Rosie O’Donnell, who once said it is "physically impossible" for fire to melt steel, shockingly revealed she did not make it through college. Promoting her new book "Crafty U" on the April 8 edition of "Martha," Rosie admitted she was not able to get through a real university. Rosie also recounted bitter memories from "The View."
Fawning over Martha Stewart’s intellect, Rosie implied she does not match up as she confessed to dropping out of Boston University with a 1.62 grade point average. She claimed she was too busy working at the local comedy club to focus on her classes. [Audio available here.]
Later in the same segment, Rosie discussed her experience on "The View" noting "it’s hard for me when I’m not the boss." This is stating the obvious for the viewers that witness her bully another co-host and nearly mistakenly referred to "The View" as "The Rosie O’Donnell Show." Rosie added "there was a little Republican who scared me," referring to Elisabeth Hasselbeck who stood up to Rosie in the end.
The transcript of the two exchanges is below.
ROSIE O’DONNELL: I dropped out of school. I had a 1.62 grade point average. You know what that is?
MARTHA STEWART: A one-six what?
O’DONNELL: A 1.62. That’s a D minus.
STEWART: Yeah that’s not so good.
O’DONNELL: That’s a doggie dash mark.
STEWART: They don’t want you to stay if you’re not really trying.
O’DONNELL: They didn’t want me to stay.
STEWART: She tried in other things didn’t she?
O’DONNELL: Yeah, I guess so.
STEWART: She didn’t do so badly, unbelievable.
O’DONNELL: What happened was I started working at the comedy clubs when I was in Boston at Boston University. So then I couldn’t get up in the morning for all of my classes.
STEWART: Of course not. How could you?
O’DONNELL: Right. I had priorities, you know. My parents were thrilled to be spending $20,000 for college and have me miss every class.
[...]
O’DONNELL: I haven’t worked since 2002 aside from "The View." Take a lock. Let’s not mention it. [laughter] Anyway-
STEWART: And, you know, you did really well on "The View."
O’DONNELL: Oh, I tried my best but you know it’s hard for me when I’m not the boss. You know what I mean Martha?
STEWART: I know. We know.
O’DONNELL: There were people telling me what to do. There was a little Republican who scared me. [laughter] The whole thing, you know.
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Rosie's not bright...?
April 8, 2008 - 12:18 ET by WhoIsJohnGaltWell, knock me over with a feather! I thought she was an intellectual heavyweight on a par with George Will or WFB.
My world is now upside down...*wiping a tear from my eye*
The really scary thing is
April 8, 2008 - 17:25 ET by motherbeltThe really scary thing is that Joy Behar is just as dumb as Rosie, and she has a couple of degrees....
Just goes to show ya....there's a big difference between education and intelligence.
There was a little Republican who scared me.
April 8, 2008 - 12:19 ET by mattmIgnorance breeds fear. Rosie's ignorance has been established, so her attachment to Leftism is explainable.
C'mon Rosie, inform yourself. Knowledge = freedom. You don't have to be afraid...but you might have to abandon the Left...
Otherwise, feel free to remain an idiot. ; )
Had she graduated she could have said...
April 9, 2008 - 18:21 ET by goldenthroatMB and Mattm,
Wosie could be saying this:
"Yewz tew bee eye kouldn't spel gradiate butt now eye is won!"
Why not? It would have had the same effect!
"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
"My parents were thrilled
April 8, 2008 - 12:22 ET by Hero SquadCorrect me if I'm wrong, and perhaps she just misspoke, but didn't Rosie's mother die when she was about 10 years old?
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
"misspoke"
April 8, 2008 - 12:41 ET by Cape ConservativeRosie???????????????????????????? <sarc off
She may have
April 8, 2008 - 13:32 ET by Hero SquadShe may have just misremembered that information.
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
Oh boo-hoo ...cry me a
April 8, 2008 - 12:24 ET by bigtimerOh boo-hoo ...cry me a river Rosie....
Btw...if a so-called little repub like Elizabeth scares her could you imagine what the likes of someone like Coulter would do to her in less than a week...she'd of left the show on a stretcher with men in little white coats carrying her away...ha ha ho ho hee hee...
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Thanks, bt
April 8, 2008 - 12:43 ET by Cape Conservativethat's a great image to carry me through the rest of the day!
Those guys better be
April 8, 2008 - 16:08 ET by FastEdbig, buffed and have a front loader handy! and not some mamby-pamby old thing like this.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Rosie
April 8, 2008 - 13:23 ET by Tom in NC"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Rosie"
...Dean Wormer- Animal House.
Hollywood is full of D Students
April 8, 2008 - 12:37 ET by JohanRosie is not the only non-Mensa candidate from Hollywood. Sean Penn, George Clooney, Madonna, Cher, Angelina Jolie, and Leonardo DiCaprio are a few more examples. Why any one bothers to listen to what these nitwits have to say is beyond rational thought.
Supreme Court Justice Hillary
April 8, 2008 - 14:41 ET by SickofLibs...and don't forget everyone's favorite crackpot Alec Baldwin who just made this statement at HuffPo:
"One possible consequence of an Obama presidency? Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton. Dang, that sounds good."
Yeah, I used to be in love
April 10, 2008 - 19:39 ET by pbanks7Yeah, I used to be in love with Jodie Foster until her ignorant gun rant. She's an expert now because she did a movie about someone who used guns.
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
I don't know why you care.
April 8, 2008 - 12:41 ET by balboaI don't know why you care.
We care because.....
April 8, 2008 - 13:12 ET by OldSailor88Democrat/Liberal sheeple walking around with nothing but a vaccuum between their ears believe that the drivel "entertainers" such as Rosie spew is gospel. They need to stay in Hollywood and make an attempt to entertain people and enjoy their charmed life. "Stars" such as these should keep their opinions to private conversations and quit polluting our earth with their constant stream of uniformed manure.
Stultus est sicut stultus facit
Sheeple are sheeple. Not
April 8, 2008 - 13:37 ET by balboaSheeple are sheeple. Not much you can do for 'em.
You understand if "stars" don't follow your recommendations, though, what with free speech and all.
Free Speech
April 8, 2008 - 17:34 ET by JohanHey, anyone in Hollywood can reserve their right to their free speech. We non-Hollywood types reserve our right to our free speech to call them the idiots they are.
Care
April 8, 2008 - 13:21 ET by iveseenitallI care because of the influence these fools have on the young. Yes, through their ignorance, they have an impact. Unfortunately, many intelligent people do not have the bully pulpit of the Rosies, et.al. of the world. Rosie and her uniformed friends have a right to speak, but so do decent , intelligent people. They also have the right and responsibility to care and speak out against foolish garbage which brainwashes the young.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
i'veseenitall
April 8, 2008 - 18:04 ET by shawn228Just like I said in the other thread, perhaps you can give an example of foolish garbage your talking about.
Ugh. I'm with you,
April 8, 2008 - 13:26 ET by Roger the ShrubberUgh. I'm with you, Bal.
We're just caring kind of
April 8, 2008 - 14:38 ET by mattmWe're just caring kind of people...
And I don't know why there's no
April 8, 2008 - 16:11 ET by FastEd"sun up in the sky, stormy weather."
Others have said it, people who don't get concerned about politics get their info from these "talkers". They take their words as facts, not knowing any better.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Well, do you think these
April 8, 2008 - 17:54 ET by balboaWell, do you think these people who get info from these talkers will check in on NewsBusters to be corrected?
The point is, D- students
April 8, 2008 - 20:49 ET by Indiana JoeThe point is, D- students who happen to be entertainers shouldn't shoot their mouths off about that of which they know nothing.
They claim to "educate" people, when they're really only indoctrinating them. They are abusing their fortunate station in life. What did Rosie ever do to qualify her opinions on politics and social systems as any more valid than your average schmoe's?
She's a "celebrity." And anything that falls out of her mouth when the camera is on goes coast-to-coast and around the world. That IS power, whether you like her or not, whether you like IT or not. We can't (and wouldn't) make people not hear her. But we CAN expect her not to abuse that power. If she wants to be a politician, then she should run. But don't don "entertainer's clothing" and then try to foist your personal politics on the people you rooked in expecting to be entertained. She threw away a college education to become a comedienne? Then be funny! She made that choice.
That's the point, at least to me.
Wow IJ... Nail right on
April 8, 2008 - 20:55 ET by bigtimerWow IJ...
Nail right on the head...Bulls-Eye!
Nobody could of put it better.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Again, that's the price of
April 8, 2008 - 21:05 ET by balboaAgain, that's the price of free speech. She can shoot her mouth off all she wants on TV as long as someone is willing to pay her.
I doubt you have a problem with entertainers who voice conservative talking points.
But I still don't know why Justin or anyone cares about Rosie anymore.
Low grade moron
April 8, 2008 - 13:16 ET by CobraMan"I dropped out of school. I had a 1.62 grade point average. You know what that is?"
It's a good reason why she makes stupid comments like "fire can't melt steel" and "Bush stole the election in 2000." She's too stupid to know how to accurately count ballots and too ignorant to be able read enough to understand how people made steel 1,000 years ago.
Rosie
April 8, 2008 - 13:32 ET by iveseenitallIf we wanted to be kind to Rosie, we would pity her for her lack of guidance as a young person. She may not be that stupid, but she went down the wrong path. Oh yes, she got rich. But this sad sack is living proof that money isn't everything. That being said, she also became a nasty B, something no one has an excuse for being.
BTW, the very fact that we are discussing Rosie shows her influence. Don't just fluff her off. She's a useful idiot for the left.
NEVER, NEVER trust a "liberal"
Rosie says
April 8, 2008 - 14:58 ET by oregon_jiim"fire can't melt steel". This is 100% confirmation of her bronze age mentality.
"an endorsement of communism is an endorsement of slavery"
Poor Rosie!!
April 8, 2008 - 15:33 ET by 1ScoutPoor Rosie!!
It seems that she is now unable to do the only thing that she was, at one time, competent to do.....recognize when she is in over her head and quit!!
Dropped out of school with
April 8, 2008 - 19:14 ET by JerryDropped out of school with low grades? What a revelation. That's about as surprising as hearing she never won the Miss America pageant. Or was fired as the SlimFast spokesperson.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
LMAO!!!
April 8, 2008 - 20:28 ET by tracheostomyLater in the video, Rosie's allusion to Elisabeth Hasselbeck. . .it was priceless, I loved it! XD
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Apparently math is not a
April 9, 2008 - 09:35 ET by BuffNBoneApparently math is not a strong suit of hers either. On a 4.0 scale wouldn't a 1.62 GPA equal a "D" or even a "D+"?
"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
The trifecta...fat, ugly and stupid
April 9, 2008 - 11:14 ET by the_red_state"Fat, ugly and stupid is no way to go through life, dear." (With apologies to Animal House).