Walters: Trump Is A Pathetic Man
Walters And O'Donnell Appear To Mend Their Rift, Trump Responds To Comments
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Donald Trump said in his letter that he saw Barbara Walters eating at a restaurant about two months ago and asked how Rosie O'Donnell was doing on "The View" to which she sarcastically rolled her eyes and responded, "Donald, do you have to ruin my meal." (ABC/DONNA SVENNEVIK)
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"Well, he's at it again," said O'Donnell, referring to a letter written to her by Trump and reported Tuesday by the media. The letter said Walters had told him that working with O'Donnell on ABC's "The View" is like "living in hell."
"That poor, pathetic man," said Walters, drawing whoops of approval from her TV audience.
O'Donnell high-fived Walters and co-hosts Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. "You know, he just can't — he just can't let go, but we're moving on," Walters said.
The co-hosts didn't mention him by name, referring to Trump as "he" and "that guy."
"The man is obsessed with me, and I'm happy to say his show tanked," O'Donnell said, an apparent reference to the ratings of the latest edition of Trump's NBC reality show, "The Apprentice," which started Sunday and fell short of those from last spring's season premiere.Photos: Donald Trump
Photos: Rosie O'Donnell
An e-mail from The Associated Press seeking comment from Trump wasn't immediately answered Wednesday. But the TV show "The Insider" reported that a statement from Trump said: "They didn't even have the courage to mention me by name. It was sad to see Barbara read her statement off a cue card."
In his letter to O'Donnell, Trump said Walters had "lied to both of us."
The letter, which began "Dear Rosie," said that Walters called Trump while she was away on vacation and told him that working with O'Donnell "is like living in hell."
He said Walters had called him from her vacation trying to end the feud and supposedly told him "don't worry, she won't be here for long" and "Donald, never get in the mud with pigs."
Trump added that he saw Walters eating at a restaurant about two months ago and asked how O'Donnell was doing on "The View" to which she sarcastically rolled her eyes and responded, "Donald, do you have to ruin my meal."
Walters said last week she hadn't told Trump she didn't want O'Donnell on the daytime talk show. "Nothing could be further from the truth," she said.
The Rosie-Donald feud began last month after Trump announced that Miss USA Tara Conner would keep her title, which had been in jeopardy because of underage drinking. He owns the pageant.
O'Donnell said his news conference had annoyed her "on a multitude of levels" and that the twice-divorced real estate mogul had no right to be "the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America."
Even now, though, TV psychiatrist Keith Ablow tells CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller he thinks there's a chance to put this all behind them.
"The best way to resolve these things," Ablow says, "is to say, 'I'm sorry. I think I hurt you. ... I lost my cool. I forgot you were a person, too.' "
That said, Ablow called the behavior by both Trump and O'Donnell "kind-of school yard tactics."
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I'm sorry, did you say that DT was HELPING a young woman, or DATING a young woman? Hee Hee! 'Cause the rumor is that he was dating her, and then when she started to go out with other boys is when he freaked.
He most likely fantasises about Barbara Walters, Rosie & himself in a threesome. That can be the only explanation for his obsession.
I remember in elementary school when you didn't want someone to know you liked them you acted like you hated them. Everyone saw through the ruse then, & I see through his ruse now. Donal Trump- grow up & get over yourself. Face it- Rosie wouldn't go straight for you if you were the last man on earth. I know I'd turn lesbian if you were!
As for the "combover" guy, I suspect he thinks he "is a legend in his own mind".
I'd love to see him emerging from water sometime. That picture would be worth more than he is I suspect.
I'm so glad Regis and Kelly have kept out of this - I would hate to end up thinking less of them too if they had gotten dragged into all this ugliness . . .
They are ALL "PERFECT" A H S!
What is worst she is now caught up in this crazy thing with Rosie and Trump.
What is she thinking! Get out while you can and go back if you can to proper journalism, Barbara Wlaters is getting old and she looks old on tv too! Please ... take walters out before you really spoil the screen on tv around america or the world for that fact.Rosie for one does not deserve to be on tv cause I would never teach my kids to watch her and her outrageous behaviour and loud filthy mouth that she has, too bad we do not get to see the good side of her more often if there is any. Trumps ... is old news and as always ... he needs pretty women beside him cause, that is the only thing that keeps him going on living.
But he just doesn't know when to quit, does he. If he'd just ignored Rosie's comment to begin with, hardly anyone would have noticed. But now he looks like a bigger and bigger fool every day. The truth will out!!!!
Actually, this is a guilty pleasure I have to admit just whatching them ...SPY magazine (R.I.P.) used to just pummeled him way back when and I loved it.
- by ssporleder January 10, 2007 4:51 PM EST
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See all 20 CommentsDonald clearly has some disturbing issues and because of this getting back to Rosie's children, he really should just stop with this nonsense now.
He, singlehandedly, has put Rosie on top.
He is so into one-upmanship. My 6 year old grandson is better behaved and listens when asked to stop bugging his sister.