The producer of "The View," Bill Geddie, called Kathy Griffin to tell her she wouldn't be allowed to appear on the talk show Tuesday, which had been scheduled in conjunction with her final show in New York, which had sold out.
She wasn't a happy camper about it, to say the least. Talking to New York Post's Page Six, Griffin said, "I was supposed to be on The View (today). But then I get a call from (producer) Bill Geddie, and he says, 'You were too mean to Barbara on your last special, so you can't come on.' Can you believe it? I've been banned before but never re-banned!"
After Rosie O'Donnell had been kicked off the show, Griffin had replaced her, but was also let go, with speculation her making fun of Walters was the reason behind it.
I guess Barbara likes to hand it out, but doesn't like to take it. Oh well, that's show biz.
Barbara Walter's life was influenced greatly by her older sister and she's written a beautiful memoir about her life. I read another memoir of a life influence by a sibling that I recommend highly - I actually liked it even more. The memoir is ""My Stroke of Insight"" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Dr Taylor became a Harvard brain scientist to find the cause and cure for schizophrenia because her older brother was a sufferer. Then, crazy as life can be, Dr. Taylor had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke - where language and thinking occur - but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.
What I took away from Dr. Taylor's book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don't have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. ""I want what she's having"", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can!
Posted by: Detra | May 29, 2008 2:11 AM | Permalink to Comment