Soooo, I was listening to Elliot in the Morning (http://www.eitmonline.com/) this week on Friday and heard the latest news that Elizabeth Hassleback is looking at leaving The View. Why?
http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/index.html
Well apparently, Rosie and Joy have been harassing her so often on a daily basis about her political beliefs that she is fed up and wants to leave. I can't say I totally blame her. I think between the drama on that show set, the Law and Order episode featuring her doppleganger being murdered last Fall, and the daily rants from the cranky co-hosts Joy and Rosie-I would leave too.
I do remember Diane from the morning show EITM saying that E.H. cannot defend herself against them, when they attack her on the show. It's probably true, she doesn't strike me as the type who would engage in a nasty fight and someone who tries to get a long well with others. Also, I just don't think it's her shtick.
What is sad is that the View was once a great fun girly show, but after the Starr Meltdown and the exit of Meredith Viera that show is a joke. A really bad, boring annoying joke. The show was once fun, but Rosie has turned it into her personal soapbox for political opinions. Unfortunately, Rosie has the manners of a raging bull and believes herself to be above the average American who she believes needs to be bullied into accepting her opinions. E.H. would be the closest daily target for her antagonistic behavior..and Joy has joined in I assume because she is jealous of E.H. or just an idiot. Either is highly possible... They should both pick on someone who is their own size-well at least someone who is allowed to talk back-Anne Coulter? But they are probably too scared to do that and prefer bullying small blonde mommies on their set.
Really, everyone in the media and the shows fanbase always talks about how cute E.H. is and how the show would be just middle aged overweight women without her. And it's true, except that if she leaves there is no turning back, the show will go off the air, it simply can't survive on bitter liberal political b.s. by two cranky women and Barbara can't do it all. They've already got one sub spot that is never filled permanently and open to celeb guests. Good luck getting E.H.'s spot filled-really, I doubt anyone who is truly worth the money would take that job. It would be like taking a job as an assistant to a cranky lawyer who fires his assistants every five months after being warned that he will tortue you every day until he fires you.
If you can't understand the analogy-try this-The View was a hit because it was light, skimmed major issues with candor and fun so that women could feel like they were tuning into their local girl chat. Women can get real informed political opinions from people who actually have experience and knowledge of public policy-why would they want to hear Rosie and Joy's Hollywood wacky opinions? Rosie and Joy are really nuts if they think general public exhaustion over the war in Iraq is a free pass to attack a co-worker for their political opinions. And that seems to be their base of attack. But then again Liberals tend to believe that they are ulitmately better by political brand and try to force their opinions on everyone else.
This doesn't strike me as being very 'enlightened' or fun. I'm pretty sure that a person's daily behavior and actions are a better judge of how 'good' someone is and no one is entitled to beating up their co-workers. Even famous, millionaire talk show hosts.
There is a certain irony in that when Dan Rather chose to use those fabricated war documents saying that Bush dodged the draft during the 2004 election cycle-he unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that led to this shows demise-while sealing Senator Kerry's loss.
He was fired or asked to resign, who cares, Katie Couric took his spot on CBS News and Meredith Viera left for the Today Show. And now Rosie has taken M.V.'s spot. The show was creaking along before Starr made a dramatic exit, but the loss of Meredith Viera and Rosie's role has severly diminshed the show's quality. BTW-I loved Meredith Viera, I may or may not agree with her views on politics-but she always struck me as a classy likeable person.
This latest public tussle is just one more sign that the show is over. Personally, I think E.H. should leave, it would be one more example of how wrong Rosie O'Donnell is and the actions of Joy Behar who should really stick to the comedy. Besides, why ride a sinking ship to the ocean floor? The show is done, stick a fork in it.
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