hardly worthy of the title "philanthropy".

To my friend who says I was too hard on her - If I had this much bullshit attached to my name, I'd be lucky to have a job picking up garbage on Monday's and Thursdays. But she's a mega-millionaire - and I see no point in defending her.

Please - I have over 100 blogs on here that you are free to rip apart as you wish. This isn't one of them. Rosie is an asshole.

Period. End of conversation.