Rosie O'Donnell Slams Barbara Walters Over Bill O'Reilly Booking

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Rosie: It Was Wrong To Allow Bill O'Reilly On The View







Though she's no longer part of The View, Rosie O'Donnell isn't exactly avoiding their battles. During Thursday's Rosie Radio, the loud-mouthed actress/alleged comedian ripped the decision to invite Bill O'Reilly for a discussion of his new book.

The resulting fireworks culminated in an abrupt stage exit from co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar.

O'Donnell isn't just upset with Barbara Walters over the O'Reilly booking, she's particularly displeased with Wa Wa's scolding of Goldberg and Behar, who are apparently much too distinguished to be criticized in public:

ROSIE O'DONNELL (1:56:20): Bill O'Reilly, what does he do besides incite hatred? What does he do besides that?

JANETTE BARBER (executive producer): To stand there and say, 'Muslims killed us. I hope you didn't take that wrong. I didn't mean anything bad about them'. I hate it when they lie within the same sentence. At least take a break before you lie.

O'DONNELL: That's what Bill O'Reilly does. Why would you book him?

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BRENDAN MCDONALD (co-executive producer): He's not there to have discourse. He's there to have a fight. Why is that then Joy and Whoopi's fault for saying, 'You know what? We don't want to engage with this'?

Hey Rosie, any chance you happen to miss being a part of this show?

And how is it wrong to book guests with which one disagrees?