Tuesday October 2, 2007
Rosie O' Donnell at "Son of Man" screening at the Sundance Film Festival 2006, Park City, Utah January 21, 2006.
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Rosie O'Donnell's memoir Celebrity Detox may be a mess, but at least it's honest. Due out in stores October 9, the first copies have been sent to media outlets, and USA Today provides a glimpse into the former View host's "train wreck of a book." Read on for excerpts.
On Barbara Walters' actions during the Donald Trump feud:
"You did not defend me. And I have been a good, loyal daughter to you. And I want you to be a good mother to me. Don't let the bad man hurt me."
On Trump himself:
"Totally creepy. He was sadistic in a deeply disturbing way. It was like seeing a specimen squirming on a slide in a high school science class...Donald, for some reason, also reminded me a lot of the garden slugs we used to get on our front steps when we were kids."
On Elisabeth Hasselbeck:
"She continued to appall me with her almost glib comments about torture, and who is right and who is wrong, but the feeling of baseline love stayed."
On Anna Nicole Smith:
"A celebrity cannot exist without her audience. That is why I hold the audience responsible in part for Anna Nicole Smith's death. Fame is what killed that girl, and not only did America watch her demise, America abetted it, by either saying nothing, or worse, tuning in."
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