Rosie O'Donnell Early Exit: Won't Return to The ViewABC announced that Rosie O'Donnell has asked to leave The View three weeks earlier than expected and will not be returning.
"We had hoped that Rosie would be with us until the end of her contract three weeks from now, but Rosie has informed us that she would like an early leave. Therefore, we part ways, thank her for her tremendous contribution to 'The View' and wish her well," Brian Frons, the president of Disney-ABC's Daytime Television Group, said in a statement.
The announcement follows an angry exchange between O'Donnell and 29 year old co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck regarding the war in Iraq.
According to Janette Barber of Page Six, Rosie O'Donnell was escorted from ABC studios after she was caught drawing moustaches on photos of Elisabeth hanging around the building. Indeed, ABC confirmed to the Post that "photographs at 'The View's" offices were defaced," though it adds that Rosie wasn't around when it happened.
So what's next for Rosie O'Donnell? You can bet on it, literally.
Rosie may be gone from The View but few doubt she will be gone from our households for long.
The controversial online gambling website,
BetUS.com (see website here) has begun offering betting odds on Rosie O'Donnell's future:
Start her own TV talk show
Start a new comedy show satirizing B Walters
Compete in beauty pageants
Join a Donald Trump Corporation
Become a recording artist
