Rosie O’Donnell Upset The Little People

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By Nads | Thursday, February 16, 2012 | 4:52 pm | 12 Comments
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Rosie had Chelsea Handler on her OWN talk show and said that little people give her “fear and anxiety.” She said, “I’m a little ashamed about it [but] I have a mild fear or anxiety around little people. The problem with me is I can’t put the two things together. This is an adult person, a little person … it’s so hard for me.”

Anyway, the little people are speaking out and are pissed! Amy Roloff told Willie Geist on the Today Show, “I was taken back. I was sad, really, to hear that from someone. It has been an attitude. To think of yourself in one way and to have someone else think of you that way, it plays on you.”

I love that the Roloffs are speaking out against Rosie. For some reason I find it amazingly funny. Hey whatever works for P.R>, right? And for the record, even if Rosie thinks that little people give her fear and anxiety, she should keep her comments to herself. It’s so unP.C. of her to share her thoughts on people that are at a disadvantage. She of all people should know better than to use “bullying” words…Way to go, big bully!

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12 Comments

  1. 1
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted February 16, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    I don’t see the big deal, here. She didn’t say, “Little people freak me out because they’re look weird and they’re stupid,” she just acknowledged a fear and said she was ashamed of it, too. But then again, if someone said what she said about gay people, I’d be pissed.

    So, basically, my whole comment is an invalid wash.

  2. 2
    Moli Moli
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 4:02 am

    I agree that she should not have voiced how she feels on national television. I have to say I pretty much have the same view. Mind you I have never spoke to a little person or been to any social event with one. Thinking hard I have only seen 2 little people in person.

  3. 3
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 5:23 am

    It isn’t so bad anymore now that lots of elderly people use scooters and chairs, but I zip around in “Old Sparky” and many people pretend I’m invisible. Little kids think I’m terrific ’cause I’m at their level, but that’s another story.

    In short, I think we all have groups of people with whom we are uncomfortable, and I think it’s probably a good idea that Rosie said something so that the issue could be addressed.

    Clowns. Mine is clowns. Clowns are disturbing. Love, SSC

  4. 4
    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 6:44 am

    She’s got a right to fear little people. I myself experience fear and anxiety around rotund women who often speak in aggressively loud voices. Their presence damages my calm. So, if Rosie can say it in public, I want to be able to say “Hey, I’m ashamed and all, but the fact is, your fatness and your loudness is off-putting. Your existence is very hard for me.”

  5. 5
    Msjacqmills
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 7:04 am

    Lol, notwithoutmytv…..you ca-rack me up!

  6. 6
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 8:01 am

    Rosie said that little people give her “fear and anxiety.”

    Huh. I feel the same way about big-mouthed, nasty, angry, arrogant, bigoted has-beens. Good thing I didn’t say “lesbians,” though, because then Rosie would be all over me for being narrow-minded.

    What a hostile hypocrite she is.

  7. 7
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 8:24 am

    Yay NWMTV and Cattyfan!

  8. 8
    SuburBint
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 9:49 am

    I agree with nwmtv and cattyfan. What was she, of all people, thinking to say something like that publicly?

    may b she
    will blog an apology
    about what she said
    b cause
    everybody should b loved
    and respected
    blah blah blah

    <3, SuburBint

  9. 9
    leslilly
    Posted February 18, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    The Roloffs are very cool people. But now, Rosie scares the $hit outta me. She gives me fear & anxiety because she reminds me of this loud-mouth, aggressive bully I knew in my school days. It’s funny – remember when Rosie had her day-time talk show years ago, and she was dubbed “the Queen of Nice”? I couldn’t understand that at all. She’s not particularly nice.

  10. 10
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted February 18, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    When she was still the “Queen of Nice” she related that she needed information, so she went to the library, found the reference book she wanted and simply removed the page. She seemed to think there was nothing wrong with that. That is when I crossed her off my list of nice people.

    Of course, now we have Wiki. And she has people. Love, SSC

  11. 11
    Val
    Posted February 18, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    She is always putting her foot in her mouth, isn’t she? Some time ago was aboout Asian people! She should retire to an isolated island!

  12. 12
    Luscious Luscious
    Posted February 19, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    But Rosie has little people short stubby arms and a head too big for her body. She’s got the gene, I just know it – if she had a genetic kid, I think it would stand a good chance of being one of these. Maybe her fear is a subconscious freak out about how close she came to being a munchkin.

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