never thought barry manilow would do something i sort of admire.... i don't blame him for not wanting to talk to that dumb shit Hasselback....



Manilow sparks political feud with TV show

09/17/2007 6:10 PM, Reuters
Jonathan Cohen

Pop singer Barry Manilow, a major Democratic fundraiser, said on Monday he has scrapped plans to appear on the television talk show "The View," because he did not want to be interviewed by its conservative co-host.

Manilow was scheduled to appear on the ABC morning show Tuesday, the same day his new album, "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies" hits stores. But those plans fell through because of his issues with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, an abortion opponent and supporter of the Iraq war.

"I had made a request that I be interviewed by (co-hosts) Joy (Behar), Barbara (Walters) or Whoopi (Goldberg), but not Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request so I bowed out," he said in a statement on his Web site (http://www.manilow.com).

"It's really too bad because I've always been a big supporter of the show, but I cannot compromise my beliefs."

In an earlier statement to the news Web site TMZ.com, which broke the news, Manilow said Hasselbeck was "dangerous" and "offensive."

But a source close to "The View" said "we canceled him," because producers refused to comply with Manilow's "completely disrespectful" demands.

The source told Reuters that Manilow had appeared on the show twice in the past year when Hasselbeck was present, and had been booked for Tuesday's appearance since July. The source could not think of a similar incident with another guest happening in the past.

Manilow has been a generous contributor to Democratic Party candidates, according to data compiled by the Federal Election Commission.

This year, he contributed the maximum-allowable $2,300 each to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, and John Edwards, as well as to Ron Paul, a maverick Texas Republican.

He has also been a big supporter over the years of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, a California lawmaker on the left wing of the Democratic Party.

Manilow, whose biography says he has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, reached No. 2 on the U.S. pop album charts last year with his previous release "The Greatest Songs of the Sixties."

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002, although many of his big hits -- such as "Mandy," "I Write the Songs" and "Looks Like We Made It" -- were written by other people.

ABC is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Manilow Records for Arista Records, a unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stop me from shaking...and I neeeeeeeeeeeeedddddddddddd you!

nice insight

that's pretty lame. he should have gone on anyway and tell her off on air.

I don't think it's lame at all Cone however as you stated he could have used this as an opportunity to tell her off. But, nobody wants to tell off a pregnant Republican

good point g_i he'd probably come off like a bullying asshole (which is pretty hard for him to do )

Sorry, I got lost in the music.

Bitch.

him and rosie would make a great couple

is that matt or tims wife

ridiculous, that bitch is a total idiot (albeit a hot one)

Tim

if she starts any shit barry should bust her ass for being with a backup qb

"you cant even land a starter?? not even joey harrington?? losman??"

he couldnt share the stage or answer any of her questions?


how full of himself can he be? apparently a lot

Yeah, I agree with Peeps here. He's acting like a 4 year old

because he doesn't want to be interviewed by someone whose values he despises? hardly...and The View's claim that he's doing it for publicity is nuts. this guy, whatever you think of him, needs no marketing help from The View

talk shows get requests from guests all the time...The View has chosen to make an issue out of this by not granting him his request...their bad

When did she go from a Survivor A-cup to a View D-cup? For such a staunch conservative, she doesn't seem to mind having a little work done.

I remember loving her on Survivor back in my puberty days, but man do her views (no pun intended) completely eliminate her appeal.

Good for Barry, I say. It's one thing to be interviewed by someone with opposing views, but her problem is that she would manipulate the conversation. She's like a hot Nancy Grace.

How does one "compromise [his] beliefs" by discussing them?

I assume it has something to do with having children?

Yes, but to go from this:



To this:

puhlease

hes known about this for how long, and is not publicly making his claim he doesnt want to be interviewed by her just when he happens to have an album coming out..........


and i reiterate, its fucking childish for him to say, i dont like her stance politically so i dont want to be asked questions by her

oh, and thumbing, youre the last person to talk about anyone getting work done mr photoshop