Why Rosie O’Donnell Was Missing From Barbara Walters’ Tribute On ‘The View’

Rosie O’Donnell was noticeably absent on The View‘s touching tribute to its erstwhile host, Barbara Walters, connected Jan. 3, and present we cognize why. The 60-year-old comedian, who was besides a co-host connected the speech amusement astatine 1 point, seemingly couldn’t beryllium determination to grant the legendary journalist, who died astatine the property of 93 connected Dec. 30, owed to scheduling conflicts. “She was flying backmost and incapable to attend,” Rosie’s rep told Page Six. “She has posted fantastic memories of her narration with Barbara.”

Those memories were included successful Rosie’s tribute post to Barbara, which she shared to her Instagram precise soon aft her person and erstwhile colleague’s decease went public. “Very bittersweet to perceive astir Barbara Walters’ passing, though 93, man…who wouldn’t instrumentality that?” Rosie said astatine the opening of the video. She went connected to speech astir the “long, eventful, and legendary beingness she had” and said she “was fortunate capable to beryllium successful her orbit for a bully galore years.” She ended the video by saying she hopes she “rests successful peace” and insisted that she would not beryllium forgotten.

Although Rosie wasn’t a part of The View‘s tribute, the occurrence included existent and erstwhile hosts who shared their loving memories of Barbara. Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, and Sunny Hostin talked astir the lasting interaction she made and however it was to enactment alongside her. Sherry Shepherd, Lisa Ling, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Meredith Vieria besides spoke astir the unthinkable prima either successful idiosyncratic astatine the workplace oregon connected unrecorded video oregon phone.

After the tribute aired, immoderate fans took to societal media to speech astir Rosie’s lack and immoderate expressed disappointment that she wasn’t included. Some besides speculated that the crushed she didn’t enactment successful the show, which she co-hosted from 2006-2007 and again from 2014-2015, was due to the fact that of immoderate play she had with Barbara successful the past. Her rep was speedy to contradict this rumor. “They did NOT person a rocky relationship. It was repaired galore years ago,” the rep added to Page Six.

Rosie and Barbara stock a tender infinitesimal together. (Everett Collection)

Like the co-hosts of The View, galore friends and celebrities shared their ain tributes to Barbara done posts oregon statements aft her death. Fellow journalists/television amusement hosts, Oprah Winfrey, Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, and Deborah Roberts expressed emotion arsenic good arsenic others similar singer Paul McCartney, Monica Lewinsky, and Meghan McCain, making her bequest stronger than ever.

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