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Rosie Slams "Idol" as Racist, Weightist

Posted Mar 6th 2007 1:20PM by TMZ Staff

Rosie O'Donnell laid a smackdown on "American Idol" this morning from her perch on "The View," saying that "Idol" canned former contestant Frenchie Davis for her breast-baring snapshots, but kept current wannabe Antonella Barba despite hers -- because Davis is black and fat and Barba is, well, not.

"It's weightist and wacist," said Rosie, doing her best Donald Duck impression. Silly wabbit Wosie, ever heard of Wuben Studdard? Fantasia? Babwa wasn't there to comment.

Rosie, never one to hold back her opinions, also took time out during Hot Topics to blast "The Insider" for propagating the saga of 841-pound Renee Williams, who died yesterday from a heart attack.

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16. I agree with Rosie 100%. That nasty Antonella needs to get the boot. !! She can't sing. Don't know how she got this far. Frenchie was waaaaaaaaay better than her. Once she is off Idol we will never hear of her again , unless it's in Playboy or a porno !!! BOOOOOOO to her !!!!

Posted at 2:03PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Chip

17. rosie is jealoys cause she`s a fat dyke slob

Posted at 1:54PM on Mar 6th 2007 by ted

18. I don't always agree with Rosie but she is only stating the obvious!!!! What else could the reason be? It is not only Black people who are fed up with the double standards we deal with on a regular basis. She really must of hit a nerve because the comments posted about her are so vulgur!!!!

American Idol needs to explain why they have not let Antonella go yet. That will probably clear things up......Unless they don't have a good reason!!!!

Posted at 2:25PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mo

19. I HATE Rosie O.!!!! Why that nasty pig gets any press is beyond me! However, she has a point, why hasn't AB been booted? That skanky bitch can't sing anyway, she needs to go. Vote for singers, not boobs!

Posted at 2:00PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Melissa

20. I like her honesty and she is always very direct. She is definately very blunt !

Psychic Clara.

http://www.astroclara.com

Posted at 11:51AM on Mar 7th 2007 by Psychic Clara

21. She is right.

Posted at 11:01AM on Mar 7th 2007 by mary

22. The difference is with Antonella her pictures are 'sexy' not 'nude'. Frenchy was just nude. I really could care less about either but I saw the pics and she's not naked, just wearing tight skimpy clothes. The ones of her supposedly giving BJ's, don't even look like her, and she denies that they are her. Frenchy never denied the pics were hers. That's the main difference.

As far as stupid Rosie claiming racism and sizeism, that's ridiculous. What about that huge black woman (can't remember her name) in last season who made it very far? Personally, I think, American Idol is one of the few places in the entertainment industry where an overweight, or non-white person can get a chance to show their talent. Rosie is full of s*it. She just wants to keep her own name in the limelight because otherwise no one would care about her ass.

Posted at 2:00PM on Mar 6th 2007 by teeks

23. ROSIE is WRONG. FRENCHIE was booted because she was simulating sex acts for pay posing as a minor..IE... selling child porn or the fantasy of child porn thereof.

ANTONELLA... is just an untalented hooch

Posted at 2:30PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Lisa

24. Ruben is a man, people are much more tolerant of heavy men than they are of heavy women.

Posted at 2:04PM on Mar 6th 2007 by diana

25. get rid of that fat gay bitch! she is ruining the view i have watched my LAST show. and will not watch anymore until she is gone!!
she bitches about everything!

Posted at 2:22PM on Mar 6th 2007 by nich34

26. Frenchie was diddlen her va jay jay on the internet on a porn site and she got paid for it.

Bimbo girls pictures were released with out her permission.

How are they racist? Theres Reuben and Fantasia. She is just stipid.

Posted at 2:03PM on Mar 6th 2007 by msfanni

27. EVERYONE knows that Donald Duck has a voice that sounds like a duck's quack! ELMER FUDD is the impression that Rosie is doing. What kind of unAmerican dope doesn't know their Disney characters from Warner Brothers characters?

Posted at 2:04PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Bunny

28.
JUSTICE ????THAT'S ALL CRAP...LIKE OJJ....IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY DO ...EVEN "MURDER"..THEY WANT TO BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY AND ALL BEHAVIOR....THEY DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO FOLLOW ANY RULES....I COULD CARE LESS IF THEY ARE BLACK...WHITE...PURPLE...OR BLUE.....IF THEY CAN'T FOLLOW THE RULES SET DOWN FOR EVERYONE...GET THE HELL OUT. !!!!!! THEY ARE THERE FOR THEIR TALENT OF SINGING..THAT'S ALL...THEY SHOULD HAVE SELF RESPECT AND DIGNITY GOING IN....THIS IS NOT A TRASHY SHOW AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT BEHAVIOR FROM""""ANY"""CONTESTANT.....
AS FOR '''ROSIE....THE BULL DYKE""".......HER TIME IN ANY MEDIA IS COMING TO A CLOSE...THANK GOODNESS......

Posted at 8:05PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Frankie Hoge

29. She says things like this on purpose. She knows that the only way she will get attention is to say crap. If we ignore her, she will hopefully go away. Next story please.............

Posted at 2:55PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Ce Ce

30. I suspet they haven't kicked her off the show as they know that she will never make it to the finals, she has little talent and with any luck at all will be off by this week.

Posted at 2:38PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Julie

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