Bill Geddie, executive producer of experimental torture device The View, confirmed Wednesday that Michelle Obama, wife of Barack, will be guest hosting an upcoming episode of the show.
Like Cindy McCain did when she guest hosted The View in April, Obama will help interview guests and participate in the impotent rambling of "Hot Topics." Unfortunately, because of the inextricable connection between her behavior and the electability of her husband, Obama will not be able to put that wench Elisabeth Hasselbeck in her place. But that would be awesome.
We’ve tried our damnedest to remove The View from our cultural radar. Enough with Elisabeth Hasselbeck reminding America that she had a baby and loves George Bush. Or Whoopi Goldberg reminding everybody that she can barely stand to be there.
But then producers whipped up this genius segment: In discussing the possibility of booking Dina and Ali Lohan, who want to promote their Living Lohan show, the decision was made that they’d be allowed on the show … only if they were willing to discuss Lindsay.
Denise Richards stopped by The View to try and set the record straight about that whole "man-stealing whore" thing. It didn't work, and she even got a little sassy when Whoopi questioned her parenting skills. Call us crazy, but we think these attempts at finding redemption via reality television might not be the best idea. CONTINUED »
Here it is: Barack Obama's appearance on The View in which he addresses his church, the war and Brad Pitt. In less than an hour, this man withstood Barbara Walters' attempts at flirting, gained the highly-coveted Sherri Shepherd vote and managed to not punch Elisabeth Hasselbeck in the face. If that's not a presidential candidate worth voting for, we don't know what is.
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Behold the best question celebrity interviewer Barbara Walters has ever asked anyone: "But what do you do?" Ha! That tone! The query's recipient, chronic sex object Kim Kardashian, was dumbstruck, but she soon managed this: "We're in fashion." Are we, now?
Elisabeth Hasselbeck is back from maternity leave, and she is fucking pissed! What's got her rankled now? That feminazi tramp Gloria Steinem and her poncey support of Hillary Clinton, that's what.
Drunk off the power bestowed upon her by millions of liberal arts college coeds and The New York Times, Steinem recently shot off at the mouth and said she's glad Mrs Clinton isn't trained to kill like Republican white man and POW John McCain. Hasselbeck, who lives for shit like this, jumped on the comment during The View's "Hot Topics" segment, calling Steinem's words a "despicable mischaracterization" and "evil," the go-to word for crazies not good at arguing. Sad, because for a moment there, Thin Lizzy actually had a valid point.
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41-year-old co-host of The View Sherri Shepherd today admitted on her show that she has never voted. Not once. According to Shepherd, a known ignoramus, she just "never knew the dates or anything." And, y'know, they didn't know when she asked at McDonald's, so maybe next time, voting.
Lesson of the day: For those of you aspiring to one day have the honor of sharing a table with a crazy right-wing Conservative and a woman who doesn't know if the Earth is flat or round, we have some advice. Don't piss off Barbara Walters.
Kathy Griffin was scheduled to appear on The View this morning, but at the last minute received a phone call from a producer saying she wasn't allowed on the show because she had been "too mean" to Barbara during her last Bravo special. Um, is that supposed to be considered a punishment?
When The View considers you to be too offensive, there's something wrong.
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FINALLY "Barbara Walters received a call from Britney Spears' manager and 'very good friend' Sam Lutfi, the TV host told her cohorts on Monday's The View — reporting that Lutfi said the pop star was seeking help for what Walters termed 'mental issues which are treatable.'"
COLOR US BAFFLED Occasionally, it does matter if a person is black or white: "During yesterday's talk-around - the first few minutes of 'The View' where the show's co-hosts chat about the news of the day - [Sherri] Shepherd mentioned that over the weekend she had attended the Stellar Awards, an awards show for gospel singers. At the show, she met Shirley Caesar, [a] legendary singer, often referred to as the First Lady of Gospel Music. 'There is a picture of me with Shirley Caesar, who is like the black Patti LaBelle,' bragged Shepherd."
If ever there were a case to keep religion out of America's public schools, it's Sherri Shepherd, the Bible beating court jester of The View.
Listen with the delight of a true sinner as Shepherd, during a discussion about Epicurus, attests that the ancient Greeks used to mingle with Christians. According to her recollection: "They had Christians because they threw them to the lions." Then this: "I don't think anything predated Christians."
Shepherd, you'll remember, has also said that she's not sure if the world is round. Funny if it weren't so, so crazy and inaccurate.
Just like we predicted, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is off the wagon and back on the sauce. These paparazzi photos catch the alchol-addicted actor chugging a Strongbow in a London street just hours after his mother passed and only two days after being arrested for an alcohol related offense in Dublin.
In a terrible turn of events, this morning, Rhys Meyer's made a malapropos appearance on The View to promote August Rush. According to the hosts, the show was live, meaning Rhys Meyer's was in good spirits despite his recently deceased mother. But now this from The View's PR man: "It was taped on Monday Nov. 12th." As our sisters at Jossip said, "Ah, the perils of pre-taped episodes."
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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The really, really irritating warmonger from The View has expelled another child, this one a boy and blandly named Taylor. Lucky for their mother, the war in Iraq will be over by the time Taylor and sister Grace turn 18, so she'll never have to put her children where her votes are.
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?
Today on The View, Barbara Walters recently offered her two wizened cents on the McCartney-Mills divorce. According to Walters: "This is not a very nice woman." Damning!
Late Wednesday night, at a comedy club in Manhattan, Rosie O'Donnell took to the stage for several minutes and finally admitted that Barbara Walters fired her from The View. This news is contrary to all of O'Donnell's previous reports, in which she had stated that the decision to leave the show was mutual.
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