tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19022366.post116418144892090112..comments2024-03-24T22:51:28.090-04:00Comments on Ellipsis: Two Diva's Dancing...Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17587256282648405389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19022366.post-1164634247298247762006-11-27T08:30:00.000-05:002006-11-27T08:30:00.000-05:00I wrote a similar piece over the weekend, but I wa...I wrote a similar piece over the weekend, but I wasn't aware that there was photographic proof that Kelly goes around doing what she chastised Aiken for. But at least that's a double standard that balances out the giant double standard Rosie's guilty of.<BR/><BR/>I like Rosie, don't get me wrong, but I like her when she <I>isn't</I> being so militant. I'm sure Rosie wouldn't want someone making assumptions about someone because they're gay, yet Rosie's making an assumption about Kelly because she's straight, and also making an assumption that Aiken must be gay -- even though he won't say whether he is or isn't. <BR/><BR/>To Rosie, poor little Clay couldn't have possibily been rude to the woman whose name is in the title of the show he was guest-hosting; it could <I>only</I> have been a statement against his <I>possible</I> sexual orientation. That's quite a leap of logic.<BR/><BR/>Everything isn't about sexual orientation...or race...or religion...or national origin...<BR/><BR/>The list goes on and on.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003514145670026703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19022366.post-1164497180925011762006-11-25T18:26:00.000-05:002006-11-25T18:26:00.000-05:00I quit watching the view after a few shows with Ro...I quit watching the view after a few shows with Rosie. I like her in general...but I found that the other hosts (Joy in particular) became pretty nonexistent when Rosie appeared. Joy used to be funny. Now she just sits there. <BR/>It's not a show I watch anymore. So I have no opinion to offer on this incident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19022366.post-1164382161813948122006-11-24T10:29:00.000-05:002006-11-24T10:29:00.000-05:00Great post.Clay shouldn't have put his hand over K...Great post.<BR/><BR/>Clay shouldn't have put his hand over Kelly's or anybody's mouth at any time.<BR/><BR/>Kelly shouldn't have reacted the way she did--there are pictures of her covering Regis's mouth with HER hand and chewing gum that she took from Jimmy Kimmel's mouth. That's hypocrisy and "the cold and flu season" was a lame cover (although hardly homophobic!) If Clay was rude, petulant and "disrespectful" (and it seems he was) she might have remembered her numerous lampoons of Clay (topped by her Clay Aiken Halloween costume a few years back.) <BR/><BR/>They're both dull and unintelligent. He has an interesting voice, but is hardly a "talent" for the ages. She is a novelty act that seems to work well with Regis Philbin. THEY are a good indication of how low the standard for television "celebrity" seems to be in this country! It's really pretty sad if you go back 40 or 50 years and think of what constituted television "celebrity" then: Lucille Ball, or Arthur Godfrey or Edward R. Murrow or Ed Sullivan or even 30 years ago, with talk show hosts like David Frost or Johnny Carson or even "guest host" Joan Rivers. SHE was outrageous but never rude and definitely NOT unintelligent. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you 100% about having brought Rosie O'Donnell to "The View." She seems (IMHO) to be a "one issue" co-host. Obsessive behavior, (again IMHO.) By the way, I feel the same about Lou Dobbs on CNN and his CONSTANT haranguing about illegal immigrants. EVERY item his show covers seems to be from an "illegal immigrant" angle (but I digress...) Rosie O'Donnell seems disrespectful of every opinion and view inconsistent with her own. It would seem that show has traded one "attention hog" for another. Unfortunately, they seem not to have "traded up," either! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the opportunity to share "mho."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19022366.post-1164250363144545432006-11-22T21:52:00.000-05:002006-11-22T21:52:00.000-05:00first of all i agree that your assessment of both ...first of all i agree that your assessment of both incidences on the respective shows is right on. clay aiken behaved rudely, pure and simple.<BR/>excellent post!<BR/>i was somewhat bemused that rosie seems to have the ability to read someone's sexuality and then be the one to announce it to the public in spite of the fact a person has chosen not to discuss his sexuality. frankly i wondered if this was really a hot topic at all.<BR/>the look on eh's and jb's faces pretty much offered their view. it's a pity the show has evolved into a one woman show and view. i stopped watching it because of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com