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Rosie's Loose Lips Sink MSNBC Ship
By Gina Serpe
Today at 12:37 am
http://tinyurl.com/2dsaco
Rosie O'Donnell's return to the world of talk has been short-circuited
by her own big mouth.
In a posting to her blog Wednesday night, O'Donnell revealed that
negotiations with MSNBC to host her own prime-time show had fallen apart
due to her inability to keep quiet about the potential deal.
"We were close to a deal/ almost done/ i let it slip in miami/ causing
panic on the studio end," she wrote in her trademark punctuation- and
grammar-eschewing free verse. "Well/ what can u do.
"2day there is no deal/ poof/ my career as a pundit is over/ b4 it
began."
Still, O'Donnell doesn't seem to be too distraught.
"Just as well/ i figure/everything happens for a reason/ bashert—as we
say," she wrote. "And on we go."
Word of the proposed deal, which would've seen O'Donnell in the 9 p.m.
time slot, immediately after Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's schedule and
talking head-to-talking head with CNN's Larry King, was first reported
Monday by the New York Times. The newspaper indicated that cautious
conversations had begun between O'Donnell and the network.
Apparently not cautious enough, at least for O'Donnell.
The boisterous talk-show vet failed to keep mum about the back-and-
forth, dropping hints of a potential return to the airwaves on several
stops of her book-signing tour for Celebrity Detox.
During a stop in Miami on Sunday, O'Donnell told fans she would soon be
competing against "the guy with the suspenders and the long, long
face"—as in, King.
On Tuesday, during a stand-up show at the New York Comedy Festival,
after reports of her discussions with the cable net had already made the
rounds, O'Donnell again played not so coy with the audience.
"We're filming for an unidentified TV station, which I was told I was
not allowed to mention," she said during the gig. "You don't tell me
what I'm not allowed to say, because then I can't help but say it!"
She went on to prove her point.
"They told me not to mention this possible show, and they are men in
business suits. Nothing is scarier than men in business suits screaming
at you over the phone."
O'Donnell's last television foray ended abruptly in May, when she
departed The View before the end of her one-year contract after an on-
air bustup with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Copyright © 2007 E! Online, Inc. All rights reserved.
By Gina Serpe
Today at 12:37 am
http://tinyurl.com/2dsaco
Rosie O'Donnell's return to the world of talk has been short-circuited
by her own big mouth.
In a posting to her blog Wednesday night, O'Donnell revealed that
negotiations with MSNBC to host her own prime-time show had fallen apart
due to her inability to keep quiet about the potential deal.
"We were close to a deal/ almost done/ i let it slip in miami/ causing
panic on the studio end," she wrote in her trademark punctuation- and
grammar-eschewing free verse. "Well/ what can u do.
"2day there is no deal/ poof/ my career as a pundit is over/ b4 it
began."
Still, O'Donnell doesn't seem to be too distraught.
"Just as well/ i figure/everything happens for a reason/ bashert—as we
say," she wrote. "And on we go."
Word of the proposed deal, which would've seen O'Donnell in the 9 p.m.
time slot, immediately after Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's schedule and
talking head-to-talking head with CNN's Larry King, was first reported
Monday by the New York Times. The newspaper indicated that cautious
conversations had begun between O'Donnell and the network.
Apparently not cautious enough, at least for O'Donnell.
The boisterous talk-show vet failed to keep mum about the back-and-
forth, dropping hints of a potential return to the airwaves on several
stops of her book-signing tour for Celebrity Detox.
During a stop in Miami on Sunday, O'Donnell told fans she would soon be
competing against "the guy with the suspenders and the long, long
face"—as in, King.
On Tuesday, during a stand-up show at the New York Comedy Festival,
after reports of her discussions with the cable net had already made the
rounds, O'Donnell again played not so coy with the audience.
"We're filming for an unidentified TV station, which I was told I was
not allowed to mention," she said during the gig. "You don't tell me
what I'm not allowed to say, because then I can't help but say it!"
She went on to prove her point.
"They told me not to mention this possible show, and they are men in
business suits. Nothing is scarier than men in business suits screaming
at you over the phone."
O'Donnell's last television foray ended abruptly in May, when she
departed The View before the end of her one-year contract after an on-
air bustup with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Copyright © 2007 E! Online, Inc. All rights reserved.