Didn't Rosie O'Donnell's television take a hiatus when she left "the View" in a huff last May? Well, Rosie will be back soon when she reprises her role as a lottery winner on an upcoming episode FX's "Nip/Tuck" series. But Monday night, she found herself appearing on "The O'Reilly Factor."
How did THAT happen you ask?
It seems that O'Reilly sent a producer to a Long Island book signing where Rosie was signing copies of her new memoir "Celebrity Detox." Rose signed his book then the ambush interview began with the prodsucer asking why Rosie hadn't returned O'Reilly's phone calls: O'Donnell's reply: "If Bill wants me, he should tell me himself. He is a big boy. He is a grown-up."
The producer persists saying, "Rosie, he wants to know if you regret saying that 9/11 was an inside job?"
Rosie says: "I did not say that. He is quoting the wrong people" then repeatedly asks that a man operating a camera for the producer to stop taping.
With customers in line, Rosie loses her patience: "Sir, you're done. Get out of the store. You made your point, you have your tape, go home. Skip home happily."
O'Reilly played the tape on Monday night saying he "regrets any imposition on Ms. O'Donnell's time," He then repeated his invitation to appear on his FOX show before calling her "bitterly anti-American and grossly irresponsible."
Gee. I wonder why Rosie doesn't wanna go on.
Here is a clip from O'Reilly's show: