Donald Trump
Donald Trump on the Rosie Fued
“You know, if somebody attacks you, if somebody attacks you as a critic or as a writer or anything else, a lot of the folks in this room will defend themselves,” said Trump. “Not everybody because it's different personality types. And maybe in certain ways the people that don't defend themselves are better off. Who knows? But I have always defended myself and she attacked me and she was wrong and she probably knew she was wrong and I'm pretty sure she knew she was wrong, but she attacked various elements of me. She was wrong in all cases and I thought somebody should fight back. I have watched her attack people over the years and I watch where they don't fight back. She's a bully. I watched where they don't fight back. The one thing I have learned, I learned it in high school. I learned it before high school. When you're attacked by a bully, you hit the bully hard right between the eyes. Hard and fast. And that's what I did.”
Trump has actually been viewed in a more heroic light thanks to his expert PR skills. “It shows that if somebody says something bad and that is a lie, that you are willing to correct that person, that you're willing to fight for yourself. And you know, I watched Danny DeVito, who I love, I watched him get decimated by his recent problem on that show. I watched Kelly Ripa, who I think is terrific, I did their show the other day. It was disgusting the way she was treated by Rosie O'Donnell. I watched Tom Selleck years ago, and I was watching him sit there and he walks in for a movie, and he ends up like, ‘What happened?’ And I think they respect the fact that I fought back and fought back much harder than she did. I think they respect what I said about her. They understand what I said was true. And Fox recently did a poll where I had 91 percent of the vote. 91 percent. So not everybody is going to agree, and some people thought I was very harsh. But Rosie is a slob and I let people know it.”
Unfortunately, the clamor has also brought more attention to The View. “I feel badly for me. The ratings of The View went up because of me. I feel terribly about it. But let me tell you what's going to happen. In two weeks, you people won't be asking this question anymore and the ratings on The View will tank. Barbara Walters hates Rosie O'Donnell. The ratings on The View will tank. There will be turmoil and it will go back to where it was. But sadly, and I have to apologize to [NBC execs] Kevin Reilly and Jeff Zucker. Sadly I've increased the ratings of The View. When this stops, the ratings on The View will tank because I watched it the other day for the first time in a long time. I've been on The View many times, unfortunately. In fact, Barbara Walters chose me last year as one of her 10 most whatever the hell people. Most fascinating people. But the ratings on The View, if you look at what's happened, watch that without all the turmoil. It's a very boring show. Is that a nice answer?”
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