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Burnett on Rosie/Donald
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Since Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump have inexplicably stretched a barely one-day story into three weeks (and we the media are partly to blame), “Survivor”/”The Apprentice” creator Mark Burnett weighed in on this important issue Thursday at the Television Critics Association tour while promoting his executive producing role in this year’s MTV Movie Awards.
The somewhat dopey question from one critic: “Have you talked to him about any of this stuff or given him any direction on how he should comport himself?”
Burnett’s appropriate response: “That’s a great question. Have I given him any direction? You think he’d [expletive] listen to me?”
He said he’s friends with both O’Donnell and Trump: “I’m sitting back like everybody else, and it’s quiet today. I’m really kind of happy that it’s quiet.”
For now, Burnett’s taking this absurd brouhaha with bemusement. “This is not about me,” he noted. “When he starts taking me on, it will be horror. Right now, it’s bemusement!”
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By disgusted
January 12, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this
I think they are both childish, tacky individuals. That said, Trump OWNS the pageant and can allow what ever he chooses to about the winners eligibility. I stopped watching the View after Rosie was hired and subsequent tirades of hers have proven that I was right to do so. I am appalled and shocked that Barbara, whom I had admired for most of my formative years as a woman and a journalist would stoop to this kind of trash.