There can be only one explanation. Barry Manilow is afraid of Elisabeth’s Hasselbeck’s morally sound views.
It is not hard to see why he is friendly with someone as intolerant and closed minded as Rosie O’Donnell. I say…No Rosie, No Barry – no problem!
Manilow boycotts ‘The View’ over Hasselbeck.
Barry Manilow has backed out of his scheduled appearance on the morning talk show after the show refused to pull Hasselbeck from the interview, “Access Hollywood” has learned.
Manilow, a long time friend of Rosie O’Donnell, posted the following message on his Web site:
“I wanted to let you know that I will no longer be on The View tomorrow as scheduled. I had made a request that I be interviewed by Joy, Barbara or Whoopi, but not Elisabeth Hasselback (sic). Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request so I bowed out. It’s really too bad because I’ve always been a big supporter of the show, but I cannot compromise my beliefs. The good news is that I will be on a whole slew of other shows promoting the new album so I hope you can catch me on those.”
However, sources close to “The View” claim Manilow is lying.
Sources told “Access” the show is the one who canceled the booking because they would not allow the “Copacabana” singer to dictate who would interview him.
In addition, the appearance has been scheduled since July (which is after O’Donnell left the show) and that Manilow has appeared twice on the show in the past with Hasselbeck on the panel.
