Rosie O'Donnell is coming (back) to the View!

I have to be honest--I love Rosie O'Donnell.   I think she is a riot.   There have been two events in my life in which she and I had close, personal interactions, during which I was convinced that she and I were going to become best friends (actually, I was kind of hoping that she would hire me as her assistant which would have made me somewhat of a paid stalker).    I think that she and I are very similar (stick with me--this is where it starts to sound like I am a weirdo).   First, we have the same background--born into large Irish families,  we both lost our mothers at young ages,  we were born within 6 weeks of each other, and we each now have lots of children.  

When she had her own show (on which I played a starring role--I will explain below), I VCR-ed it and watched it every day (at  night, after everyone was asleep).   I was devastated when it stopped (in June, 2002--I know, because of the starring role I played).     For years, I was almost Rosie--free.  It happened to be when my first four children were ages 10 and under, so it was really okay.   But then, she came back to tv in fall, 2006, on the View.   I had never watched the View (and to be honest, the idea of listening and watching 4-5 celebrity women whine and kvetch and pontificate about issues was soooo annoying, I avoided the View like the plague.

But, I love Rosie.    So, when it was announced that she was going to be on the View in 2006, I was absolutely thrilled, and I started taping her show again, and I loved it.  I loved hearing what she has to say about things (I often disagree), but I do think she is funny.   Then, in October, 2006, my sister and I went to the View to be an audience member, and again, I had a very close, deeply personal interaction with her, which made me love her even more.  Still, never got that best friend call, though.

I have loved Rosie O'Donnell for years,  and I couldn't be happier about her coming back to the View on ABC!   As I keep saying (and which she doesn't seem to care about), I have had a few close, personal interactions with her, which almost led to us becoming best friends, because that is really what we should be, instead of me being a somewhat pathetic celebrity stalker who merely watches her television show.