go barbara!

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Rosie O'Donnell and Barbara Walters

Walters Calls Trump 'Poor, Pathetic Man'
Jan 10, 1:26 PM EST

The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump has called Barbara Walters a liar and Rosie O'Donnell a loser. On Wednesday, they both fired back.

"Well, he's at it again," said O'Donnell, referring to a letter written to her by Trump and reported Tuesday by the media. The letter said Walters had told him that working with O'Donnell on ABC's "The View" is like "living in hell."

"That poor, pathetic man," said Walters, drawing whoops of approval from her TV audience.

O'Donnell high-fived Walters and co-hosts Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. "You know, he just can't — he just can't let go, but we're moving on," Walters said.

The co-hosts didn't mention him by name, referring to Trump as "he" and "that guy."

"The man is obsessed with me, and I'm happy to say his show tanked," O'Donnell said, an apparent reference to the ratings of the latest edition of Trump's NBC reality show, "The Apprentice," which started Sunday and fell short of those from last spring's season premiere.

An e-mail from The Associated Press seeking comment from Trump wasn't immediately answered Wednesday. But TV show "The Insider" said a statement from Trump said, "They didn't even have the courage to mention me by name. It was sad to see Barbara read her statement off a cue card."

In his letter to O'Donnell, Trump said Walters had "lied to both of us."

He said Walters had called him from her vacation trying to end the feud and supposedly told him "don't worry, she won't be here for long" and "Donald, never get in the mud with pigs."

Walters said last week she hadn't told Trump she didn't want O'Donnell on the daytime talk show. "Nothing could be further from the truth," she said.

The Rosie-Donald feud began last month after Trump announced that Miss USA Tara Conner would keep her title, which had been in jeopardy because of underage drinking. He owns the pageant.

O'Donnell said his news conference had annoyed her "on a multitude of levels" and that the twice-divorced real estate mogul had no right to be "the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America."

i say it's about time Barbara started taking sides in this whole debacle...especially now that 'that guy' is insulting her along with rosie. i love rosie to death and love the stir she's been causing...it's about time someone with a major opinion is getting broadcast to middle america in some way, shape or form. i tend to believe that 'he' is the biggest liar of them all but one must wonder whether barbara possibly may have said something about rosie but i doubt it. she seems like she's very happy with rosie and stands behind her...i mean she did hire her knowing the whole controversy over star jones. it's also really amazing to me that two...yes two..out lesbians are on daytime talk shows...and i love ellen just as much as i love rosie. and the best part is that neither of them really bring up the fact that they are gay on their respective shows...some would argue they are selling out but their personal lives although known to everyone...shouldn't be on display and get in the way of what they do best...entertain and provoke...right on!