Uh-O: Rosie and Oprah Have Their Very OWN Rift

By Rob Shuter Posted Feb 23rd 2011 11:01PM

Rosie O'Donnell has just split from her girlfriend of over a year, Tracy Kachtick-Anders, but the former TV queen has another relationship problem to deal with, and it involves her powerful new boss, Oprah Winfrey.

"Oprah and Rosie have not been seeing eye to eye on the tone of Rosie's new show" on OWN, an insider with knowledge of the situation tells me. "Oprah sees it as a friendly daytime talk show where viewers get to spend an hour with the old Rosie they used to love. Rosie, on the other hand, thinks the show should be more political and a place where she can express her liberal views."

Oprah confirmed that she gave Rosie a warning before moving ahead with the new show, telling her she "better behave" on OWN. Oprah even visited Rosie at her home.

Her account: "Rosie said, 'I know you're here to assess how crazy I am.' I said, 'Basically, yes. I'm doing a crazy check.'"

The check, however, doesn't appear to have been thorough enough, with Rosie already annoying Oprah by resisting her pick for executive producer.

"The two are disagreeing over staff," my source tells me. "Oprah wants Rosie to use an executive producer that she knows and trusts while Rosie insists she be able to pick her own, fearing whoever Oprah picks will be a spy. It's a bad way to start off, considering they haven't even taped a single show yet."

Something that might never happen if Rosie doesn't learn the lesson soon: Oprah is the boss!

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Tags: Oprah Winfrey, OWN, Rosie ODonnell

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Wednesday 23 February

By pdigraphic

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Why in Gods world would anyone put this big mouth (Rosie) back on the air, TV or Radio....just a disgusting individual

By Ernie

WHAT??? Aren't they both already liberal? And THEY'RE fighting??? WHY, OH WHY, CAN'T THEY JUST GET ALONG???hahahahahahaha

By LOL

Water Buffalo meets Water Buffalo - Isn't it fun to watch ugly wild beasts butt heads. Because that's what "buttheads" do.

By Ketielynn

This seems a little strange to me because you would have thought these things (format, etc.) would have been extensively discussed way before now. I really liked Rosie back in the day, not so much anymore. She seems to need some long lasting joy in her life & I hope she finds it.

By KAREN

I FOR ONE CAN'T STAND EITHER ONE OF THEM. BUT MORE SO THE LOUD MOUTH LESBIAN TRYING TO CRAM HER POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEALS DOWN MY THROAT. I WILL NOT WATCH ANYONE ON THE OWN!!! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF OPRAH TO LAST A LIFETIME TOO!!! MAKE IT STOP.

By alisha

oprah needs to get rid of rosie now. rosie is a big-mouthed, abrasive bully who tries to force everybody to agree with how she sees things and what she believes in.

By jimbarry1946

I strongly dislike most of what Oprah stands for. She does seem like she usually wants to be a nice person. Rosie is much worse--obnoxious, boring, impolite, goes out of her way to be unlikeable.

By Jack

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Rosie, take my advice: back out of the deal with Oprah and shop your show elsewhere. Ofray is too much of a control freak to let you do your show the way YOU want it done.

By livinginharmonym

Why does Oprah look so ugly in this photo with Rosie?

Thursday 24 February

By Lishy

Simple, because she is ugly. Even makeup cant help.

By mommymoon

I lost it for Oprah when she pushed Obama on her viewers.
How could she ever consider Rosie O ? Everyone knows Rosie is mentally off.

By blkawoman

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Waah! You haters have been singing the same tired tune for two years! Oprah didn't put a gun to anyone's head and force them to vote for President Obama! Also,if you are dumb enough to vote(or not vote)for some candidate just because a celebrity endorses them,I feel sorry for you.

By ha ha

That's because Oprah's a half bubble off level herself. The plug will be pulled on opey's new network very soon.

By flamoon

If Oprah wanted good ratings she would have Glenn Beck on her show for an hour. But she won't because she could NEVER disprove what he says about Obama.

By OLDERBLUE

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ROSIE O'DONNELL IS GOOD FOR INTERMEDIATE RATINGS... WHEN YOUR CHANNEL NEEDS A BIT OF A RATINGS UPLIFT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF ANY SEASON.. IT'S GOOD FOR THE VIEWERS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DISLIKE, TILL THEY FIND SOMETHING A BIT MORE PALATABLE.
OBVIOUSLY.. SHE CAN HOLD ON TO NOTHING... A TV SHOW, A STAGE PLAY,A FAMILY, A BLOG, A RELATIONSHIP,A FRIENDSHIP... EVEN AN ALL OUT WAR AGAINST ANOTHER CELEBRITY LASTS SUCH A SHORT WHILE.SO..OPRAH... GO AHEAD AND LET THIS BEGIN... THIS WILL BE OVER BEFORE YOUR NEXT PLATE OF MAC N' CHEESE..

By brian

maybebig mouth rosie will finally be put in her place

By Mimi

I stopped watching Rosie when she turned her show into a platform for her political idiology and promotion of candidates. It just wasn't fun anymore. It still wouldn't be.

By Stelios

Big mistake giving Rosie a show. She very temperamental abd downright unstable. She is going out of her mind and should be institutionalized, otherwise, a lot of people including her will get hurt.
Rosie you made your money, try to live an obsure life !

By Ginny

Oprah doesn't make many stupid business moves, but hiring Rosie is a beauty! I wouldn't watch that train wreck even if I were a guest on the show. I use to try and find a few redeeming qualities in Rosie but eventually gave up.

By Mike

How could you get a rift between these two cows?

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