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The past year of The View with Rosie O’Donnell in the moderator’s seat has been wild and full of controversy. Her dramatic exit after an on-screen spat with co-host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, was no exception and neither was this interesting interview between Barbara Walters and Ryan Seacrest. Barbara pulls no punches in explaining what life has been like on The View since Rosie left.
On replacing Rosie:
“It’s very hard for anyone to follow Rosie, she’s a great talent and she brought a lot of excitement and controversy, of course, to the show. So we’re kind of taking our time…We need two people, as a matter of fact, because we never replaced Star Jones.”
On the possibility of Whoopi Goldberg taking the empty chair:
“We’ve seen Whoopi, and she’s someone we’re considering. Whoopi is wonderful. But this is a big thing to take on…You have to be committed to it.”
On The View’s post-Rosie ratings:
“When Rosie left- because people used to tune in to see ‘what’s going to happen today’- we thought the ratings would go down. But they haven’t…We are perhaps not quite as political, quite as vocal about it as Rosie was, but the topics have been very hot and very fun…and the ratings are up.”
On the show’s hot topics:
“We’ve had a lot of fun with them and there are some things we’re able to discuss that we weren’t able to discuss with Rosie, like heterosexual sex.”
Meow.
it’s interesting that the summer reruns that they have aired so far aren’t the ones with Rosie in it..
LOL, Dexie, I hadn’t even noticed that! That’s hilarious!
Barbara is kind of sneakie.