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Madonna Takes Rosie’s Corner
11-Jan-2007
Written by: Kevin Manahan
The pop star defends her long-time friend during an appearance on the “Today“ show.
Pop entertainer Madonna stood up for her comedienne friend Rosie O'Donnell on the Today show Thursday, saying the treatment she has received as a result of her feud with Donald Trump is unfair.
The O'Donnell-Trump feud has become a widely-followed media battle since O'Donnell criticized the decisions Trump made for the Miss USA pageant last month, which the entrepreneur owns.
"I have to hear it from the horse's mouth," Madonna said. "Basically, I mean, she's a stand-up comic. I think all stand-up comics talk about provocative things in their monologues before shows, and I think that's a commonplace thing. I don't know exactly the content of what she said, but I have a feeling that if every stand-up comic was penalized for saying politically incorrect things or provocative things, I think they'd all be hung in the public square."
O'Donnell and Trump have spoken against each other over the past month on various media outlets, with the Apprentice star calling O'Donnell a "loser" and a "fat pig."
The feud was recently parodied with a staged wrestling match between two look-alikes on WWE's Monday Night Raw.
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