Barbara Walters admits to 1970s affair with married Senator
In an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss her memoir Audition, set to air on Tuesday, Barbara Walters admitted to having an affair in the 1970s with then-married Senator Edward Brooke. Brooke, the first African-American to be elected to the Senate, served from 1967-1979.
The affair lasted several years and never became public at the time. Both she and Brooke knew that had the affair come to light, it would have ruined both their careers, so the affair came to an end.
Barbara has talked on The View about how she is afraid now that she has possibly revealed to much in the book and, in all likelihood she was talking, at least in part about the affair.
The interview with Oprah also covered Barbara’s embarrassment about her older sister who was mentally retarded. According to a reader of Rosie’s blog, Barbara also talks about what she deems as Rosie’s “rage” problem, although I have not seen any confirmation of that fact yet.
The photo above is Barbara in 1976. Her book is out next Tuesday.
The View, Barbara Walters, Audition, Edward Brooke
May 1st, 2008 at 10:49 pm
My husband came home and told me about this affair; I guess it’s big news. I immediately thought: no wonder BW is so empathic towards Monica Lewinsky. I also wonder if the reason she seems so cold is because of her sister; maybe BW was not only embarerrassed by her, but was resentful of the attention her sister received? I don’t know, I’m only speculating.
May 1st, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Oops, now I’m embarrassed by my typo of “embarerrassed.”
May 1st, 2008 at 11:51 pm
BW has said so many times on The View that she had an affair with a married man before. The media is making such a big deal over something she admitted to long ago (but at the time she didn’t the man’s name)
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 am
I wonder if this will change TLB’S opinion of BW. She always trashes people for committing adultery.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 am
I’m a fan of Rosie’s, but it does seem like she put BW in an awkward position. If BW’s account of the events are true, Rosie behaved very recklessly and unprofessional.
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“Walters says the show probably never would have reached out to O’Donnell if Jones had remained on the program because there was such bad blood between the two women.
The network was worried that O’Donnell would be too “volatile” a personality, but Walters vouched for her and lobbied to get her on the show.”
The tides soon turned against O’Donnell, too, as O’Donnell quickly became a diva on and off the set, Walters says.
“The premise of ‘The View’ is that of a team working together, but for Rosie it was more like Diana Ross and the Supremes, as little by little she took over,” Walters says.
Members of the crew were so fed up with the comedian that they threatened to boycott the show’s Christmas party, Walters writes.
O’Donnell quickly amped up ratings by creating a feud with Donald Trump.
“If the result of the Trump feud was higher ratings, it also meant that Rosie seemed to be enjoying feuds,” Walters writes.
O’Donnell was livid that Walters didn’t come to her defense against Trump.
“To my amazement she angrily berated me in the dressing room for not defending her enough,” Walters says.
O’Donnell left the show soon after, informing Walters by e-mail she wouldn’t be returning.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/05/01/2008-05-01_barbara_walters_i_had_an_affair_with_mar.html
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:16 am
I always wonder why people have to expose themselves in print. I wonder if it is for the money? This book sounds like settling old grudges with the men in the industry and Star and Rosie. So be it, but how does EH face her boss when she has been soooo vocal about this type of behavior?
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:50 am
How will the very pious and proper EH handle the fact that one of her mentors and a woman she looks up to has had AN AFFAIR WITH A MARRIED MAN! Oh I so can’t wait to see her reaction. Will she stil fawn all over BW?
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 am
“Rosie behaved very recklessly and unprofessional.”
I for one will not leap to this conclusion, based on a newspaper’s stratetically strung-together excerpts from a BW memoir. Reading them tells a little synopsis of the whole Rosie year, doesn’t it, all wrapped up in a tidy snarky bow that Rosie resigned via e-mail. Boy, who does BW know on staff at the NY Daily News? LOL
Rosie sat on that show and for a good portion of it she reiminded people of this crazy war and crazy president and what all he has done to our country. I’m grateful to her for that and I think that is as much a part of the story of Rosie’s time on the show as ridiculous statements like
” it also meant that Rosie seemed to be enjoying feuds.” “It also meant” jeez, BW is supposed to be a journalist. How can a journalist make a statement “it also meant” without telling us the proof. I hope this isn’t the way the whole memoir is written. Sloppy.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
The NY Daily is NY Post lite so I didn’t expect them to fairly treat the people in the book. I wonder if Star having lunch with Babs last summer was about her piece in this book.
I am assuming that Babs didn’t own up to using Rosie (12 daytime Emmy winner) as a ratings ploy since The View was in a downward slip before Rosie arrived. Perhaps that is another rewritten piece of history.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 am
Dee, I am disappointed in the Daily News. It isn’t a Murdoch right-wing tabloid like the NY Post is. It’s been more of a legitimate newspaper and less a supermarket rag than the Post. Has it gotten worse lately?
I know BW has axes to grind, legitimate and otherwise. But I’d hope her memoir/biography,would be careful with language when she imparts her assessment of how things went down. She is a journalist. If she wants to say she wondered if Rosie might like feuds, or if she got the impression Rosie did, that’s one thing. To say “it also meant’ Rosie likes feuds is ridiculous with backing it up. You know that one liner will be repeated by Rosie trashers and by sloppy readers who will repeat it endlessly until it becomes some kind of “truth.” Like we see EH doing daily with her Fox-trained mouth.
What were BW’s thoughts about how Rosie fearlessly spoke up about the war? Did BW have to battle with BG about this? Did they set Rosie up with the May sweeps, split-screen spectacle? I’d hope her chapter on the View would include this about Rosie rather than just air her grievances. We’ll see.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
In the 1970s, the Daily News WAS the ugly street rag and the NY Post was a much classier newspaper…
but then Murdock took over the NY Post, enough said.
I know this because I was in NY then, worked for another weekly newspaper there in the 70s.
I’ll take Rosie’s side anyday, someone who spoke about important issues (still does), over these airheads on this now.today.The View
Sure isn’t MY view….
have a nice day
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
MiamiVision, the Daily News really got much much better in recent years than its ugly 70s days. Compared to the Post!
What’s going on with New York Newsday? Is that also Murdoch bound? (or is the deed done? I never read it.)
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
I also want to add that her coming out at this age with this story reeks to me of her possibly having chronic constant jealousy of the likes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Brittney Spears, Nicole Richie, et al. I think she might be VERY jealous of youth and needs to get this pretty disgusting attention-seeking admission (at her age) across all the wires.
What’s next? She already told the world about her and Alan Greenspan.
I pity all those heads of states/countries whose business she might now put across the same wires because we know she kisses and tells.
What she did is no different than Geraldo Rivera coming out about 10-15 years ago also with a kiss and tell book, smearing people like Bette Midler.
I never did like attention seekers.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:37 am
maryellen: I do know it got better, I just wanted the younger folks here to know how it was back in the 70s. I’m pretty old. *lol*
I don’t know about that Newsday because I left that biz back then (in medical the past decades), but Murdoch owns so much…..he could own it, porker that he is…*giggles*
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
Maryellen:
please post my exact quote: “If BW’s account of the events are true, Rosie behaved very recklessly and unprofessional.”
In any case I have been a big defender of Rosie’s on my blog and on this one too. I would love to get a third persons account of what took place, at this point I don’t know who to believe. I still like Rosie, I’m trying to be fair to both her and BW. that’s why it would be great to have another source come forward. Both of them can’t be telling the truth.
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
# 15 rainlille,
I like you want to be fair to both Rosie & Barb.
I have much respect for them both.
I tend to think that possibly they “both” can be telling the truth, for the larger part anyway. Some times 2 people can have such a different perception of the same thing, the same event. I believe they both tell the story from their perspective. that’s how i look at it.
I think Rosie was great on the View, she brought viewers and ratings. I do believe that there were conflicts, and that’s too bad for all concerned.
As for her affair, I had heard before that she had had a affair with a married man, but didn’t know who.
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Elisabeth already knew about the affair. Barbara shared she had an affair with a married man when Elisabeth made a comment about women who do participate in affairs are sluts. Then Barbara admitted she had an affair. Elisabeth laughed and said I just called Barbara a slut.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
“I tend to think that possibly they “both” can be telling the truth, for the larger part anyway. Some times 2 people can have such a different perception of the same thing, the same event. I believe they both tell the story from their perspective. that’s how i look at it.”
Great Point Sandy. When emotions are running high people can see and hear things differently.
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Isn’t that pretty much what Rosie said in her book? She did feel hurt that BW did not reach out to her during the Christmas break after ther Trump incident, and she did confront BW about it when she returned to the show. What is new is that Bill Geddie wanted to quit and that the crew wanted to boycott the Christmas party. As I recall, Rosie didn’t attend the Christmas party herself, so what was the point to boycott?
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
#19 kc said: “Isn’t that pretty much what Rosie said in her book? She did feel hurt that BW did not reach out to her during the Christmas break after ther Trump incident, and she did confront BW about it when she returned to the show. ”
Yes, kc, that’s my understanding too. Rosie didn’t ever deny she “yelled” at Barb in the makeup room.
So it’s not like Rosie and Barb are telling two different stories about what happened. The “truth” of what happened isn’t being disputed.
Rosie has continued to say nothing bad at all about Barb on her blog. In fact she sounds very nice. Can the same be said about Barb?
Rosie’s service to our country for speaking out against the crimes of the Bush administration is way more important to me than whether or not she yelled at her boss.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said Rosie never denied the makeup room blow-up.
What I should have said is that Rosie has talked about getting mad at Barbara in the makeup room because of the Trump thing. She’s been upfront about it.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 am
“Rosie’s service to our country for speaking out against the crimes of the Bush administration is way more important to me than whether or not she yelled at her boss.”
I appreciate Rosie speaking out about the war. Yet it does knock her down a few pegs in my eyes, after hearing that she treated BW in such an ugly way. She didn’t just yell at her she swore at her.
BW is a senior citizen and she went to bat for Rosie to get her on the show. I think it was best for both of them, that they parted ways.
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:41 am
This is why I became a fan of Rosie’s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPkz0qcGe_0
TPTB should have known she was going to speak her mind. I thought she handled Sean well. Although, as I said I didn’t like the way the whole thing went down with BW. I’m still a a fan and she really has opened a lot of eyes when it comes to the occupation in a Iraq.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
On the Rachel Ray show, Rosie said she had learned from her experience on The View that it is better when she is the boss. =) I think, after having had her own show, it must have been very hard to “work for” BW and BG.
On BW’s memoir…She may regret telling all, if that is what she did. I am more interested in her telling of her career, and her life with her daughter than her sexual escapades. Who cares who she dated or slept with. None of my business.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Rainlillie, when I cut and pasted your words from your comment #5 (”Rosie behaved very recklessly and unprofessional”), I didn’t cut and past your “if” part (”If BW’s account of the events are true”),
because the “if” bit simply isn’t a factor for me. That was my point. Like I said, I personally won’t conclude Rosie was reckless and unprofessional–no ifs, ands, or buts.
For me, Rosie’s speaking out on the show about the war is too important & I’m too damn grateful & I’m not going to undercut that part of Rosie by posting comments publicly about whatever errors in judgment she may (or may not!) have made about her relationship with BW. I’m certainly not coming to conclusions based on selected tidbits from BW’s memoir, a one-sided-only account of their relationship.
The clip in #23 proves BW & BG knew exactly what they were getting when they hired Rosie. She went head to head with Hannity; didn’t shirk a bit. (I’d hope this clip would put to rest the silly arguments conservatives make that Rosie quit the show because she was so “afraid” of confrontation with Elisabeth.)
May 5th, 2008 at 10:08 am
“Rainlillie, when I cut and pasted your words from your comment #5 (”Rosie behaved very recklessly and unprofessional”), I didn’t cut and past your “if” part”
That’s very misleading for you not to include my entire statement. Rosie is no different than any other human being, she has her flaws as do we all.
Just becuase I agree with her speaking out about the war, doesn’t mean I’ll turn a blind eye to things about her, I may not agree with.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Rainlillie, my argument has never been that Rosie is different from other human beings and has no flaws. Good grief. Give me a break.
If heaven forbid she starts spouting Republican talking points that I disagree with, I might then speak out publicly against it; once I’ve determined she has really done that. Till then, I won’t join the online pea shooters who have taken pot shots at her this past year about stuff like her relationship with BW, who come to negative conclusions about her based on the PARTIAL story. Rosie has been a pin cushion or rather a dart board where people have flung everything they could and believed every thing they chose to. I’m not joining that online ugly, petty chorus. Like I said, I’ll save my criticisms for the time when she turns about face and endorses Republican policies, starts talking about bombing Iran. For me she wasn’t just an entertainter on the View that I “liked.” She meant more than that to me. She spoke up against the right wing in a way others would not dare, when some others would not at all. So I think she deserves the benefit of the doubt about the things like the BW blow-up and behind the scenes things at the View. things we don’t have the whole story on. I also would never weigh in negatively online about her personal life where I only hear partial stories.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:56 am
The key word in your post is “I” As in you.
You have a right to judge her actions as you choose, and I have a right to do the same.
“I won’t join the online pea shooters who have taken pot shots at her this past year about stuff like her relationship with BW, who come to negative conclusions about her based on the PARTIAL story.”
Rosie admitted that she blew up at BW. I’m not sure what your problem is, with me stating that I thought she was wrong. I stand by my opinion…. That Rosie behaved very recklessly and unprofessional.
I wonder if you would give TLB (EH) the benefit of the doubt if it came to light that she behaved that way towards BW?
My guess is you wouldn’t. I like Rosie and admire her in a lot of ways, but I call it like I see. I don’t care if it’s a Democrat , Republican , Rosie or TLB.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:59 am
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May 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
How do you know what happened during the backstage blowout? I’m pretty sure Barbara said (during the Oprah interview) that it was Rosie’s most emotional day and she didnt want to talk about it (and that she didnt even write about it in her book) but maybe I heard wrong.
I’ve heard Rosie say several times that she was crying and yelling at Barbara (about how she was hurt) but I’ve never gotten the impression that she crossed the line by swearing at her or anything.
Wasnt this the day when they came out to the stage and Barbara asked Rosie “Are you okay darling” and she said she’s fine and if Barbara’s okay? Anyone remember that?
May 6th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Rosie was wrong and she should have handled the situation better IMO. I stated how I feel and there really isn’t anything else to say.
May 7th, 2008 at 1:22 am
maryellen:
I applaud your comments voicing respect for Rosie and her courageous stance on a popular talk show that rarely got serious before she was on it. Rosie has the kind of courage and passion to stand up to the majority view about the war and the president, and she is willing to address the real nitty gritty life and death injustices in the world. These qualities just might also create a person who is deeply sensitive about those who say they are her friend or in her court but do not defend her. The relentless criticism she has endured makes for a very challenging struggle that may not always make it easy for her to be neat, tidy, and perfectly controlled with her feelings.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Okay, Rainlillie, … here we go … try try again:
–“The key word in your post is “I” As in you.”
Yes. The key word in my or your or anyone’s post on this would be “I”; as in where they are coming from, as in why they are responding the way they are. Perspective? Isn’t that an important part of a discussion?
–“You have a right to judge her actions as you choose, and I have a right to do the same.”
Uh, yes. Isn’t that a given? Oops, what a minute. What do you mean by “judge her actions”? Do you mean Rosie in the makeup room? I’M not judging her actions, YOU are. Remember? You’ve been judge and jury: What BW did to Rosie isn’t a factor, I guess. Or what BG might have done. Or Trump. Or the director. OR the makeup artist (just kidding). Or anyone or anything else that could have been a factor.
–“Rosie admitted that she blew up at BW.”
Yes, a couple of people above on this thread pointed that out. Thanks to whoever it was that pointed it out.
–“I’m not sure what your problem is, with me stating that I thought she was wrong. I stand by my opinion…. That Rosie behaved very recklessly and unprofessional.”
That’s why the “I” word, perspective, helps—so you’ll know “what my problem is.”. I’ve already told you what “my problem” was with someone online, publicly taking potshots at Rosie: It disses her and it diminishes her reptuation and therefore her causes. (Which could be one reason why networks get worried and start to “muzzle” people like Rosie, which is something you brought up on anothoer thread, how you hated seeing Rosie muzzled.) And Rosie and her causes matter to me, so that’s why I spoke up. Wait a minute! Now you are stating, without the “if ” clause, that “Rosie behaved very reckklessly and unprofessional.” A while back you told me I was “very misleading” for leaving off the “if.” But now YOU have left it off. So what gives?
–“I wonder if you would give TLB (EH) the benefit of the doubt if it came to light that she behaved that way towards BW?”
Why??? What does it matter? (TLB = the little bitch? the little broad? the little buffoon? the little bullshitter?) I’m only responding to your comments because they’re about Rosie, how public potshots affect Rosie, her rep, her causes. I don’t care a fig about EH’s reputation (before the EH Fan Club goes ballistic, all I mean is, her PUBLIC reputation, for her hideous right-wing beliefs) and views being tarnished. What does EH have to do with it? Are you asking me to maintain “a foolish consistency” about all the View women?Well, tough. It ain’t happenin’. Rosie and how she has helped causes is all I’m concerned with here.
“but I call it like I see. I don’t care if it’s a Democrat , Republican , Rosie or TLB.”
That’s nice. (Do you ever apply standards to this credo?) Or it would be nice if “calling it as I see it” pertained to something really heavy, like a cause you believe in, or pointing out the absurdities of Bush’s nightmarish administration (IMO). It’s too bad that what you’re “calling” here is only speculation about a celebrity feud that (I assume? You’re not BW, are you?) you weren’t part of or observed off-camera. And remember: “calling it like you see it” online, publicly has consequences (IMO): You’re stoking the fires that the Rosie bashers have lit to denigrate her no matter what she does. And that affects her reputation and in turn her causes. Yes, I know: It’s your “right” to do this. Goes without saying. But when you do it on this blog (which is about the show that Rosie was once on), you can’t expect people who vehemently object to necessarily sit in silence. That’s what happens on this blog. Surely YOU, Rainlilie, have spoken up here in reaction to things you disagree with?
Meredith, my admiration for the spotlight Rosie brought to important topics while on this show is hard to express. You’ve done it well.
Stephanie, I don’t know what happened behind the scenes. Only tidbits from what Rosie said and BW said. Your recollections jive with some of mine, though. The cursing , crossing the line part, etc., I don’t know about. I hope the next installment to this soap opera doesn’t bring accuastions that Rosie dragged BW by the hair and bitch-slapped her and her little dog Cha-Cha from here to Sunday….
May 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am
maryellen, I understand what you are saying, I really do.
However, Rain’s point is that she felt in that particular case (Rosie arguing in the makeup room), that Rosie was in the wrong. She is not saying that overall, Rosie is a bad person nor does it change her (overall)viewpoint on Rosie.
Rain has been a staunch supporter of Rosie. I have too. However, if someone we support does something we fee is wrong, we will express that.
I, too like Rosie. IMO, her good definitely outweighs the bad. While I, personally, don’t see her calling out Barb in the makeup room as all bad, I can understand why Rain feels the way she does about the incident.
TLB = Torture Loving Barbie
HTH
May 7th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I don’t think it’s bashing Rosie to say what she has already confirmed, yes there was a spat in the dressing room. Some reports say she swore… That could or could not be the case. I think it’s unprofessional and immature to have emotional outbursts towards your boss. That’s all I’m saying.
Just like I thought TLB was unprofessional when she had a meltdown about the morning after pill. It doesn’t matter to me what caused her to react the way that she did. Everyone on this blog who doesn’t like TLB would criticize her the same way, if she yelled at BW. There are some people who can be a fan of someones, but they can also see that persons flaws. My guess is if Rosie had to do it all again, she would have handled things differently in the dressing room that day. Perhaps BW would feel the same.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Thanks Stacee,
for seeing the point I was trying to make… My goodness!
May 7th, 2008 at 9:59 am
very interesting comments about this issue
May 7th, 2008 at 11:28 am
“I think it’s unprofessional and immature to have emotional outbursts towards your boss. That’s all I’m saying”
I agree it was unprofessional and Rosie would probably agree with that too. The way I see it, and the way BW explained it, it was more about Rosie thinking of her as her mom than her boss which put unrealistic expectations on her (BW). In this case I feel bad for both of them and I understand the points being made by all the posters too.
My only point with my last post, which I guess wasnt clear, was that BW said she didnt even write about it b/c it was such an emotional day so I dont understand where all the reports are coming from, or how there can be articles about it?
May 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Rainville,
I understood and didn’t find fault with your comment, and I very much know that you are a supporter of Rosie.
I agree with Stephanie #38, I think that there is so much involved in the relationship between Barb & Rosie, a lot of underlying issues, that many of us doesn’t understand.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Sorry about your name Rainlille,
i usually use the spell check, typing errors, and vision problems. forgot to check it before submit, soory
May 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Stephanie & Sandy,
You both have made some GREAT points! Rosie thinking of BW as a mother figure, explains the emotions involved.
May 7th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I read Celebrity Detox this past weekend(it’s a short book) and found Rosie to be brutally honest about the good and the bad. She reveals herself as a human being and admits that her intentions didn’t always match her actions and even wonders why she did or said some of these things. She is the sum of her parts and says it best in her book, p.162:
“I know my flaws. I’m willing to admit them or hear them. Every flaw is an essential part of the prism. From one direction it’s a mistake. Tilt it to the right, though, let the sun shine on it now, and it glows with integrity.”
As for:
(Rainlillie) “but I call it like I see. I don’t care if it’s a Democrat , Republican , Rosie or TLB.”
And:
(Maryellen)”That’s nice. (Do you ever apply standards to this credo?) Or it would be nice if “calling it as I see it” pertained to something really heavy, like a cause you believe in, or pointing out the absurdities of Bush’s nightmarish administration (IMO).”
Rainlillie is maybe too modest to tout her own accomplishments, but she does subscribe to this credo every day on her blog and in real life. She is truly one of those people that defies the theory that one person cannot make a difference because she definitely does through her compassionate activism.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Erika,
I’m truly overwhelmed and humbled by your kind words. Thank you so much!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Interesting how no one addresses what I said my reason was for critisizing Rainlillie for publicly dissing Rosie over this. It just keeps getting ignored. I’m not sure why. It would have been interesting to hear people’s thoughts about THAT. Looks like it won’t happen, though.
I get that what the issue is REALLY about right here on this site is that Rainlillie was challenged. Otherwise why drag in character witnesses to say that Rainlillie has spoken out on blogs in the past on behalf of Rosie (and therefore, I guess that justifies trashing Rosie this time around? Is that your logic?) I don’t know or care what anyone has said about Rosie in the past or or on other blogs–it’s irrelevant.. The here and now is what I spoke up about. The opportunity arose when BW’s book came out to not jump on the media bandwagon and perpetuate the “Rosie’s rage” one-liners. Seems to me that would have been the true test of a loyal fan. Yet Rainlillie came flying on the blog with her “extra extra read all about it” Daily News quotes, and her indictment of Rosie’s actions. Again, you don’t know the whole story, Rainlillie. Rosie admitting she yelled doesn’t constitute “the whole story.” The Whole story refers to the relationships and the entire context. Something that none of us was there to witness or experience (I assume).
Something tells me my point will continue to get lost in the shuffle as the topic gets shifted each time to tangential arguments: (1) Rosie isn’t perfect and she’s human, etc. and (2) Rainlillie said good things about Rosie on other blogs in another time, so that justifies taking digs at Rosie now.
Erika you’re right that one person can make a difference. That’s my point, too: speaking out to weigh in publicly about Rosie’s behavior with her boss and to diss her has an affect: it feeds the blog and media beast that always gets a good, long, trashy ride out of whatever thing Rosie has done or supposedly has done. Out of context. And that diminishes bit by bit by bit her wonderful causes.
Have a good weekend, all. I’m sorry I’lll have to miss the future installments, the next round of far-flung arguments and testimonies.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Good grief.
Just because you oppose one aspect of of what a person does, does not mean you are “trashing” them.
It’s simply disagreeing. That does not necessarily negate all the positives that person does. Rain has acknowledged AND applauded all the wonderful things Rosie has done and continues to do.
As far as the “character witness” swipe, we were attempting to show that Rain is not AGAINST Rosie. Some of us have gotten to know other posters here, and were trying to help put Rain’s view in context. But, seeing as you feel Rain’s comment was “trashing” Rosie, I think anything else said is just a waste of time.
So be it.