Before posting, I’d seen the YouTube of Monday’s Live. Really, the “Clay vs Kelly” thing … it seems to be much ado about nothing. Who really cares if Aiken didn’t get to talk as much, or if Ripa talked to much? Really … it’s Ripa’s show (well it’s Regis’ show even if both their names are on it, but he wasn’t there), so she can take it wherever she wants.

In my lifetime, I’ve made and have had people make such comments as Ripa made; to heterosexuals, male and female.

Honestly, until Rosie made it a “homophobic” remark, I don’t think most people, if any, would have made such an association. In commenting, O’Donnell could have just as easily reprimanded Ripa’s lack of manners/etiquette/etc, without giving her perspective “as a gay person in the world”. Regardless of “the facts” O’Donnell had, by taking it in that direction, she impugned the credibility of her perspective, and used her position on The View to further a personal agenda.