Rosie O'Donnell & Oprah Winfrey Aren't Speaking To Each Other!
March 19 2012, Published 8:45 a.m. ET
By Jen Heger - Assistant Managing Editor of Radar
It's becoming the battle of the talk show queens, as Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey aren't talking to each other after Ms. O's decision to cancel Ro's talk show on her embattled cable television network, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.
As we previously reported, Winfrey decided last week to pull the plug on O'Donnell's talk show because of abysmal ratings. "It was such a f**king hellhole," one former staffer told The Daily Beast in an in-depth look at what went wrong with the show.
Winfrey did call Rosie to tell her that the show was being canceled and "it was a very strained conversation, obviously," according to a source close to the situation. "Oprah wanted to handle the announcement of the cancellation in a professional and dignified manner. Rosie thanked Oprah for the opportunity and ended the conversation very abruptly. OWN's public relations team and Rosie's publicist handled the language in the press release. Rosie didn't like the initial language of the press release because she felt that i