Following the poor ratings performance of her first (and last) variety show, Rosie O’Donnell took to her haiku style blog to respond to fans’ praise, comments, and criticisms, and even explain why she thought the NBC-hosted show didn’t go over so well with viewers.

She also revealed that she’s taking a “break”!

Hasn’t she been on a break mostly since she left The View????

As to why the show sucked, says O’Donnell:

not enough rehearsal
the live part wasnt a plus
the in theater experience didnt transfer to tv
…
we were going for ed sullivan
and theres only one carol b
and hey
i gave it my best shot

The plan was to launch the variety show as a holiday special, and then order a series if the special hit the mark.

Which the show didn’t, halting it in its tracks.

there will b no more
no ratings
bad reviews
yet still - a thrill 4 me

And then she diplomatically encouraged fans to try out the other variety-type shows hitting television, such as the Osbourne’s.

Maybe next time RoRo!

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