Revealing how she feels about U.S. military actions, O’Donnell told guest Howard Stern, "And I think Americans are watching that movie, going, 'Yay, blue guys,' [and] I'm like, 'Wait a minute - the blue guys are the guys we're against!'"
Avatar’s storyline revolves around a group of mercenaries invading a peaceful race of creatures, all for the purpose of exploiting their natural resources. "I loved it," raved the liberal comedienne.
Guest Stern slightly distanced himself from O’Donnell’s remarks, saying, "I took it from the American Indian point of view...There’s a good message in there." (Both Stern and O’Donnell have radio shows on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.)
A transcript of the exchange, which aired on Rosie Radio, at 11:04am EST on January 26, follows:
HOWARD STERN: Have you spent days in bed, where you just can't get out of. the bed?
O'DONNELL: Yes, after 9/11.
O’DONNELL:: When the second tower went down, I fell asleep and I didn't wake up for two days.
STERN: Wow. That sent you off?
O’DONNELL: That was it. But, I was happy and thankful that I was already on anti-depressants, because '99, Columbine happened and I couldn’t go to work.
STERN: Right. Wow.
O’DONNELL: I would just cry unstoppably. So, and that's what made me get on them, 'cause I couldn't go to work. So, I understand it.
STERN: Then don't go see Avatar.
O’DONNELL: I saw Avatar.
STERN: People are in depression because Avatar's not real. They all want to go to that Navia [SIC] planet.
O’DONNELL: Well, you know what’s so weird about Avatar? Have you seen Avatar? Have you seen it?
STERN: I don’t want you going to Navia [sic].Yeah.
O’DONNELL: And what did you think of it?
STERN: I loved it.
O'DONNELL: I loved it, too. But, it's sort of this story of the United States and the Mid-East, going to get the oil.
STERN: Well, yeah.
O’DONNELL: And I think Americans are watching that movie, going, 'Yay, blue guys,' [and] I'm like, 'Wait a minute -- the blue guys are the guys we're against!'
STERN: Yeah. I thought it was- I took it from the American Indian point of view. And, James Cameron- He’s like a tree-hugging hippie. You know, and he loves it. There's a good message in there.
