Rosie O’Donnell Warns ABC’s ‘Bias Review’ of ‘The View’ Is a Colbert-Style Red Flag

Rosie O’Donnell Warns ABC’s ‘Bias Review’ of ‘The View’ Is a Colbert-Style Red Flag

She Knows-Entertainment·2025-08-11 05:02

Rosie O’Donnell has never been shy about her ongoing feud with Donald Trump, but her latest warning goes beyond personal history. In a TikTok post this week, the former The View co-host said she fears ABC may cancel the long-running daytime talk show amid unconfirmed reports that the network is “reviewing the liberal bias” of the panel — a move she likened to political gatekeeping in the Trump era.

“The show with five women speaking their own opinions. That’s the threat now,” O’Donnell shared on TIkTok. “Because it’s not enough to run the country into the ground. You have to control what people SEE. What they HEAR. What they think. And The View? Well, that’s a little too much woman — a little too much truth — a little too much Joy Behar saying ‘I don’t think the insurrection was a tourist visit, Karen.’ Apparently, the truth is dangerous now.”

O’Donnell argued this is about “removing any program that doesn’t align with Trumpism — soft fascism in full lashes with commercial breaks,” adding that “first they came for the journalists. Then the educators, then the librarians. Now, it’s Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg,” while urging her followers not to shrink under pressure. “We do not get quieter. We do not make ourselves smaller, so they can feel more comfortable. We speak louder. We take up space… Because the most dangerous sound in the world is a woman who knows what she’s talking about — and refuses to stop.”

The White House wasted no time firing back. In a statement to Variety, spokesperson Taylor Rogers called O’Donnell and Behar “irrelevant losers with too much time on their hands, whining about a failing talk show while everyday Americans are working hard.” Rogers also took aim at O’Donnell’s recent move to Ireland, adding, “Our country is better off with Rosie living abroad — and we can all hope ‘Joyless’ Behar will join her next!”

This latest exchange follows weeks of escalating tension between the administration and The View. In July, Behar suggested on-air that Trump was “jealous” of Barack Obama’s intelligence, marriage, and ability to sing Al Green — prompting the White House to again label her an “irrelevant loser” and hint the show could be “the next to be pulled off the air.”

O’Donnell’s decision to frame the rumored “bias review” as part of a bigger media crackdown comes as other high-profile Trump critics have lost their platforms. CBS recently canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after parent company Paramount’s merger with Skydance, a move some Colbert supporters like Jamie Lee Curtis alleged was politically motivated to smooth FCC approval. For O’Donnell, the optics alone are a warning sign.

It’s not the first time Trump has tried to sideline her voice. Just last month, he floated the idea of revoking O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship — a threat with no legal basis under the 14th Amendment, but one that underscored the personal and political stakes of their nearly two-decade feud.

Whether ABC’s review results in changes or not, O’Donnell’s post taps into a deeper unease about how dissenting voices — especially women with large platforms — may fare in a climate where political grudges and corporate calculations can collide. And if the Colbert fallout is any indication, the fear isn’t just losing a TV show. It’s losing an avenue to speak truth to power before the mic gets cut.

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