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Rosie O’Donnell Goes To Bat For Chris Brown Against ABC’s Robin Roberts

by Frances Martel | 4:23 pm, April 2nd, 2011

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It may not have been what Chris Brown had in mind, but it appears the disgraced star has finally found an ally in the celebrity world: Rosie O’Donnell, who on her radio show this week accused his detractors (and ABC host Robin Roberts) of racism for maligning his window-breaking behavior more than, she argues, the equivalent by white stars. A name notably absent from O’Donnell’s analysis? Rihanna.

“I just don’t know why this kid seems to be held to a different standard than anyone else,” O’Donnell tells executive producer Janette Barber on the March 29th edition of her program, to which Barber responds that she can’t help but wonder if race is an issue (O’Donnell addressed the issue only this week as she had been on vacation). “I totally think there is,” O’Donnell replied, “and I also think it’s why he felt he was safer with Robin Roberts.” O’Donnell doesn’t flesh out this point at all other than later adding that she felt “badly” for Chris Brown and “mildly angry” at Roberts while watching her interview with Brown. Given the context, however, it wouldn’t be amiss to interpret it as an accusation of some sort of racial betrayal on Roberts’ part not to go easier on Brown, an accusation that leaves O’Donnell’s further point– which could perhaps have some merit– exposed to all kinds of criticism.

That further point that gets lost somewhere along the Roberts accusation trail she later elaborated on, adding that she did “think that there is a societal paradigm in which you have to be an angel or a thug if you’re a black male.” For this, O’Donnell cites Tupac Shakur as an example of a rapper caught in between the two extremes. That more nuanced argument that there is a history of easily maligning black male stars as violent is one that could be corroborated, especially if the fact pattern being examined is only the story in which Brown throws a chair through a window and everyone panics, or the possible career setbacks Kanye West experienced at grabbing a microphone away from Taylor Swift.

But to leave the domestic abuse issue hanging without addressing what really put the last nail in Brown’s career’s coffin makes it very difficult to take O’Donnell’s sympathy for Brown seriously. Though, before going there, it is worthy of note that rumors of the death of Chris Brown’s career have been greatly exaggerated; his album is currently #1 on the Billboard charts. But the image that really set back Brown’s career had nothing to do with skin color or broken studio– it was this photo of a beaten Rihanna after police found her. Sure, white stars have committed domestic abuse and not gotten anywhere near as much public humiliation as Brown (Charlie Sheen, weird drug-infused performance art folk hero, comes to mind). Had O’Donnell laid that argument on the table, she may have been able to cultivate a meager, albeit respectable, point of defense for Brown. Not addressing the battered elephant in the room does a major disservice to what could, with the benefit of the doubt, have been construed as valid racial/sociological commentary and renders it contrarian blather.

Below is the full audio from Rosie O’Donnell’s radio program:

[h/t Radio Equalizer]

abc, Charlie Sheen, Chris Brown, Janette Barber, Kanye West, rihanna, Robin Roberts, Rosie O'Donnell

dummy123

whiteys fault??
I can’t wait for Rosie to sink the Oprah network.
notsofast

“it wouldn’t be amiss to interpret it as an accusation of some sort of racial betrayal on Roberts’ part not to go easier on Brown”

Absolutely- O’ Donnell sees Robins as a traitor to her race.

“she did “think that there is a societal paradigm in which you have to be an angel or a thug if you’re a black male,” citing Tupac Shakur as an example of a rapper caught in between the two extremes. ”

Oh, so now Tupac also had angelic qualities? Since when? He lived in a world of violence and died because of it

And Tupac’s murder was an exception?

Try again . All murdered:

Big L Bad News Brown, Camoflauge, Charizma, Mac Dre, Fat Pat (rapper), Fat-Tone, Freaky Tah, Half a Mill, Big Hawk, Blade Icewood, Jam-Master Jay, The Notorious B.I.G.,
Proof , Seagram , Magnolia Shorty, Soulja Slim, Stretch , VL Mike.

Christ, they even have violence at award ceremonies:

“The Santa Monica Police Department seek to arrest G-Unit rapper Young Buck for the alleged stabbing of a Los Angeles man at the Vibe Awards, which were taped on Monday evening.”

Now Rosie, list for me how many white singers have been murdered in the last 20 years.
White Ninja

Nobody hates Kanye West or Chris Brown because they’re black. They hate them because they’re colossal douchebags. Same with Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen (who has definitely not gotten as much press for bad behavior like Brown….oh wait). The public doesn’t love guys who beat women. It really is just that simple Rosie.
White Ninja

notsofast said:

Now Rosie, list for me how many white singers have been murdered in the last 20 years.

Violence is not a race problem though, it’s a cultural problem.
notsofast

White Ninja said:
Violence is not a race problem though, it’s a cultural problem.

It’s that and a behavioral problem. Brown, Sheen, Gibson, etc. are being blasted for their behavior not their color but lets not ignore the fact that violence is part and parcel of the rap culture.
notsofast

White Ninja said:
Violence is not a race problem though, it’s a cultural problem.

Here is a list of dead rappers, DJ’s and producers:
Tupac
The Notorious B.I.G.
Eazy-E
Pimp C
Nujabes
Guru
Dolla
Big L
J Dilla
Big Pun
Jam Master Jay
Mac Dre
Ol’ Dirty Bastard
DJ Screw
DJ Train
Proof
Apache
Soulja Slim
Big Moe
Big Hawk
Big Mello
Billboard
Brandon Mitchell
Buffy
Charizma
Joe C.
Scott La Rock
Mausberg
Bugz
Camoflauge
Chip Banks
Cowboy
Doc Doom
E-Moneybags
Big DS
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes
La Banga
Lil Ruckie
Mista C
Michael Menson
Johnny “J”
Father Lord
Freaky Tah
Fat Pat
Seagram Miller
Stretch
Subroc
Trouble T-Roy
Blade Icewood
Professor X
Grym Reaper aka Too Poetic
Aaliyah
Stack Bundles
Cash the Fast
Half-a-mil
Darren Robinson
Cowboy
Buffy
MC Breed
MC Rock
MC Trouble
X1
Yusef Afloat Muhammad
Yaki Kadafi

Rappers who were murdered:
Tupac
The Notorious B.I.G.
Mac Dre
Jam Master Jay
Big Hawk
Big L
Big Mello
Billboard
Blade Icewood
Brandon Mitchell
Bugz
Charizma
Chip Banks
Camoflauge
Dolla
Doc Doom
Half-a-mil
E-Moneybags
Father Lord
Freaky Tah
Fat Pat
La Banga
Lil Ruckie
Mausberg
MC Rock
Michael Menson
Mista C
Proof
Seagram Miller
Soulja Slim
Scott La Rock
Stack Bundles
Stretch
X1
Yaki Kadafi
Yusef Afloat Muhammad
dummy123

Typical liberal progressive polite racism.
How can we blame whitey??
Everything is whiteys fault.
Nacho

notsofast said:
Now Rosie, list for me how many white singers have been murdered in the last 20 years.

notsofast said:
It’s [a cultural] and a behavioral problem.

Why did you ask Rosie about white singers then?
notsofast

Nacho said:
Why did you ask Rosie about white singers then?

Because she brought up race, son.

You ain’t very bright are ya, son?
IHaveAComment

Before you do a Google search of a “List of dead Rappers” you should know that most of your list died of health issues or things that had absolutely NOTHING to do with a violent lifestyle.

Aaliyah: Singer who died in plane crash
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes: Singer who died in car crash
Eazy-E: Health issues
Pimp C: Health issues
Guru: Cancer
Big Pun: Health Issues
Jam Master Jay: Failed robbery attempt in NY
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: Health
Freaky Tah: RANDOM act of violence in NY
DJ Screw: Health

And this is just off the top of my head!! No need to Google search. If you are going to make an argument about people dying because they lived a violent lifestyle, please do your research first. It is a cultural issue, not a black person/ rapper issue.
possibly

When Bob Knight was coaching, he went nuts almost every night. He threw chairs in the middle of the floor, screamed and yelled at everyone and even laid hands on his players and the media loved it then and now.

Mediate, where was your essay on that?

When the “white” former ‘Family Ties’ child star Bonsall was arrested for beating his girlfriend, I don’t remember the great celebration on Mediate and no where else for that matter. How about I refresh your memory:

“Former child star Brian Bonsall, who played Andy Keaton in “Family Ties,” was arrested on charges of assaulting his girlfriend, police said.

Bonsall, 25, was being held in the Boulder County jail Friday on charges of second-degree assault and false imprisonment. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney, and a listing for an agent could not be found.

Bonsall was arrested Wednesday after his girlfriend told police he poured an alcoholic drink on her face while she slept, put her in a choke hold and threw her onto a bed when she tried to leave, authorities said.”
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17902700/ns/today-entertainment/

Using the logic of this racist tea party site, we can only conclude that all white male stars are abusive.
Nacho

notsofast said:
Because she brought up race, son.

You ain’t very bright are ya, son?

I’m bright enough to know that you don’t respond to a race allegation with a counter race allegation unless you actually believe race is the issue.

You either sunk to her level out stupidity or you actually believe your race point about the difference between white singers and your list of dead rappers.
NeoKong

Rosie can sympathize because hey...who hasn’t slapped their girlfriend around from time to time.
Colorado_Conservative

There sure are a lot of white negro racists among us…..and they all seem to be loony liberals!!
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

IHaveAComment said:
Aaliyah: Singer who died in plane crash
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes: Singer who died in car crash
Eazy-E: Health issues
Pimp C: Health issues
Guru: Cancer
Big Pun: Health Issues
Jam Master Jay: Failed robbery attempt in NY
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: Health
Freaky Tah: RANDOM act of violence in NY
DJ Screw: Health

Aaliyah and her entourage were eager to return to the United States. They made the decision to leave immediately. Against the advice of baggage handlers and the pilot, all the equipment from the shoot was loaded on to the plane. The group was unaware that the plane was unable to hold all the equipment of the Cessna 404. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff. the pilot was not approved to pilot the plane and an autopsy revealed traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system. the plane was over its total gross weight by 700 pounds and was loaded with one more passenger than it was allowed to carry.

Eazy-E was was diagnosed with AIDS. He announced his illness in a public statement on March 16. Eazy’s sexual activity began at the age of twelve and resulted in not only a fatal disease, but seven children with six different women. He died due to “complications from AIDS” one month after his diagnosis.

Pimp C Butler suffered respiratory depression due to an accidental overdose of promethazine and codeine (in the cough syrup ingredient of Purple drank) coupled with a preexisting sleep apnea condition (health?)

Big Pun was at his highest weight at the time of his death, being 986 pounds.

Jam Master Jay – On October 30, 2002, at 7:30 pm Mizell was shot and killed in a Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. The other person in the room, 25-year-old Urieco Rincon, was shot in the ankle and survived. In 2003, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, a convicted drug dealer and longtime friend of Murder Inc. heads Irv and Chris Gotti, was investigated for targeting Mizell because the DJ defied an industry blacklist of rapper 50 Cent that was imposed because of “Ghetto Qu’ran”, a song 50 Cent wrote about McGriff’s drug history. (robbery gone wrong?)

Ol’ Dirty Bastard – The official cause of death was a drug overdose; an autopsy found a lethal mixture of cocaine and the prescription drug Tramadol, a synthetic opiate (health issues?)

Freaky Tah – The three suspects charged in the March 28 murder of Lost Boyz rapper Freaky Tah were affiliated with a “wannabe” rap group called the Hellraisers, and Freaky Tah’s death was not the first to result from an apparent feud between the two groups, police said Thursday. (not random)

Dj Screw died on November 16 ,2000. The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on DJ Screw concluded that DJ Screw died from a lethal combination of promethazine, codeine, and other drugs (health issues?)
George C

IHaveAComment said:
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: Health

The official cause of death was a drug overdose; an autopsy found a lethal mixture of cocaine and the prescription drug Tramadol, a synthetic opiate.[

IHaveAComment said:
DJ Screw: Health

Dj Screw died on November 16 ,2000. The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on DJ Screw concluded that DJ Screw died from a lethal combination of promethazine, codeine, and other drugs

IHaveAComment said:
Pimp C: Health issues

According to the Los Angeles County Coroner, Butler suffered respiratory depression due to an accidental overdose of promethazine and codeine

IHaveAComment said:
Eazy-E: Health issues

On February 24, 1995, Eazy-E was admitted into Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with what he believed to be asthma. Instead he was diagnosed with AIDS

IHaveAComment said:
Jam Master JayFailed robbery attempt in NY

In 2003, Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a convicted drug dealer and longtime friend of Murder Inc. heads Irv and Chris Gotti, was investigated for targeting Mizell (Jam Master Jay )because the DJ defied an industry blacklist of rapper 50 Cent that was imposed because of "Ghetto Qu'ran", a song 50 Cent wrote about McGriff's drug history.[10]

In April 2007, federal prosecutors named Ronald “Tenad” Washington as an accomplice in the murder.[11] Washington also is a suspect in the 1995 murder of Randy “Stretch” Walker, a close associate of the late rapper Tupac Shakur.[11] According to court papers filed by the prosecution, Washington “pointed his gun at those present in the studio, ordered them to get on the ground and provided cover for his associate to shoot and kill Jason Mizell.”[11]

IHaveAComment said:
And this is just off the top of my head!! No need to Google search. If you are going to make an argument about people dying because they lived a violent lifestyle, please do your research first. It is a cultural issue, not a black person/ rapper issue.

These really aren’t the result of their lifestyle ? Teh Google is your friend , you should use it more often . Instead of relying on that pointy head .
Nacho

sarainitaly said:

Those issues are not exclusive to rappers. What point were you trying to make googling those people’s cause of death?
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

“I just don’t know why this kid seems to be held to a different standard than anyone else,”

that is so ridiculous. you’re right, leaving off the Rhianna story takes away the whole context of why people reacted to his outburst in the first place. My opinion, his window breaking shows what a hot head he still is, and still a potential danger to other women who may enter his life. He acts like an irrational child throwing temper tantrums because Robin (annoyingly) asked him repeatedly about his abusive behavior. What does he do when angered? Lashes out, violently. He hasn’t changed.

Racist? what a laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame race card.
George C

sarainitaly said:
sarainitaly says:

Ahhhh , ya beat me .
Nacho

George C said:

Same to you, what point are you attempting make?
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

Nacho said:
Those issues are not exclusive to rappers. What point were you trying to make googling those people’s cause of death?

because those deaths are directly related to their lifestyles. not *health issues*, or *random* acts of violence, as was claimed.
George C

Nacho said:
Same to you, what point are you attempting make?

sarainitaly said:
because those deaths are directly related to their lifestyles. not *health issues*, or *random* acts of violence, as was claimed.

Ditto , dude .
Nacho

Drugs abuse is a *health issue*

“Drug abuse is a serious public health problem that affects almost every community and family in some way. Each year drug abuse results in around 40 million serious illnesses or injuries among people in the United States”
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugabuse.html
George C

Nacho said:
Drugs abuse is a *health issue*

You’re right Nacho . Clearly lifestyle was not a contributing factor . lol
dummy123

http://hiphop.popcrunch.com/dmx-arrested/
DMX Arrested — Again — Following Failed Drug Test

http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/dmx_mugshots
12 mugshots
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

dummy123 said:
http://hiphop.popcrunch.com/dmx-arrested/
DMX Arrested — Again — Following Failed Drug Test

http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/dmx_mugshots
12 mugshots

Lindsey Lohan is catching up with him!
writer

The media just tries to make Charlie Sheen look bad because he’s white.
George C

writer said:
The media just tries to make Charlie Sheen look bad because he’s white.

It’s a health issue ,duh .
IHaveAComment

sarainitaly said:
Aaliyah and her entourage were eager to return to the United States. They made the decision to leave immediately. Against the advice of baggage handlers and the pilot, all the equipment from the shoot was loaded on to the plane. The group was unaware that the plane was unable to hold all the equipment of the Cessna 404. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff. the pilot was not approved to pilot the plane and an autopsy revealed traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system. the plane was over its total gross weight by 700 pounds and was loaded with one more passenger than it was allowed to carry.

Plane crash. plain & simple. Nothing to do with her lifestyle.

Eazy-E was was diagnosed with AIDS. He announced his illness in a public statement on March 16. Eazy’s sexual activity began at the age of twelve and resulted in not only a fatal disease, but seven children with six different women. He died due to “complications from AIDS” one month after his diagnosis.
AIDS isn’t a health issue?

Big Pun was at his highest weight at the time of his death, being 986 pounds. Obesity isn’t a health issue??

Jam Master Jay – On October 30, 2002, at 7:30 pm Mizell was shot and killed in a Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. The other person in the room, 25-year-old Urieco Rincon, was shot in the ankle and survived. In 2003, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, a convicted drug dealer and longtime friend of Murder Inc. heads Irv and Chris Gotti, was investigated for targeting Mizell because the DJ defied an industry blacklist of rapper 50 Cent that was imposed because of “Ghetto Qu’ran”, a song 50 Cent wrote about McGriff’s drug history. (robbery gone wrong?) HE WAS TARGETED BECAUSE OF A SONG HE WROTE!

The point I was trying to make was that all black singers/ rapper do not have this “Live by the gun” lifestyle. That’s all
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

IHaveAComment said:
The point I was trying to make was that all black singers/ rapper do not have this “Live by the gun” lifestyle. That’s all

no, they don’t. there are some great ones, Will Smith, L Cool J….

but a whole lotta of the ones that are dead “lived by the guns, drugs, reckless and violent” lifestyles.
you can’t deny that rap has it’s own special lifestyle around it, and it doesn’t always turn out so well.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

LL Cool J.
oopsy.
Nacho

Who knew Rossie O’Donnell had a radio show and who in the hell would listen to her?

O’Donnell’s and Janette Barber’s conversation is totally ridiculous.

The kid is picked on because he’s a celebrity. He has not received more focused than any other celib that acts the way he does, black or white.
dummy123

sarainitaly said:
Lindsey Lohan is catching up with him!

DMX gets 1/100th the coverage of Lohan.

I love my niggas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUYgcUjjCTI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMRXGnGrHak
TeaPartyPatriot

The radical, islamic muslim supporters in the “You Lie!” hussein regime are trying to get US military personnel to wear muslim-style clothes when in te Middle East.

Forget the military, America needs to get the lunatic-left d-crat socialist women to explicitly show their support for radical islamic America-hating muslims by covering themselves from head to tow in muslim-wear. Not only will that let all patriotic Americans see where these lunatic-lefties stand in the war against those that want to destroy us, but it will BEAUTIFY AMERICA !!!! Imagine, a country where michelle “marie antoinette” obozo, rosie odonnell, janet napolitano, claire mccaskill, maxine waters, rachel maddow, regina benjamin (us surgeon general) and the many, many other uggos of the lunatic-left are no longer visible. Why, it would be heaven on Earth !!!
pinklady

IT SEEM TO ME THE ONLY TIME ROSIE CAN GET NOTICED IS IF SHE COMES OUT WITH SOME OUTRAGES STATEMENT. SHE CAN’T MAKE IT ON HER OWN AS ITS OVER FOR HER. LIKE THEY SAY,WHO KNEW SHE HAD A RADIO PROGRAM. SHES REALLY A BIG MOUTH AND SEEM TO BE MAJOR RUDE.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

So O’Donnell now supports WIFE BEATING?
dummy123

Franny:
“…..Sure, white stars have committed domestic abuse and not gotten anywhere near as much public humiliation as Brown (Charlie Sheen, weird drug-infused performance art folk hero, comes to mind)…..”

Carlos Irwin Estevez is Charlie Sheen
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

dummy123 said:
Franny:
“…..Sure, white stars have committed domestic abuse and not gotten anywhere near as much public humiliation as Brown (Charlie Sheen, weird drug-infused performance art folk hero, comes to mind)…..”

mel gibson.
writer

Nick Nolte. Phil Spector. Roman Polanski, etc.
ed2010

Charlie Sheen gets off easy because most people do not view his girlfriend as a victim the same way Rihanna is viewed. Most people think Sheen and his girlfriend are both crazy and mutually abusive and needing help. Same thing with Mel Gibson.
notsofast

Nacho said:
m bright enough to know that you don’t respond to a race allegation with a counter race allegation unless you actually believe race is the issue.

Son, that waqs total nonsense like you.

Go back to the home.
notsofast

IHaveAComment said:
Before you do a Google search of a “List of dead Rappers” you should know that most of your list died of health issues or things that had absolutely NOTHING to do with a violent lifestyle.

And these son?

Name the whites who have been murdered, son!

Rappers who were murdered:
Tupac
The Notorious B.I.G.
Mac Dre
Jam Master Jay
Big Hawk
Big L
Big Mello
Billboard
Blade Icewood
Brandon Mitchell
Bugz
Charizma
Chip Banks
Camoflauge
Dolla
Doc Doom
Half-a-mil
E-Moneybags
Father Lord
Freaky Tah
Fat Pat
La Banga
Lil Ruckie
Mausberg
MC Rock
Michael Menson
Mista C
Proof
Seagram Miller
Soulja Slim
Scott La Rock
Stack Bundles
Stretch
X1
Yaki Kadafi
Yusef Afloat Muhammad
OxyCon

Haha! Rosie’s son is thinking about joining the military when he grows up:
http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2011/04/rosie-odonnells-worried-her-son-will.html
Pablo

Brown is a punk. If he’s being treated any differently, it’s because of that picture of Rihanna and the fact that it was Rihanna. Well, that and because he’s got no impulse control.
got a grip

When are these libs that inject RACE into the conversation for no apparent reason other than their own
prejudicial viewpoints going to be ostracized as the real RACISTS? Most of us forgot to notice race until they bring it up. Probably my favorite was when Crazy Larry cried racism when those that were discussing unions and the President used the term “union bosses.” There are way too many examples vying for second place.
Tedderman

Fat, white women have always had a thing for…..oh, never mind.
Smooth500

Charlie Sheen has gotten a lot of press….except that Chris Brown has gotten bad press and pretty much lynched in the media for a much MUCH longer time, especially the 10 months following. And Got a grip I think you need to get a grip actually. Bringing up race when black americans have been stereotyped and viewed a particular way for 98% of this country’s history is not ignorant. In fact, I would even say that when people think of people like Charlie Sheen…they think crazy, psycho, and a person with a mental issue. When they hear Chris Brown, they think monster, thug, gangster, abuser….even though Sheen has done a 1000x worse(held a knife to his wife’s neck). And when you factor in that the Rihanna incident happened when Chris was the mere age of 19, it makes this whole double standard much worse. Even Tiger Woods was treated like a criminal in the media…blacks usually are treated as criminal monsters rather than people who need mental help. Chris Brown needs mental help…but he may not genuinely be a bad kid
MrTPar_taY

NASA, having landed a man on the moon, is now trying to land one on Rosie.
mlb

By not mentioning Rhianna, Rosie completely missed the whole point as to WHY Chris Brown reacted the way he did following the interview. If he had not been asked questions about his past, then his temper would not have been about ready to explode. To boil this down to race, music genre (which by the way Chris Brown is a ‘lightweight’ rapper, more a pop star) is ridiculous- clearly he suffers from a anger management issues and mention of Rhianna is still a festering point of contention.
Besides she has moved on to S&M, whips and chains so he should relax, violence is her new fetish.
david r

That Rosie flies the liberal flag higher than anyone. Still supports OJ.
BOMBSHELL

My ol’ man, Goober-Brained Reject, makes me wear a Rosie O’Donnell mask when we have sex. I don’t know what he sees in that ugly broad.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Connie-Smith-Shaw/519274687 Connie Smith-Shaw

Rosie O’Donnell? Who cares what she says. She’s just some angry, angry individual that has no reason to be angry. In her world nobody takes responsibility for themselves & what they do. I guess that way she doesn’t have to take responsibility for her own self righteous rants. How did she get famous anyway? Every time I think of her I think angry at the world. She should take responsibility for her own life & shut up. An she wonders why her son would rather join the military & go to Afghanistan than stay with her. I don’t blame him. This guy throws a chair & it’s someone else’s fault. Unbelieveable. She sounds like every abuser or alcoholic. It’s always someone else’s fault they screwed up.
lane

Actually, it would be racist to excuse violent behavior or to minimize it because of someone’s skin color. She’s the racist for viewing the man as a black man first, rather than as the arrogant, girlfriend beating felon that he is.

I cannot believe Oprah is going to employ her, Rosie’s ignorance is simply much bigger than her comedic talent. She’s actually a very funny comic, at least in the 80′s.