Once again, there's trouble on The View. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with Elisabeth Hasselbeck and America's desire to ship her over to FOX News — no, this time around, the source is none other than Mollygood's sweetheart, Rosie O'Donnell. You see, Rosie told some reporters that all is not rainbows and sunshine over at the morning television henhouse: "I'm not saying they loathe each other, but the fact of the matter is there was not a lot of camaraderie off camera." Barbara Walters, of course, had something to say about that and took a moment from humiliating Elisabeth during Hot Topics to defend their lovefest (around the 2:45 mark).
Donald Trump, care to comment?
Yesterday on The View, the Reverend Mike Huckabee, political loser and sanctimonious miscreant, said something totally astounding: that blacks are more deserving of civil rights than gays because they've endured more violence. Seriously. He said that.
Asked by co-host Joy Behar why it would be bad to do away with the traditional "institution" of marriage, whereas it was fine for blacks to want to do away with the traditional "institution" of segregation, Huckabee responded: "But here is the difference. Bull Connor was hosing people down in the streets of Alabama. John Lewis got his skull cracked on the Selma bridge." Nice talk, REVEREND!
Here's why Mike Huckabee is a disgusting, ignorant hatemonger…
Within minutes of hearing the news that Barack Obama would be the next President of the United States, my mind went to a dark place: "Take that, Elisabeth Hasselbeck!" I couldn't wait to turn on The View this morning and watch the show's resident crazy cry in shame and weep for the state of our nation. Unfortunately, she threw us for a loop and acted like a classy, intelligent human being. Who knew?
Bonus footage includes Sherri Shepherd crying tears of joy in response to last night's election results. It's quite sweet, actually.
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Today The View celebrated what is likely one of the last few days the ladies will offer anything interesting for our viewing pleasure, due to the light at the end of the political tunnel. Nobody wants to hear these hens sit around and squawk about menopause — we tune in every morning to see Elisabeth have a nervous breakdown in a fit of ignorant rage.
Over the last couple of weeks, Whoopi has been determined to cut to commercial the second Lissy starts going on a rampage, much to the disappointment of everyone desperate enough to be watching this show. But today she flat gave up after attempting to explain herself to Elisabeth for the hundredth time to no avail.
Please, Xenu, if you're out there, get Obama elected so we don't have to see this smug idiot's face tomorrow morning crowing about how the "good guys" won.
The View was awesome yet again this morning, thanks partly to Elisabeth waking up on the wrong side of the bed and also because of Whoopi's absence. Poor Barbara Walters had to mediate between Joy and Elisabeth, which was ineffective and led to one of the more intense shouting matches we've seen as of late.
The tension begins around the 4:00 mark, where Joy attempts to explain why Sarah Palin's likability has plummeted, which — of course! — Elisabeth takes personally and uses as an excuse to announce her respect for George W. Bush. Yeah, seriously. She believes W is the reason America has stayed safe from terrorism for the past seven years, but implies that the country will be blown to smithereens under an Obama presidency. Even Barbara takes issue with this, which leads to an even more glorious moment of Elisabeth getting snippy with her boss.
The segment ends — after much screeching — with Elisabeth offering Joy more "Obama kool-aid," because she's that mature. The only person who escaped this argument unscathed? Sherri Shepherd. What a strange, strange world this has become.
You guys? I have a problem. I wake up every morning watching the clock and waiting for it to strike 11 so I can experience the latest explosion on The View. Each episode over the past week has been like a ticking time bomb, with the ladies' hatred for Elisabeth Hasselbeck growing stronger. Today was another argument over Barack Obama's ties to "American terrorist" Bill Ayers — and, once again, Sherri Shepherd stepped in and gave Elisabeth a huge smackdown (around the 2:15 mark), causing EH to get extremely defensive and snippy. Joy Behar, who was back in her seat after having yesterday off, barely got a word in, but that's OK. The damage has been done. Elisabeth will surely be running to FOX News any day now.
Here's the video from today's episode of The View that we were talking about earlier. Elisabeth Hasselbeck got in on the political discussion with some new talking points from her friends at FOX News, all but calling Barack Obama a terrorist. This angered the ladies (minus Joy Behar, who was disappointingly absent) — even prompting Whoopi to nearly curse on the air. Instead, Sherri and Barbara attempted to reason with her while controlling their rage, which is entertaining in itself after last week's fiasco.
At this point, it's blatantly obvious that everyone hates Elisabeth and wants her gone. The sooner the better.
Here's the thing about The View that really annoys me (and no, it's not the ladies' constant competition to see who can squawk the loudest): Just when the show is getting good, the producers put the kibosh on it. After yesterday's fight heard 'round the Internet, the ladies came back from commercial break with a completely different topic. Look, Whoopi, we don't care how much you hate going to the dentist — we want to hear more of Elisabeth's inane tirades.
So it should come as no surprise that today's Hot Topics never once mentioned the controversy from the day before, despite the fact that it's being talked about just as much as any other big news scandal. Instead, Barbara was absent and Elisabeth tried her darnedest to be on good behavior — even coming close to admitting that Sarah Palin is not always right (re: her Supreme Court blunder). Looks like someone's struggling to keep her job. How disappointing.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I watch The View morning after morning in hopes of witnessing something amazing. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the moron who gives Republicans everywhere a bad name, had a minor meltdown during the show's first segment today. She was so beyond help that not even Barbara Walters came to her rescue. The topic, of course, was the idiocy of Sarah Palin, which turned into another session of Elisabeth spouting off nonsensical remarks to defend her beloved McCain/Palin ticket. After Barbara correctly likened Palin's preparation for the debate to a high school student cramming for an exam, Elisabeth became extremely angry, which is when this happened (inciting a round of boos from the audience):
BW: We love you on the program. You are the counterpoint. But every single day you never ever say, 'Maybe there's another point.' So here's your chance. … Tell us now why you think that Sarah Palin would make a very good president.
EH: Well, since I've been studying for this pop quiz forever, I — tell me why Barack Obama is qualified. I mean, give me three tangible things he has done.
Glorious. Anyone who genuinely thinks this woman has a single intelligent thing to say that hasn't been programmed into her head via FOX News needs to go see a doctor, cause something's off.
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COLOR US SHOCKED "A longtime staff member on The View chatfest says, 'It's not as bad as during the Rosie [O'Donnell] era,' but the presidential election has GOP-er Elisabeth Hasselbeck 'really upset' with her liberal co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar. I understand View creator Barbara Walters has called a 'cooling off' meeting to keep a lid on things."
Poor Cindy McCain. She's having a tough go at this political race, all thanks to the likes of Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar. At a Michigan fundraiser on Saturday night, Cindy complained to a room of fellow Republicans about her horrific experience on a daytime talk show:
In spite of what you see … in the newspapers, and on shows like The View — I don't know if any of you saw The View yesterday, they picked our bones clean — in spite of what you see, that's not what the American people are saying and what they are believing. They are now seeing a clear difference with these candidates, and they are seeing who is going to make the best president, and that's why we're pulling ahead.
It truly is a sad state of affairs when the man running for president has the toughest time answering questions from a group of catty women who talk over each other while discussing men and menopause. (You can watch the ladies "gang up" on Cindy and John here.)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck proved last night why at least half of America dislikes her: After Fran Drescher made a harmless remark about how Elisabeth started crying during The Great View N-Word Fight of '08, the talk show panelist called into Larry King Live — which her coworker Joy Behar was hosting — to retaliate. Um, Elisabeth? Probably not best to pounce on a woman who barely said anything hurtful about you. It makes you come across as — um, what's the appropriate word? — obnoxious. We'll leave it at that.
Click through for the clip of Elisabeth's hissy fit.
Regis Philbin is kind of like Santa Claus in that he's been around forever and everyone loves him. For some reason, his presence got the ladies of The View all riled up to the point where Joy screamed at Barbara as Whoopi walked off the stage. Can Regis have a seat at the View table every day? It's not like he has 19 other TV shows in the works. CONTINUED »
Valentine's Day wasn't just celebrated by Heidi and Spencer. Lots of Hollywood's players came out for the anniversary of love.
Bono raised money for charity, Hayden Panettiere took her little brother on a date, Joy Behar performed a comedy act, Simon Cowell busted out his best baby T — and Paris' publicist even washed the orange off his face to impress a new lady friend!
How did YOU spend Valentine's Day?
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Perhaps we spoke too soon when we called for more honesty and personal responsibility in the world of celebrity. Because, while we doubt her truthfulness, Heather Mills' new, so-French publicist, Michele Elyzabeth, has made it her responsibility to personally address Mills' bad press in weekly video blogs.
They're insane, basically because the woman fights reductionism with reductionism in a suspect accent while stroking a linty dog. At one point, Elyzabeth calls Joy Behar an "absolutely horrible human being," before railing on The View and their Heather bashing. ("Like, who are they to have an opinion about what Heather should say or not say?" True!) Later, Elyzabeth has one word for anyone who would call her client's demeanor difficult: "Wrong." This woman is wondrous.
After the jump, meet David, a gay man well-versed in gesticulation who is there to support Mills and Elyzabeth.
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Sherri: "It hurt me, it really hurt me, because I always looked at Dog the Bounty Hunter as a role model."
Whoopi: "Have you forgotten that he's used other words on that show to describe people?"
Joy: "Like what?"
Whoopi: "Just…other words."
Joy: "Just use the letter."
Whoopi: "No, I'm not going to use any of this. But I want you to admit it."
Sherri: "Yes, he has used other words. But I'm still saying, when I would watch his show, I though he was such a role model. And it breaks my heart."
Here's a question: What the fuck are these people talking about?
Oh shit! Knowing that the time when they'll not have each other to berate draws nigher, today Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck honed in on one another and let loose with a rage never before seen in any of their prior battles. If you can sit through their standard, boring war debate, you'll be rewarded with personal attacks that culminate with one of the ladies dropping the finishing "coward" blow. The bonus is seeing Joy Behar literally screaming for a commercial break.
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