Rosie O’Donnell on Insult Watch

By James Hirsen
December 12, 2006

After maligning the U.S., conservatives, Christians, Clay Aiken, and Kelly Ripa, Rosie O’Donnell has now insulted Asians.

O'Donnell recently said on “The View” that Danny DeVito's inebriated state on a previous show was reported across the globe.

“In China it was like, ‘Ching chong, ching-ching-chong, Danny DeVito!’” O’Donnell uttered.

The Asian-American Journalists Association responded in a written statement and indicated that Rosie’s latest affront was “a mockery of the Chinese language and, in effect, a perpetration of stereotypes of Asian-Americans as foreigners or second-class citizens. The use of the distorted phrases is insulting to the Chinese and Chinese-Americans, and gives the impression that they are a group that is substandard to English-speaking people.”

A representative for O'Donnell told the New York Post, “She's a comedian in addition to being a talk-show co-host. I certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor.”

The Left Coast Report wonders if Rosie went to the same comedy school as Michael Richards.