ABC’s Botched Plan To Fire Rosie
Rosie Perez, that is. “The View” has been a hot mess off and on for years, but the latest cast was tailor-made for trouble. ABC’s botched plan to get rid of Perez is detailed in this Variety story. Under one scenario hatched by ABC execs, to avoid the appearance of pushing out their first Latina co-host in 18 seasons, ABC would throw a farewell for Perez and invite her on to explain why she was departing. But the Variety story that broke the news of Perez’s ouster created pandemonium backstage at the “The View.†One problem was that ABC execs hadn’t told the other co-hosts of the plan. Rosie O’Donnell, who joined the 18th season of “The View†in September along with Republican strategist Nicolle Wallace and returning moderator Whoopi Goldberg, was particularly caught offguard, sources say. O’Donnell is close friends with Perez.
