Rosie O'Donnell Is Leaving The View, Here's What We Know
Anyone following the latest scoop on ABC's The View knows there's been no shortage of drama. Well, the latest news, while not so unexpected, is still quite shocking. Rosie O'Donnell has officially been confirmed as quitting the daytime talk show to concentrate on her family life.
The View has been on a very rocky road over the last few months with O'Donnell at the center of the bulk of it. It is no secret that she has had a on/off relationship with the show, having already exited once before in 2006 after making controversial comments about the Bush administration and their dealing with the war in Iraq. However, like with most relationship issues, time proved to be a powerful healer and in July of 2014 the two powerful entities joined forces once again. We're guessing this time, though, it's probably going to be a permanent split. As reported by Page Six, here is what O'Donnell's rep Cindi Berger had to say on her client's departure from the talk show and how her somewhat recent split with wife Michelle Rounds played into the decision:
It was only a couple of months ago that O'Donnell was rumored to be leaving The View, so her certain exit isn't all together surprising. Apparently she has been having difficulty adjusting to her new role on the program, filling a panel seat vs. sitting in her prior chair of show moderator. Word spread across the internet late last year that the loud and outspoken O'Donnell was struggling with the current dynamic under current sitting moderator Whoopi Goldberg. Could Whoopi's now-infamous giant chair have finally put the nail in O'Donnell's coffin? If it did, we'll likely never get the full story anyhow. What we do know as far as the “on-record” story goes with O'Donnell's separation from The View is that it appears amicable. Here's what ABC said of the split in a recent statement:
How things will pan out from here is anybody's guess. Rumors recently started swirling that the show's other Rosie (Perez) was potentially going to be disposed of but ABC put those rumors to bed, calling the internet speculation “simply untrue.” Hopefully, for the sake of the show's survival they're telling the truth as losing both Rosies at the same time would likely prove devastating for ratings.
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