Rosie O’Donnell is leaving “The View” in June. She said on the show earlier today that she and ABC could not agree on a new contract. She wanted to host for only one more year but ABC wanted her to agree to a three year contract.



Rosie’s salary was $3 million this past season, after she replaced Meredith Vieira, who went on to “The Today Show”. ABC was willing to give her more than that in order to keep her, but Ro didn’t want to lock herself into a three year contract.



Ro leaves “The View” amidst controversy, feuds, and even higher ratings for ABC.

“It just didn’t work, and that’s showbiz. But it’s not sad because I loved it here and I love you guys and I’m not going away.”

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Rosie O’Donnell’s new boss, Barbara Walters of The View, wants her to stop blogging about the show.

“I didn’t like the blog,” Barbara told Newsweek of a post where Rosie complained about a promotional skit for the upcoming season. “I saw the new view promos,” Rosie wrote on her web site and “found myself/in the position/I loathe the most/powerless.”

Barbara is hoping that Rosie will be the obligatory “team player”. “I’m counting on Rosie’s intelligence and sensitivity and humor,” she told Newsweek. “This is, after all, an entertainment show. It is based on people who like each other and are having a good time, not on people who are arguing and unhappy.”

After Walters spoke to Newsweek, she called back to say she had just received flowers from Rosie with a card that read, “Barbara, I only want the promos and the show to be great. And I love you. Love, Ro.”

Rosie also says that she has no hard feelings towards a former co-host, Star Jones Reynolds…but says that she has refused to be a guest on The View in the past when Star was there. Rosie says their spat started when “we had a little sort of discussion when Martha Stewart was in prison, when I questioned why it is women don’t stick up for each other the way other minorities do, such as O.J. Simpson being accused of murder still had the support of the majority of the black community.”

Rosie said that Star “was not happy with what I said or the way I said it. The next day, she told me she didn’t appreciate what I said. I told the bookers, “I’m glad to fill in if you need someone - if she’s not there.” I don’t want to fight with her.” Rosie said she had no part of Star being let go earlier this year. “I would love to think I had the kind of power to say ‘Fire her,’ but what would my motive be for ruining her life?”

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