Rosie’s View Contract Prohibits Butch Haircut

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, May 1, 2006

Rosie O’Donnell has a rare haircut clause in her contract with “The View.”

Rosie O’Donnell’s new mega contract with ABC has one absolute proviso: the former talk show queen cannot cut her hair.

You may recall there was an uproar toward the end of Rosie’s run as a syndicated talk show host because she chopped off her locks to emulate Culture Club songstress Helen Terry.

O’Donnell’s enemies at Gruner + Jahr Publishing even used the wedge hair cut against her when they sued her for a million bucks after shutting down the “Rosie” magazine. They lost that battle. But ABC apparently wants Rosie to look as glamorous as possible when she sits down on “The View” among Joy Behar, Star Jones, and Debbie Hasselbeck.

After all, Rosie’s sex appeal is tied up in that luscious hair. . . .