Rosie has cancelled all her interviews that were scheduled to promote her new book “Celebrity Detox”. This includes her sit down interview scheduled with Diane Sawyer. “We were looking forward to having Rosie as a guest on the program.  Unfortunatley, we were informed she has decided to cancel all of her interviews.” On her blog, Rosie hinted at the decision, saying “I do not feel ready to discuss or defence the things I shared on those 209 pages.” A rep for Rosie said, “The book is a very personal snapshot of a certain time in Rosie’s life, and she felt she bared her soul on those pages. She feels people should read the book and take away from it what they will. She does not want to do any interviews.”

Way to create press Rosie, way to work the media. I’m sure she is adored by all media outlets.

Who in the world turns down an appearance on Oprah? Rosie O’Donnell did just that this past week. Oprah invited Rosie to appear on her show in order to permote her new book “Celebrity Detox” in which she bashes a lot of her celebrity “friends”, but Rosie declined to appear with Diane Sawyer instead. Rosie’s rep said: O’Donnell’s rep said, “Rosie has always been booked with Diane. We gracefully declined Oprah’s offer. I’m sure Rosie will do Oprah’s show another time.” I’m thinking Oprah isn’t the type to ask twice.

Looks like Rosie O’Donnell has some issues about her premature departure from The View.

The comedian, 45, laid into Elisabeth Hasselbeck — her former friend and cohost — in front of a 1,500-person audience on her cruise (from NYC to a private island in the Bahamas) for gay and lesbian families.

A witness tells Us that O’Donnell trotted out a giant photo of Hasselbeck doctored up as the devil, made a “crazy” gesture at the poster and said, “Her only f–king credit was Survivor. Come on!”

And O’Donnell implied that the pair’s famous last battle wasn’t held on an even playing field.

“I can’t fight with pregnant people. Just go have your baby and have a nice life.”

O’Donnell also told the crowd that when you do a show with a group of gals, “before you know it, you’ve got a Jimmy Choo in your back!”

Finally, she targeted Donald Trump.

Recalls the witness, “Rosie said she’d love to break into his apartment and rub her belly all over him.”

Hasselbeck’s rep had no comment. Trump’s rep could not be reached.

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Rosie O’Donnell posted the above picture of her daughter, Vivi, with bullets around her neck and it’s caused quite a stir on her blog . Here’s some of the gems people are leaving:

neelie
That is a horrible picture of VIvi!!

Jon E.
Not sure of the “message” you are trying to send with that pic of Viv, but I guarantee many are not going to get it… Children with bullets, even fake…?? what are u thinking?

Apparently the bullets are fake…but I still don’t think it’s very appropriate.

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Could the next View co-host be a man?

Insiders are buzzing that Rosie O’Donnell’s replacement could be male. Specifically, they’re mentioning two names: Mario Cantone and Ross Mathews.

Cantone, a frequent guest on the ABC chat-fest, played Charlotte’s friend Anthony on Sex and the City; Mathews is better known as “Ross the Intern” from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Both of the men are slated to fill in as guest co-hosts next month: Cantone will appear on The View on the July 12; Mathews will take a turn in O’Donnell’s old seat on July 17.

“Barbara’s really fond of Mario,” says one View insider. “So who knows?”

O’Donnell herself is a big fan of Mathews. The two have co-hosted video segments on each other’s blogs, and she even gave her blessing to his appearing on The View during one video blog session.

While a View spokesperson confirms that Cantone and Mathews will be guest co-hosting, he would not comment on who might fill the vacant seat permanently. “No offer has been made to anyone at this point,” he said.

Former View co-host Debbie Matenopoulos has championed the idea of hiring a man ever since O’Donnell announced she was leaving. “It is high time they put a gay man on that panel,” Matenopoulos tells PEOPLE. “They’ve said ‘We can’t put a man here.’ I disagree. Why does it have to be guys against girls? I have a better time and solve more problems sitting with my gay guy friends than my girlfriends!”

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Rosie O’Donnell rocked out on Sunday night – and joked about her tumultuous year as cohost of The View.

The comic, 45, is appearing as a special guest on Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors tour, and played drums for the singer at Sunday’s gig in Columbia, Md. Afterwards, she tossed her sticks into the crowd like any good rock star.

Earlier in the evening, she gave the crowd her own take on her View experience. “I got to tell you, I’ve been hanging around with those heteros for a full year and it’s not fun,” she said. “Turn around one minute and they’ll stab you in the back with a high heel. They will.”

On her well-publicized feud with Donald Trump, she said: “We have a difference of opinion, Donald and I. He likes his women thin and silent. I like large and loud. Every time I saw Trump on one of those shows saying I was fat and unappealing, I’m like, ‘Pass the Doritos.’ ”

She also sounded off on Roe v. Wade, quipping: “I don’t want anyone to have control over my body besides me and Angelina Jolie.” Then, to reassure her partner of 10 years, who was at home, she added: “Just a little joke, Kelli. She’s out sick. She’ll never hear it. Don’t you YouTube it, or it’ll be two more years of counseling.”

Although O’Donnell left The View after an on-air blowout with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, for her part, Hasselbeck, 30, has no hard feelings. “With Rosie, the conversation is always fun, real and true,” she told PEOPLE at Friday’s Daytime Emmys On3 gifting lounge in Hollywood.

“I think this year was really special, indeed. The show is so much about chemistry and great conversation. We certainly had that this year. It’s been a really fantastic year.” Despite the 10-year-old show’s higher profile – and ratings – during O’Donnell’s tenure, The View still lost out to The Ellen DeGeneres Show at the Daytime Emmys.

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Rosie sure does a lot of blabbing on the internet.

Just how much did the on-air blow-out between Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View last week get to O’Donnell?

In a blog entry posted late Wednesday night and written in her usual freestyle prose, O’Donnell describes the feeling of an acupuncture treatment in her left hand in a way that hints at a deeper pain.

She writes:
day two
and it is ok

i had acupuncture
she put some needles
thru the scar tissue on my left hand
lifting it up – from the locked layer beneath

stuck is how she described it

it hurt in a good way
one u can survive
as the promise of freedom
maybe movement
allows the ache
i breathe thru it
2 find
some open place inside
where there was none b4

O’Donnell suffered a life-threatening staph infection in her left hand in 2001 – but sources say she’s also been smarting after the argument with Hasselbeck on the day she now refers to as “nuclear Wednesday.” She’s “definitely hurt by Elisabeth,” a source close to her tells PEOPLE.

O’Donnell ends the entry by looking ahead – which for now means going on the road in June with Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Tour and releasing a book, Celebrity Detox, about her struggles with fame.

She writes:
tomorrow more sun
look madge
i am soaking in it
with thanks 2 all

peace b with u

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