Editing Rosie O'Donnell (section)

===2006–2007: ''The View''===
[[File:Rosie O'Donnell 2 by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|O'Donnell at the 2008 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] premiere for the ''[[I Am Because We Are]]'' documentary, about the millions of orphans in the African country of [[Malawi]] who lost parents and siblings to HIV and AIDS.]]
In September 2006, O'Donnell replaced [[Meredith Vieira]] as a co-host and moderator of ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'', a daytime women-oriented talk show.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Jacques|title=Rosie O'Donnell to Join the Cast of 'The View'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/arts/television/29rosi.html|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 29, 2006}}</ref> [[Star Jones]], a co-host on the show, quit, with some speculating Jones's conservative views would be in constant tension with O'Donnell's more liberal counterpoint. O'Donnell had also disputed Jones's route of rapid weight loss, alluding that it must have been through [[gastric bypass surgery]], rather than dieting and exercise alone as Jones had insisted, which also fed speculation about certain tension between the two. (Jones later confirmed that surgery was involved.) O'Donnell is credited with keeping the show's "[[word of mouth|buzz factor]] up".<ref name=buzz>[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/view/192276 "The Future of The View"] ''TV Guide'', June 3, 2006. Retrieved on June 5, 2007.</ref> She is also credited with making it more news-focused, though it still embraced the "fluff" of daytime TV talk shows (celebrities, fashion, and food).<ref>{{cite news|last=Tucker|first=Ken|title=The View Review|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20013740,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304080122/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20013740,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2007|access-date=February 15, 2014|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 2, 2007}}</ref> Despite an overall downward trend for most daytime broadcast shows, ratings rose by 27% during O'Donnell's first year on ''The View''.<ref name="TheViewRatings">{{cite news|last=Adalian|first=Josef|title=O'Donnell brings big ratings to 'The View'|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/news/o-donnell-brings-big-ratings-to-the-view-1117955333/|access-date=February 15, 2014|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 7, 2006}}</ref> The show was the fourth-most-watched in all of daytime in the key demographic of women ages 18–49 and scored record ratings in the total viewer category with an average of 3.4&nbsp;million viewers—up 15% versus the same time in 2005.<ref name="TheViewRatings"/> O'Donnell moderated the opening "Hot Topics" portion of the show, where news items were discussed. O'Donnell gave the show a more political slant, and she and fellow comic [[Joy Behar]] often gave strong opinions against former President Bush's [[Domestic policy of the George W. Bush administration|domestic]] and [[Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration|foreign]] policies, including the [[Iraq War]]. As a conservative counterpoint, [[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]] would usually support the [[Presidency of George W. Bush#Major issues of presidency|Bush administration]]'s policies and the two would get into an adversarial give-and-take.

In November 2006, Rosie commented on [[Kelly Ripa]]'s complaints to [[Regis Philbin]] about guest co-host [[Clay Aiken]] on [[Live with Regis and Kelly]].  Kelly said she was angry at Aiken for jokingly putting his hand over her mouth during an interview segment.  Rosie told the other panelist on The View that Kelly made a homophobic comment about Clay.  Kelly was watching the segment and quickly called into the live segment to tell Rosie that Kelly's complaint about Aiken was not about homophobia; the issue was it is flu season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelly Ripa and Rosie O'Donnell Fuel Aiken Controversy |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2672565&page=1 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=28 February 2025 |date=22 November 2006}}</ref>
Kelly has in the past placed her hand over Regis' mouth as a joke during non-flu season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wegner |first1=Stephanie |last2=McNeil |first2=Liz |title=Kelly Ripa on Her Complicated Relationship with Regis Philbin: 'There Were Good and Bad Days' |url=https://people.com/tv/kelly-ripa-on-her-complicated-relationship-with-regis-philbin/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=28 February 2025 |date=26 September 2022}}</ref>

Encouraged by the show to be outspoken, O'Donnell sometimes provoked debate, at one time stating "radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam."<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 23, 2006 |title=Ratings, conflict up with O'Donnell |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-23-et-quick23.4-story.html |access-date=May 25, 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> On the February 24, 2003, episode of [[Phil Donahue#MSNBC program|Phil Donahue's talk show]], O'Donnell referred to the [[sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston]] resulting in $157&nbsp;million awarded to 983 claimants,<ref>{{cite news|last=Mozingo|first=Joe|title=Disagreements persist despite abuse settlement|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/16/local/me-priests16/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904042927/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/16/local/me-priests16/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2015|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 16, 2007}}</ref> stating "I hope the Catholic Church gets sued until the end of time. Maybe, you know, we can melt down some of the gold toilets in the Pope's [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican]] and pay off some of the lawsuits because, the whole tenet of living a Christ-like life, has been lost in Catholicism."<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2017 |title=2015: Rosie O'Donnell leaves 'The View' (Again) |url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/2017/10/06/2015-rosie-odonnell-leaves-view-again |access-date=May 25, 2022 |website=out.com}}</ref>

O'Donnell joked about communion rituals alongside co-host Behar's drunk priest comments.<ref>{{cite web|title='Scarborough Country' for October 2|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=October 3, 2006|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15117630|access-date=November 25, 2007}}</ref> On April 19, 2007, the panel discussed the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]'s ruling in ''[[Gonzales v. Carhart]]'', a decision upholding the [[Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act]]. O'Donnell cited a [[Florynce Kennedy]] quote, "If men could get pregnant abortion would be a [[sacrament]]" and asked [[rhetorical question|rhetorically]] "How many Supreme Court judges are Catholic?" and "How about [[separation of church and state]]?"<ref name="ABCAbortion">{{cite news|last=Crawford Greenburg|first=Jan|title=Abortion Ruling Sparks a Backlash for Catholic Justices|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3071697&page=1&singlePage=true|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=April 24, 2007}}</ref> Some conservative commentators deemed her statements "anti-Catholic bigotry" and suggested that such statements against other religions would not be tolerated.<ref name="ABCAbortion"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Zagano|first=Phyllis|title=Abortion debate brings anti-Catholicism into focus|newspaper=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=April 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Reinhard|first=David|title=How many Supreme Court judges are Catholic?|url=https://www3.nd.edu/~newsinfo/pdf/2007_05_09_pdf/How%20Many%20Supreme%20Court%20Judges%20Are%20Catholic.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308042013/https://www3.nd.edu/~newsinfo/pdf/2007_05_09_pdf/How%20Many%20Supreme%20Court%20Judges%20Are%20Catholic.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2014|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=Idaho Mountain Express|date=May 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Out Of 'View' After A Year of Fireworks, Rambling Rosie's Hanging Up Her Coffee Cup|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 26, 2007|page=40}}</ref> O'Donnell's outspokenness and spontaneousness sometimes led to her views being recirculated by other media outlets, often surprising ''The View'' co-hosts including O'Donnell.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stanley|first=Alessandra|title=The Drama of Daytime: Friendships, Feuds and Fury|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/arts/television/27morn.html|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 27, 2007}}</ref><ref name="MediaVillage">{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Ed|title=Rosie O'Donnell Says Viewers Should Look Outside the U.S. for Their News|url=http://www.mediavillage.com/jmentr/2007/03/29/jmer1-03-29-07/|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=Media Village|date=March 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209090133/http://www.mediavillage.com/jmentr/2007/03/29/jmer1-03-29-07/ |archive-date=December 9, 2008}}</ref><ref>"Hot Topics", ''The View'', December 4, 2006.</ref> Frequently portrayed unfavorably by conservative media outlets and what she deemed as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Pundit (expert)|pundits]],<ref name="May 23">"Hot Topics", ''The View'', May 23, 2007.</ref> O'Donnell lamented that they were focusing on her comments instead of more important national and world issues.<ref name="MediaVillage"/>

On December 5, 2006, O'Donnell used a series of [[ching chong]]s to imitate newscasters in China.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Liz|title=Timeline: A Brief Compendium of Rosie Quotes|date=April 25, 2007|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2007/04/timeline_a_brief_compendium_of_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005175317/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2007/04/timeline_a_brief_compendium_of_1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2012|access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Asian Leaders Angered by Rosie O'Donnell's 'Ching Chong' Comments|first=Sara|last=Bonisteel|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/asian-leaders-angered-by-rosie-odonnells-ching-chong-comments|work=Fox News|date=December 11, 2006|access-date=August 28, 2010 |quote="The View" co-host is in hot water for using the expression "ching chong" to describe Chinese people talking about Danny DeVito's drunken appearance on her show.}}</ref> Vanessa Hua of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' expressed disappointment in O'Donnell, given the comedian's championing of [[LGBT rights]].<ref name=odonnell_apologizes>{{cite news|title=O'Donnell apologizes for Chinese parody / But comedian warns she is likely to spoof languages again|first=Vanessa|last=Hua|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/O-Donnell-apologizes-for-Chinese-parody-But-2465454.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=December 15, 2006|access-date=August 28, 2010|quote=Spoofing a language belittles the people who speak it, her critics said. It also was disappointing to hear such insensitivity from O'Donnell, who has championed gay and lesbian rights and attacked others for being homophobic, they said.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104163724/http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-12-15/news/17323548_1_asian-americans-chinese-americans-danny-devito|archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> On December 14, O'Donnell apologized to those she offended, explaining that "Some people have told me it's as bad as the [[Nigger|n-word]]. I was like, really? I didn't know that."<ref>{{cite news|title=Rosie Apologizes for Asian Joke on The View|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|url=https://people.com/celebrity/rosie-apologizes-for-asian-joke-on-the-view/|magazine=People|date=December 14, 2006|access-date=August 28, 2010}}</ref> O'Donnell warned that "there's a good chance I'll do something like that again, probably in the next week, not on purpose. Only 'cause it's how my brain works." ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' called it a "pseudo-apology".<ref name=odonnell_apologizes/><ref>{{cite news|title=Apologies: a Great Tradition|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time.com]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/apologies/article/0,28804,1602994_1608522_1608584,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415035105/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/apologies/article/0,28804,1602994_1608522_1608584,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2007|access-date=March 15, 2011|date=April 10, 2007}}</ref> O'Donnell later wrote in ''Celebrity Detox'' that "I wish I had been a bit more pure in my public apology."<ref name="FameGame">{{cite book|last=O'Donnell|first=Rosie|title=Celebrity Detox: (The Fame Game)|url=https://archive.org/details/celebritydetoxfa00odon|url-access=registration|access-date=March 8, 2014|date=October 9, 2007|publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]]|isbn=978-0-446-19993-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/celebritydetoxfa00odon/page/81 81], 130–133}}</ref>

In December 2006, O'Donnell criticized [[Donald Trump]] for holding a press conference to reinstate Miss USA [[Tara Conner]], who had violated pageant guidelines, accusing him of using her scandal to "generate publicity for the [[Miss USA Pageant]]" (to which he owns the rights) by announcing he was giving her a second chance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grossberg|first=Josh|title=Trump Wants His MTV|url=http://au.eonline.com/news/55443/trump-wants-his-mtv|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=E! Online|date=June 20, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Lauer2007">{{cite news|last=Lauer|first=Matt|title=Confessions of a beauty queen|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/16908534/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216011209/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16908534/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2014|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=February 4, 2007|author-link=Matt Lauer}}</ref> O'Donnell commented that due to Trump's multiple marital affairs and questionable business bankruptcies, he was not a [[moral authority]] for young people in America. She stated, "Left the first wife, had an affair. Left the second wife, had an affair – but he's the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America."<ref name="Lauer2007"/> In response, Trump began a "vicious" mass media blitz in which he appeared on various television shows, either in person or by phone, threatening to sue O'Donnell (he never did).<ref name="Maureen Ryan">{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|title=Rosie O'Donnell bids adieu to 'The View'|newspaper=Chicago tribune|date=April 27, 2007|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/04/27/rosie-odonnell-bids-adieu-to-the-view/|access-date=July 13, 2007}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He called her names, threatened to take away her partner Kelli, and claimed that Barbara Walters regretted hiring her.<ref name="Maureen Ryan"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|title=Rosie Speaks Out on The View|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20005257,00.html|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=People|date=December 21, 2006|archive-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216002941/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20005257,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.q-notes.com/editorial/editorsnote_011307.html|title=Q-Notes Online|work=q-notes.com|access-date=November 13, 2007|archive-date=November 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120040019/http://www.q-notes.com/editorial/editorsnote_011307.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Walters2007">{{cite news|last=Silverman|first=Stephen|title=Barbara Walters: I Don't Regret Hiring Rosie|work=People|date=January 3, 2007|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20005940,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104225740/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20005940,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2007|access-date=July 13, 2007}}</ref> Walters was stuck in the middle as a social acquaintance of Trump's, and said O'Donnell did not feel like Walters defended her enough, which led to what both women agreed was an unfortunate confrontation in one of the dressing rooms.<ref name="rono"/> "I had pain and hurt and rejection," O'Donnell said, "sometimes [my emotions] overwhelm me. Sometimes I get flooded."<ref name="rono"/> Walters denied that she was unhappy with O'Donnell, saying, "I have never regretted, nor do I now, the hiring of Rosie O'Donnell."<ref name="Walters2007"/>

On April 25, 2007, ABC announced that O'Donnell would be leaving the show before the end of the year because of a failure to reach agreement on a new contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/04/25/rosie-odonnell-leaving-view-after-contract-negotiations-fail/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512234637/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/04/25/rosie-odonnell-leaving-view-after-contract-negotiations-fail/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2013|title=Rosie O'Donnell Leaving 'The View' After Contract Negotiations Fail|work=Fox News | date=April 25, 2007}}</ref>

O'Donnell condemned many of the Bush administration's policies, especially the [[war in Iraq]] and the resulting [[military occupation|occupation]].<ref name="burned up">{{cite news|last=O'Donnell|first=Rosie|title=Burned Up and Burned Out by Politics|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rosie-odonnell/burned-up-and-burned-out-_b_84868.html|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=February 4, 2008}}</ref> She also questioned the official explanation for the destruction of the World Trade Center, and stating in one episode, "I do believe that it's the [[World Trade Center controlled demolition conspiracy theories|first time in history that fire has ever melted steel]]".<ref>Nizza, Mike (May 16, 2007). [http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/rosie-odonnells-911-question/ "Rosie O'Donnell's 9/11 Question"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref><ref>[http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/4213805 "Rosie O'Donnell 9/11 Conspiracy Comments: Popular Mechanics Responds"]. ''[[Popular Mechanics]]''. October 1, 2009.</ref> She consistently mentioned recent military deaths and news about the war and criticized the U.S. media for its lack of attention to these issues compared to media coverage throughout the world. This led to a series of heated exchanges with co-host Hasselbeck, as well as "the most-discussed moment of her professional life."<ref name="rono"/> On May 17, 2007, O'Donnell rhetorically asked, "[[Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties|655,000 Iraqi civilians dead]]. Who are the terrorists? ... if you were in [[Iraq]] and another country, the United States, the richest in the world, invaded your country and killed 655,000 of your citizens, what would you call us?"<ref name=us>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18739523|title='Scarborough Country' for May 17|date=May 18, 2007|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=August 23, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117063829/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/18739523/|archive-date=November 17, 2007}} (Transcript)</ref> Conservative commentators criticized O'Donnell's statements, saying that she was comparing American soldiers to terrorists.<ref name="May 23"/> On May 23, 2007, a heated discussion ensued, in part, because of what O'Donnell perceived as Elisabeth Hasselbeck's unwillingness to defend O'Donnell from the criticisms; O'Donnell asked Hasselbeck, "Do you believe I think our troops are terrorists?" Hasselbeck answered in the negative but also stated "Defend your own insinuations."<ref name="May 23"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Orloff|first=Brian|title=Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O'Donnell Square Off|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20039945,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111091243/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20039945,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=People|date=May 23, 2007}}</ref><ref name=terrorists>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1K6TYssa4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/Ek1K6TYssa4| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title= Rosie O'Donnell VS Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View 5/23/07| date=May 23, 2007|publisher=YouTube|access-date=August 23, 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Countdown with Keith O">{{cite web|last=Olbermann|first=Keith|title=Countdown with Keith Olbermann for May 23|work=CNN|date=May 24, 2007|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18842749|access-date=February 4, 2008}}</ref> O'Donnell was hurt and felt Hasselbeck had betrayed her friendship: "there's something about somebody being different on TV toward you than they are in the dressing room. It didn't really ring true for me."<ref name="rono">[http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Rosie-ODonnell-on-Life-Love-and-Family/print/1 Rosie O'Donnell on Life, Love and Family]{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', January 25, 2010.</ref> O'Donnell stated that Republican pundits were mischaracterising her statements and the right-wing media would portray her as a bully, attacking "innocent pure Christian Elisabeth" whenever they disagreed.<ref name="May 23"/> O'Donnell decided to leave the show that day, but afterwards stated that the reason was not the argument itself, but rather the fact that she saw on the studio monitor that the camera had shown a [[split screen (filmmaking)|split screen]], with her and Hasselbeck on either side. O'Donnell felt that the show's director and producer "had to prepare that in advance ... I felt there was setup egging me into that position. The executive producer and I did not gel."<ref name="rono"/> O'Donnell and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] agreed to cut short her contract agreement on May 25, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Jacques|title=O'Donnell Leaving 'The View' 3 Weeks Early|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/arts/television/25cnd-rosie.html?hp|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 25, 2007}}</ref> [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] reported that her arguments with Hasselbeck brought the show its best ratings ever.<ref>ABC ''[[Eyewitness News]]''; May 28, 2007.</ref> O'Donnell was replaced by [[Whoopi Goldberg]] as the moderator of ''The View''.

In May 2007, ''Time'' magazine included O'Donnell in their annual list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616693,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505053011/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616693,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2007|magazine=Time|title=The Time 100|date=May 3, 2007|access-date=May 22, 2010|first=Barbara|last=Walters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Freydkin|first=Donna|title=Rosie O'Donnell is ready to 'Live' a little on variety show|date=November 27, 2008|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|url= https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-11-25-rosie-live_N.htm|access-date=March 16, 2011}}</ref> O'Donnell was named "The Most Annoying Celebrity of 2007" by a ''[[Parade (magazine)|PARADE]]'' reader's poll, in response she said, "Frankly, most celebrities are annoying ... and I suppose I am the most annoying, but, whatever."<ref name="annoying poll">{{cite news|title=Rosie Responds to 'Most Annoying' Title|url=http://news.aol.com/entertainment/television/tv-news-story/ar/_a/rosie-named-most-annoying-celebrity/20071228151209990003|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=[[AOL News]]|date=January 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101163552/http://news.aol.com/entertainment/television/tv-news-story/ar/_a/rosie-named-most-annoying-celebrity/20071228151209990003 |archive-date=January 1, 2008}}</ref>

In 2008, ''The View'' won an Emmy for "Outstanding Special Class Writing" for a specially themed [[Autism]] episode that O'Donnell helped create. [[Janette Barber]], O'Donnell's longtime friend and producer/writer of ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'', accepted the award on behalf of herself and the other two winners, Christian McKiernan and Andrew Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/daytime_35th_creative_winners.html|title=The Emmy Awards – Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards – Creative Winners|work=emmyonline.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPB1yrVdFT4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/wPB1yrVdFT4| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=The View Writers Win 2008 Emmy Award!|date=June 14, 2008|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>