Rosie O’Donnell is at it again — this time delivering a TikTok tirade so over-the-top it could make even her Hollywood peers blush. The far-left comedian and long-time Trump critic is fuming over reports that ABC may be “reviewing” *The View* for liberal bias. In her mind, that’s not a corporate decision to tone down divisive programming — it’s part of some shadowy “fascist” plot to silence Trump’s critics.
According to The Daily Beast, Disney CEO Bob Iger — whose company owns ABC — is looking to steer Disney properties away from overt political warfare. That includes *The View*, a program notorious for its Trump-bashing panel of co-hosts like Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. Insiders say there’s already tension between the network brass, who want to focus on less polarizing topics, and the show’s hosts, who seem determined to keep pushing their political agenda.
For Rosie O’Donnell, that’s apparently the end of democracy as we know it. “You know what I just read today? ABC is ‘reviewing the liberal bias’ on *The View*. The VIEW,” she fumed on TikTok, as if the concept of a network trying to appeal to a broader audience was some sort of dystopian nightmare.
O’Donnell’s defense of the program was just as absurd. She claimed the show shouldn’t be touched because it features “five women speaking their own opinions,” as if gender alone shields the panel from criticism or accountability. Then came her predictable jab at Donald Trump, whom she derisively called “the orange messiah,” insisting the review was really about silencing anyone who doesn’t praise him.
From there, the rhetoric got darker — and stranger. Rosie compared a potential *View* cancellation to the early stages of the Holocaust, paraphrasing the famous “First they came…” poem to include journalists, educators, librarians, and finally… Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. Yes, in O’Donnell’s mind, removing a daytime talk show from the air is comparable to one of history’s greatest atrocities.
“This isn’t about bias — this is about obedience,” she claimed. “Soft fascism in full lashes with commercial breaks.” She then accused Trump of running a “dictatorship with good lighting” and lamented that the First Amendment “no longer means something.”
Of course, the irony is hard to miss. *The View*’s critics — including millions of Americans — argue that the show is little more than a daily megaphone for left-wing talking points, routinely mocking conservatives, Christians, and Republicans while giving a free pass to liberal scandals. For years, conservatives have asked why this “view” never includes a balanced range of viewpoints, despite its lofty title.
The truth is, ABC’s review isn’t evidence of authoritarianism — it’s evidence of a network realizing that alienating half the country may not be good for ratings or revenue. But in the insulated world of Hollywood activism, any reduction in airtime for left-wing politics is treated like a national crisis.
O’Donnell’s meltdown shows exactly why *The View* has become a lightning rod — and why ABC might finally be ready to give viewers something other than the same tired partisan attacks.
