Rosie Slams Larry King Over Fran Drescher Interview: Retire Already!

Rosie Slams Larry King Over Fran Drescher Interview: Retire Already!

Huffington Post via New York Post   |   March 3, 2008 07:23 AM



Rosie O'Donnell is lashing out against Larry King for mocking friend — and future co-star — Fran Drescher on Friday night's "Larry King Live."

On Friday, Larry King mocked Drescher for breaking into Spanish for an appeal to Latino voters on behalf of Hillary Clinton, asking Drescher, "What are you doing?" (watch video of that encounter here). Over the weekend, Rosie, who is reportedly working on a sitcom with Drescher, took to her blog to slam King, writing, "It's getting tough 2 watch" and polling her audience as to whether King should retire (88 percent said yes).

This is not the first time Rosie has denounced King on her blog. Last May, after King hosted Rosie-rival Donald Trump and allowed him to insult her, Rosie wrote that she "never had any [respect]" for King in the first place.

Below, video of Rosie and Fran from a recent entry on Rosie's blog, where the rumors of their upcoming show together first surfaced:


 

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It's amazing anyone can get a word in edgewise when Drescher is talking. She either interrupts, keeps talking on and on and on, or both.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:35 PM on 03/06/2008

Larry King is getting worse and worse...He talks over his guests as if he doesn't care what they have to say. Is he hard of hearing?. Most of the time he seems out of it or senile, not getting what is even being said. He gives you the creeps to look at him. I watch his show to see the quests, not him. Sometimes his guests even get to finish a thought or sentence. I have noticed lately he is really mean and insulting to women. Tonight, he snapped at Katrina Vanden Heuvel "wait your turn until I call on You"., as well as, not being able to pronounce her name correctly...He hardly ever did call on her cause he was busy licking Ari Fleisher ass.
Why can't people retire BEFORE they are asked to? Go out gracefully with a little class.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:53 AM on 03/06/2008

the only thing larry king is still good for is being a schill for the republicans, and he has about gotten too feeble for that

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:21 PM on 03/05/2008

Larry King is past his prime, if he ever had one. His lame-ass needs to retire. I was through with him when he recently asked Stephanie Miller, "Why arent' you married?" You absolutely never ask a woman past thirty that question.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:13 PM on 03/05/2008

If phlegm had a human form, it'd be Larry King.
I bet he smells like formaldehyde and cigar butts.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:31 PM on 03/05/2008

I always imagined ben-gay and pall malls. And can someone give him a sandwhich, he looks anorexic.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:01 PM on 03/05/2008

I watched that interview, and although I am not a past "fan" of Drescher (I have not ever watched her before) I found her to be bright, capable, and articulate. She acquitted herself well during the broadcast, and she made the points that she wanted to make. Furthermore, I did not find King's comments to be insulting, as it was a bit of a (pleasant) surprise to hear Drescher responding in Spanish, and I am certain that he was as surprised as his audience was to hear her responding in that fashion. That is a good thing; people, including hosts should be surprised once in a while, and they should be allowed to express that surprise. Finally, King might have his detractors but he still puts on a very popular program, so why he or the network should consider his retirement makes no sense to me. For Gawd sakes everybody, there is a reason why televisions come with channel selectors and "off" buttons.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:22 PM on 03/05/2008

I like Rosie, she's like a Lee J. Cobb type character to me, tough as nails. She uses words not her fist and she doesn't necessarily cause the fruckus she just responds to it in a timely manner. I like the cut of her jib and LK was out of line. Fran again did nothing wrong she voiced her opinion in another language and that scares some people. Its' a show about opinions and so what if a guest says she likes Hillary without being asked the question first. Oh these people with all their hate and foul language can't seem to deal with this simple discourse. BTW was a winner ever declared in the Trump vs Rosie thrilla in Manilla or where ever?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:02 PM on 03/05/2008

Fran Sounded Like A Damn Nut And "Everyone" Laughed At Her !!

Rosie Has This Thing For Wanting People Fired, Retired, Or Relieved

I Still Love You Though Rosie !!!

You Are My Girl

-Sarge

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:42 PM on 03/05/2008

I like 'em all. Larry, Rosie, Fran.

Tempest in a teapot.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:49 PM on 03/04/2008

Rosie, I'm sure you meant well, but let's be realistic. There are very few people on this earth who are exempt from having mocked, belittled or spoken poorly about someone. As a matter-of-fact, I just mocked my brother a couple of hours ago. But he deserved it.

When I was in high school, I was diagnosed with Diabetes. And one day, while other students looked on, a group of girls threw some cookies at me, yelling, "You can't have these!" I was able to overcome the humility and hurt, and I'm sure Fran will be fine, too.

And a word of advice: If it's "It's getting tough 2 watch," don't watch.

Looking forward to your sitcom!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:22 PM on 03/04/2008

I've believed Larry King has been on air waaaaay past his sell by date for some time. I stopped watching his show altogether ages ago because it was just so uncomfortable to watch with his constant stream of asinine, out of touch, ill-informed and often flat out rude and obnoxious questions. And heaven forbid they put him on after some real tragedy speaking with survivors and/or grieving family members and we have to watch their discomfort and confusion as he asks one tactless, inappropriate or bizarrely inane question after another.

I didn't have to see the Drescher interview to agree wholeheartedly with Rosie that he needs to retire before he embarrasses himself any further.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:29 PM on 03/04/2008

If Larry King interviewed Osama Bin Forgotton the first question he would ask: did you have a nice trip over? He needs to retire and from my point of view, is a terrible interviewer.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:56 PM on 03/04/2008

How about in the spirit of a hostage exchange, they both retire? (The hostages being us, and those two nuisances being what we're freed of.)

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:07 PM on 03/04/2008

I thought it was an insult that Fran Drescher was plugging Hillary Clinton in Spanish on the man's show. If they were watching CNN, then my hope is that they Comprender Ingles!
I am positive no one on Univision rants in English.

Larry did nothing wrong and it is his friggin show!

Funny how desperate Hillary and her lASSES have become that they have turned on the guy with the most experience!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:33 PM on 03/04/2008

Rosie is a BULLY. Poor Fran doesn't know what she is getting into.

Want to see what a Hillary Presidency is going to be, see how Rosie Magazine went. The infighting, her tantrums, and her bullying brought down the Company. She never learns, and has run out of her company, her shows, etc. And pay attention to how when she gets called on it - she is the VICTIM and it is somone elses fault. She needs to be a fighter, blah blah blah. Sound familiar. It is a sad PATTERN.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:07 PM on 03/04/2008

well, shes a fat ugly uneducated pig walking backwards with a shaved ass. what do you expect? brilliance and poise?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:50 PM on 03/04/2008

What does your poor mother have to do with this blog?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:12 PM on 03/05/2008

You go, Rosie. You're a strong women which means there are going to be very many people threatened by you. That's their problem, not yours. I happen to agree with much of what you say and so do many others. Your naysayers' adult response is that you're fat. Great - we're nine years old again.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:47 PM on 03/04/2008


The only person who LK accepts without doubt is SUSAN SOMERS. She can SELL anything
to him!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:21 PM on 03/04/2008

Rosie posted a poll on her blog asking if it was time for LK to retire. When people wrote in and asked her about the incident, she gave her opinion. Fran is her friend, and Fran was treated in a rude, dismissive way by LK. It's her blog, her space, and the place where she gives her opinions. What the media chooses to do with her opinions is their choice. She did not take that opinion out into the media. It is the media that took her blog opinions and made them public.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:37 PM on 03/04/2008

and pay that other host that money he loned you!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:32 PM on 03/04/2008

We all know that Rosie has an insterest in protecting Drescher and drawing attention to herself and an upcoming show. However, what she said is like a previous poster said, dead on. Larry king has had a good run but frankly lately he has contributed nothing to reasonable constructive discourse. I cannot list on this page all the trivial bullcrap guests that he has had on his show. Often you turn it on to find some fluzy or extreme insane evangelical on. The Larry King show has become cable tabloid trash. Nuff said. Go dance with the f-ing stars.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:54 PM on 03/04/2008

I could not care less about this story or about rosie. i'm getting tired of hearing her chime in on every single issue - why should any of us care what her opinion is on anything????

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:27 PM on 03/04/2008

There goes a big "who cares?" about either of them.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:38 AM on 03/04/2008

I'm sick of all the Rosie bashing. She's a very opinionated woman. So what! Most of the time she's dead on.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:18 AM on 03/04/2008

So Rosie is entitled to her opinion, but others aren't? If she wishes to dish criticism, she better be ready to take it.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:43 PM on 03/04/2008

What an oddity! I'm no LK fan, never watch him, but I find it odd that supporters of 'experience' now believe there's a time limit on 'experience' and that someone who is 'experienced' is 'old and irrelevant'. FD didn't deserve to be mocked, but the 'war on King' is silly. From the clip, he already looked foolish enough.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:10 AM on 03/04/2008

Querida Fran Drescher,

Pienso que fuiste muy valiente en comunicarte con los votantes latinos. Aunque Larry se porto como un malagradecido y celoso, no abandones tu proposito en solicitar el apoyo latino. Gracias por tu honestidad y por tu trabajo a favor de la salud de mujeres.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:52 AM on 03/04/2008

Melann830,

Me alegra que usted ha respondido a palabras de Fran de una manera tan positiva.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:40 AM on 03/04/2008

There have been several comments here that call LK a retard. I thought that was a word that this country has generallly decided as being unacceptable for us to use. I don't think it's appropriate for LK to be dissed in this manner. He has high ratings (higher than any other CNN show). He isn't young like AC but he has higher ratings.

We all need to keep Larry King on the air. Enough with the discrimination.

Rosie just can't live without feeling wronged or offended by someone. Then she pubicly bully's them for months.

If Rosie can make it one year with out publicly lambasting someone or having a tantrum then I'll apologize. In the meantime, i am going to keep a list of the people that she trashed and I am guessing that it's over 10 people in the next year.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:41 AM on 03/04/2008

Calling LK a retard is an insult to the retarded. As far as the PC word police, eat my shorts! Freedom of speech baby. My goodness, attacking the scary humpbacked lesbian;^)

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:08 PM on 03/04/2008

He may be very popular but I can tell you as a Canadian, he allways looked to me like an infomertial talking head. I find his show to be often vulgar, too often focused on sensationalist stories to take any serious journalism on his part seriously. Americans, don't take this the wrong way, but I thnk his sort of weird flamboyance could only work in America.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:40 AM on 03/04/2008
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