Barbara Walters

Walters Bashes O'Donnell, Tries Preserving Dignity ... and Fails.

Like Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters acts so annoying. Here is the deal. Apparently, Rosie O'Donnell opened her big mouth about Walters and The View.

While promoting her Rosie Live prime-time special on NBC, O'Donnell said, "[Walters] wanted everyone to believe and think and act as if [the women on The View] get along and are really good friends and happy and hang out together, and, you know, that's just not the reality. I'm not saying they loathe each other, but the fact of the matter is there was not a lot of camaraderie off camera."

Essentially, this sounds like the truth from O'Donnell. Her claim sounds quite plausible. All she said was that there wasn't a lot of camaraderie off camera between the co-hosts and that Walters wanted the public to think otherwise. It really isn't a big thing.

So O'Donnell said what she said. Then Walters responded. Here is the annoying part: Walters responded, but she tried to play coy with her opponent's name by withholding it. She was talking about O'Donnell and, to some extent, Star Jones. Here is Walters' remark. "There are some people who have done this show and then for years feel they have to dump on it, maybe for publicity, and that not only hurts me, but I resent it. So if the shoe fits, lady—ladies—get on with your lives."

Look, if you're going to accuse someone of dumping on your show for publicity's sake, then have the guts to say that person's name. There is no tip-toeing though the rose garden with the grace and poise of Doris Day when you're calling someone out as a publicity junkie. There is no well-mannered way to do it. Walters bashed O'Donnell, and Jones, by suggesting that they criticize others to generate publicity for themselves. If Walters wants to go that far with it, then she needs to say names. It is pretty outrageous of her to elect not to. Why does this woman insist on acting like a problem?