RoRo: The Gayest Star is Born

Admit it or not, The View does make for some good television. Honestly, I think it was great to have Rosie O'Donnell on the show because it gave that asswipe Hasselhoof a platform to get her dumb opinion out there. She has every right to prove herself retarded, and before Rosie, I think she was just too shy.

Regardless, everyone's asking who's going to replace Rosie, and some folks are saying that it might be a man. GASP! There are two in the running:

1. Mario Cantone
2. Ross Mathews

Now, Mario Cantone is like a friend of the show, and he's funny sometimes, but mostly he's annoying. Just not my cup of tea. This other guy though, Ross Mathews, is fucking hijinx! Check him out. I assume you'll love him or hate him. Either way, he has my vote!

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YOUR YouTube FIX: Kathy Vs. The View

I miss Life on the D-List. Kathy Griffin is always trying to start shit.

Barbara Walters needs a swift kick to her lying teeth.

Someone Crazier Than Hasselbeck Gets the Boot from The View

The saga continues... Hasselbeck has been defaced.

The New York Post's Page Six column reported that a Rosie O'Donnell staffer was escorted out of the ABC building on Thursday after she was caught drawing moustaches on pictures of Hasselbeck that hang in the View studios. O'Donnell's rep was not immediately available for comment Friday. I think it's funnier that it was a girl that drew the moustaches.

ABC confirmed in a statement that "photographs at The View's offices were defaced," the Post reports. "Rosie O'Donnell was not in the building. ABC Legal and Human Resources are investigating the matter." The statement did not say who was responsible for the vandalism.

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A Rose is A Rose

Sources have identified Roseanne Barr as the top contender to replace Rosie O'Donnell on The View. Other contenders include Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathie Lee Gifford and Connie Chung.

"They're missing strong personalities on that show, and that's what they're going to need if they want to keep it going," an ABC staffer close to the situation told the Post. "It's going to be hard for them to follow Rosie," says an industry insider. "Roseanne could be the only one capable of pulling it off."

I'm not sure who is in charge of deciding who would be a good replacement, but, and I'm sure Dino will agree, I would love to see Roseanne on The View. Hopefully, she will have some sort of angry blow-up and bite Elisabeth Hasselbeck's head off.

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Advertisers: "I'm Not Trying To Hear That!"

How soon we forget...but just one week? Yup. Advertisers are already talking about hooking up with Imus just a week after he was fired from CBS for his "nappy headed ho" remark. GM spokeswoman Ryndee Carney said, "We obviously don't condone his statements, but we have found value advertising on Imus in the past. Up to this point, the good has outweighed the bad. If an opportunity is presented to us, we would assess it just like we do all the other opportunities that come our way." Ah yes, corporate drooling for eyeballs continues to outweigh taking a stand on an issue. It's just too alluring to ignore the wallets of those who might still listen to Imus if and when he ever were to reappear.

And so it goes. An offense occurs. Advertisers claim disgust and bail. Then advertisers see revenue fall and return to the very place they once vehemently shunned. Classic capitalism.

ALSO...

Rosie O'Donnell and Barbara Walters did a little spring cleaning on "The View," awkwardly wiping clean their interview with Don Imus' wife Deirdre, removing any stain of the "nappy-headed hos" controversy and Don's subsequent firing by MSNBC and CBS Radio.

Pretty-headed HOmemaker Deirdre had been scheduled for "The View" this past Monday, but in the wake of her husband's I-mess, as TMZ reported last week, she canceled all appearances related to her book, "Greening Your Cleaning." But there she was on today's show hawking the tidy tome.

Despite the fact that they talked about Imus-gate during the "Hot Topics" segment of the show, Rosie and Babwa didn't go there -- or anywhere near there with Deirdre herself -- except to mention that she'd been booked before her husband's troubles exploded. They just let Mrs. Imess do her cleaning ... and Rosie and Babs her bidding. Sparklingly clean!

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