This is kind of eh. Whoopi Goldberg looks to be Rosie O’Donnell’s replacement on “The View”. I was seriously pulling for Courtney Love or even Roseanne or battleaxe Sharon Osbourne. They need a crazy in there to keep the momentum going. Whoopi should do ok, I guess. I can’t see her putting up with the twit at the end of the table.

“As far as everyone at ABC is concerned, she has the job,” a network insider confirms to Star. “They have been meeting with Kathy Griffin, Rosanne Barr, Ricki Lake and Gayle King.” While Kathy was a strong contender, Whoopi has won everyone over.”

“Everyone is acting like Whoopi already has the gig,” the show insider adds.

“Whoopi has a radio show, she lives in NYC and she is an institution. She also is liberal and outspoken but not crazy like Rosie was. She will be a perfect fit as far as the ladies on The View are concerned.” Nothing has been officially announced,” says the insider. “But it is 99 percent Whoopi at this point. They will have a few guest hosts throughout the summer but the executives and producers at The View are set on Ms. Goldberg to start in the fall.”

Supposedly, she’s even being offered the same kind of year-to-year contract Ro had. So she can jet when the going gets tough. Or when she can’t stand Barbara’s musty odor anymore. You know there’s a smell of gravedust going on.

Apparently unaccustomed to rejection, Elisabeth Hasselbeck is like the awkward ex who just can’t admit that things aren’t working out.
You know the type. At first, you tried to let her down easy, saying things like, ‘you’re a great person but I just don’t think we have that much in common.’ When that didn’t work, […]

On the first new “The View” since the hag brawl, Hasselbeck lied through her chiclets and said that she and Rosie had been “in communication a lot” over the weekend and everything was dandy. O’Donnell’s already stated that they exchanged a brief e-mail and would probably never speak again after that. So stop lying, Liz. And then Barbara Walters’ old ass told us that a split screen was commonplace. “The View” is not a Brian DePalma film, Hagatha!

Tuesday’s show - for which O’Donnell had been deleted from the opening credits - began with guest co-host Whoopi Goldberg asking Walters, “What’s new?” - to which Walters responded, “Have you been living under a rock?”

Walters then recapped the events of last week, blaming the Iraq War for being an emotional issue that exacerbated some already underlying tensions at the show. Walters also repeatedly expressed her admiration, affection and appreciation for O’Donnell and her contributions this past season. “We wanted her to stay,” Walters said of the behind-the-scenes negotiations.

Rosie quit three weeks before her scheduled end date because of the brouhaha. I’m just excited to see who they get to replace her. Get someone equally wacky in there! Hasselbeck went on to talk some bullshit about the power of forgiveness. I think she’s just making sure she doesn’t get her ass run over by the Dykes on Bikes.

If you thought Rosie was really, truly gone, then you’ve clearly underestimated her. Over the holiday weekend, the former View co-host posted a video of herself speaking out on her battle royale with Hasselbeck (apparently, when she first saw the split-screen she “knew it was all over,”) clearing up the truth about fired writer Janette […]

Rosie O’Donnell has never been known for her patience, grace under fire, or her slim physique inability to hold a grudge.
And now, only days after her hot-tempered performance on The View, ABC has announced that Rosie has made Elisabeth Hasselbeck cry for the very last time.
ABC president released the following statement, (via TMZ):
We had hoped […]

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Seriously, how will the producers of this show keep up the momentum after Ro leaves? Post-shrieky catfight with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O’Donnell’s “chief writer” Janette Barber was escorted from the “The View” studios by security. It seems that she was defacing pictures of Elisabeth Hasselbeck that hang in the studio lobby. By drawing moustaches on them. Damn, the lesbian mafia is on the move. Watch out, Liz! They’re gonna find you in a shallow grave in Northhampton, MA!

The Post’s Adam Buckman reports ABC confirmed in a statement only that “photographs at ‘The View’s’ offices were defaced. Rosie O’Donnell was not in the building. ABC Legal and Human Resources are investigating the matter.” Barber is an old friend of O’Donnell who worked with her years ago on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show.”

There were also rumors O’Donnell was so angry after her argument with Hasselbeck that she trashed her dressing room, although ABC denied the tantrum.

Rosie, meanwhile, is writing vague answers to fan’s questions on her haiku site and officially due back on Tuesday. Drawing moustaches is kinda quaint. That chick must be old school. Like “Guys and Dolls” old school. Most of today’s broads would have written “DOUCHE” across her forehead and keyed her car. I’m not kidding. We live in a violent cutthroat world. Lock your doors.

Overlooked by yesterday’s The View battle between Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck? Guest Alicia Silverstone’s snub of everyone’s least favorite conservative twit.
And, because we know you want it, the full video of yesterday’s split-screen spat.

“The View” degenerated into delicious anarchy this morning, when Rosie and Elisabeth went OFF on each other about George Bush’s presidency and then about each other . Like television apocalypse went off. To the point where Joy Behar was calling for a cut to commerical. And Alicia Silverstone got involved and damn!

You NEED to watch this clip. Bitches BRAWL! Shit gets personal. WHOO-HOO!

She’s only got a little while left on The View, which means Rosie O’Donnell must use every minute of it to execute her agenda.