Barbara Walters Tells Off Rosie O’Donnell: “Get On With Your Life”

Barbara Walters is sick of your shit, Rosie O’Donnell. You were considered politcally strident long before you ever sat across from Elisabeth Hasselbeck, so Walters would appreciate it if you’d stop blaming your year on The View for the fact that people don’t always remember you’re supposed to be funny.

Rosie not only made that claim at a press conference for her new variety show yesterday (“If you watch my stand-up comedy, I talk about my life, my family. It only became about [politics] with the job on The View“—selfrighteousbloggersayswhat?), but gave Walters some grief for trying to pretend her co-workers don’t hate each other. “[She] wanted everyone to believe and think and act as if they get along and are really good friends and happy and hang out together, and, you know, that’s just not the reality.”

Walters, annoyed that Rosie would rather revisit the past rather than make with the ha-ha, had this to say:

Some people have done this show, and then—for years—felt the need to dump on it, maybe for their own publicity. And that not only hurts me, but I resent it. So if the shoe fits, lady—ladies—get on with your lives. We are not perfect, we are not always happy, but we’re pretty good!

Yow! Hard to believe the photo above was taken only a week ago, at the premiere Billy Elliot: The Musical. Can’t wait to see how Rosie cryptically responds on her blog!

[Photo: FilmMagic]