Today Rosie and Nicolle were joined by guest co-hosts Naya Rivera, MSNBC anchorwoman Jodi Applegate, and Mario Cantone.  Whoopi is still out because of her injured back and Rosie P is rehearsing her Broadway show this month.

Fan By Association:  Last night Ohio State beat Oregon to win the national title in college football.  Jodi’s husband is in sports broadcasting so he stayed up late to watch the game.  She showed some adorable pictures of her kids.   The panel (mostly Rosie, Nicolle and Jodi) discussed motherhood and how motherhood, in general, can make it difficult to lose weight whether you give birth to the baby or adopt.  Naya stayed up late to watch the game and was happy Ohio beat Oregon.  Her brother, Michael Rivera, actually plays football for the Oakland Raiders.  Rosie asked if her other siblings are intimidated by their success.  Naya said her sister is actually a successful model and Rosie jokingly said, “Okay so you have a model, an actress and an NFL player in your family.  Your parents sucked.”

Rosie and Mario hanging out before the show!

Conspicuously Absent: The White House has now admitted that they should have sent a high profile official to Paris for the peace march.  The White House is citing security concerns as the reason but Rosie thinks all the other world leaders surely had security concerns too!   Nicolle defended the White House yesterday but thinks she was probably the only one who did.  Jodi feels like this is a story about “pictures and images” and when she saw the photo of the leaders arm in arm she wondered why the U.S. wasn’t represented.  Rosie said this incident is very symbolic of the way we [the U.S.] is perceived around the world.  We are often seen like we think we’re better than others, as if we make our own rules and that we’re not part of the world community.  And that thinking fosters a lot of negativity towards our nation and she believes the photo wasn’t helpful in combating those beliefs.  Nicolle thinks this incident was shocking because the White House, specifically this White House, has been good about getting the images they put out right.  At first she thought the President didn’t go because of a security concern but if all those other world leaders could remain secure she wondered why they couldn’t have done it for Obama too.

Better Late Than Never:  The winners of yesterday’s Mega Millions jackpot have just revealed themselves.  The winners are an 80-year-old retired New York principal and his wife.  They opted for the lump sum which comes to $130 million after taxes.  Rosie wanted to know if anyone has ever watched the show The Lottery Changed My Life and seen the many stories of people whose lives have been ruined after they won so much money.  Mario compared it to people getting overnight fame and said some people just can’t handle it.  He said people come out of the woodwork and start asking you for money.  Rosie agreed.  She said people have even asked her for money through Twitter.  She said she understands, because these are hard times, but she said no one, not even a celebrity, has a magic wand to fix your life.

Rosie and guest co-host Jodi Applegate

Swim For Your Life/Shower Talk: Ex-football player Rob Conrad just held a press conference recounting an incident last week where he fell off his fishing boat off the coast of Florida and had to swim to the shore for 16 hours through shark-infested waters.  Mario said, “He’s not an ex-Dolphin, he’s a dolphin!”  They all agreed what an amazing story it was.  Jodi said she heard Rob’s wife say it was like he was swimming with his daughters, his angels, on his back and that’s what got him through it.  Nicolle said she’s afraid about what’s in ocean water and Rosie joked that they’re going to have to do a show all about Nicolle facing her fears one day.  Rosie had always had an image that Republicans had control over both the world as well as their internal emotions and it shocks her whenever she hears the list of things Nicolle is afraid of.  Nicolle got embarrassed because Rosie made fun of her for showering 3 times a day.  She defended herself saying she showers once in the morning, once after the show to remove the self-tanner they put on her for The View and once before she goes to bed to remove all the dirt and grime from just being a mom.  Rosie made a funny, side-eye face in Nicolle’s direction.  Naya said she was going to go out on a limb and state that white people shower a lot more than ethnic people.  She said showering more than once a day, or every day, is “such a white people thing.”  She said dermatologists say you should only shower once or twice every three days.  Then, if that’s the rule, Mario said he wants a bidet!

Guests:

Josh Gad walks out to warm hugs from Rosie!

Josh Gad: The adorably funny Josh Gad, the voice of the character Olaf in Frozen, is now starring in a new comedy The Wedding Ringer, as a groom-to-be who calls in a pro to help him with his wedding party.  Josh said he’s really good friends with Kevin Hart with whom he filmed the movie and he joked that sometimes that can be a “problem.”  He said Kevin likes to have a lot of fun and while they’ve been promoting the film they’ve gotten into some trouble together (some fun that’s not appropriate for daytime TV).  They even crashed a wedding together!  Josh described the film as a bro-mance, with enormous heart, about friends who go on a journey together.  Mario said the first time he ever saw Josh act was when he played Elder Cunningham in Book of Mormon on Broadway.  Mario said it was the, “Greatest comedic performance he has ever seen!”   Rosie also loved Josh in Book of Mormon, as well as in the play The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  Josh said he always dreamt of being on Broadway and for him that was his ultimate goal.

Here’s a little clip of Josh Gad in Book of Mormon!

Rosie and Josh playing the Frozen game

Rosie realllllly wanted to talk to Josh about Frozen.  She said she likes Frozen so much she’s even been thinking about getting an Olaf tattoo! So, Rosie and Josh played a little game to see who knows Olaf better!  During the game, So You Think You Know Olaf, each contestant (Rosie and Josh)  had to see who could complete the Olaf dialogue from movie.  They played a clip from the movie and the contestant had to buzz in if they thought they could complete the line.  And ROSIE WON!

Josh Gad and Rosie!

Ioan Gruffudd: On the hit series Forever, Ioan Gruffudd stars as a brilliant medical examiner with a big secret.  Ioan said his character is secretly hiding that he’s immortal and has lived for 237 years.  Ioan talked about his role in the film Titanic and about how when he was just 13-years-old he was already an accomplished singer!  He and Naya know each other because he was in an episode of Glee.  Ioan grew up admiring stars like Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Leonardo Dicaprio and Ewan McGregor.  They talked about his Welsh heritage and how difficult Welsh town names can be for Americans to pronounce.  The hosts asked Ioan to pronounce some Welsh town names that look almost impossible and he did it with ease.  Forever airs tonight at 10/9(c) on ABC!  Don’t miss it!

YouTube Stars: All week long The View has been saluting YouTube superstars and today they honored 10-year-old cookie mogul Cory Nieves, creator of Mr. Cory’s Cookies.  Cory said he got into the cookie business because at first he just wanted to buy his mom a car.  Then he started doing it to save money for college and hopes to attend Princeton someday.  He said the secret ingredient in his cookies is LOVE and they made some cookies together on the show.

Rosie, Nicolle and Cory from Mr. Cory’s Cookies!

Audience Gift: Everyone in the audience got a singalong copy of Frozen Sing A Long Edition.

Take a little time and enjoy The View!

written by Kelly Weist
KidRo Productions

Today on The View Rosie P was still in rehearsals for her Broadway show and Whoopi is out with a back injury.  Joining Rosie O and Nicolle on today’s panel were Nikki Glaser, Mario Cantone, and Michelle Williams (formerly of Destiny’s Child) who all entered the stage to the rhythms of Michelle’s new CD, Journey to Freedom.

Hot Topics: 

Golden Globes Dish: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler really went for it last night as hosts of the Golden Globes! Everyone was in agreement. They showed a clip of the duo poking fun at Bill Cosby and several other highlights.  Rosie called the women “brave, funny and smart.” Nicolle said loves award shows and said watching the Golden Globes is like an event in her house.  She loved how in love George Clooney is with his wife.  Michelle hopes Clooney’s love for his wife clues other women in, that they don’t have a chance with him anymore.  To which Nikki quipped that “she will age, and they will have a chance.”  Nikki’s joke made Rosie laugh so hard she dropped the “f” bomb!  They were all touched by Michael Keaton’s tribute to his best friend, his son.  Mario believes the tribute, which made Nicolle cry, reflects that they have gone through something very deep and meaningful together.  He also noted that between the spray-tans and the heat in the room, all the actors were so sweaty they looked like basted turkeys!   They discussed Catherine Zeta Jones and Jennifer Lopez’s looks for the evening.  And Mario joked that Prince looked like one of his Italian aunts, but everyone agreed he is an icon.

Message From Whoopi: Today viewers got a message from Whoopi from her hospital bed, which you can watch on The View’s Facebook page.  Nicolle went to visit her in the hospital over the weekend and declared her to be “fiery, feisty, and hilarious.”

Rosie’s Weekend: Rosie almost went to the hospital herself this weekend because of stomach pains and then concluded it was because of her “squat/thrust AKA take a poop, reach for the sky” workout on Thursday’s show.  The workout sent her stomach muscles into seizure practically.  She concluded that if she continued to do that workout, she would look like Pink in about three weeks.   Nikki recently fired her trainer because all she was doing was paying someone to teach her “new ways to hold in a fart.”  Rosie quoted her Nana, “Wherever you shall be, let your wind go free.”

Coded Beyonce Instagram Pic: Beyonce recently posted a picture on Instagram of her buried in sand with a mound of sand on her belly that makes her appear to be pregnant.  Michelle gave the inside scoop on Beyonce saying there is no truth to the rumor that she is pregnant.

United in Paris:  World leaders united in Paris over the weekend to show support over last week’s terror attacks.  The U.S. is getting a lot of criticism for not having a top official present.  Nicolle reminded viewers that when the President goes anywhere, thousands of people go with him and she assumed a decision was made that his presence would take away from the event itself.  She said the event was “exquisite” and she bawled when watching the unity march on TV.  She noted that the leader of Jordan (who is a direct descendent of the Prophet who was ridiculed in the magazine) linked arms with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  The diverse crowd created an incredible moment to witness. Nicolle did say we should have done a better job and had someone there, but that doesn’t take away from the significance of the event.  Mario said that the fact this happened at a comedy magazine really affected him as a comedian.  Nikki joked that the picture of the leaders with linked arms looked like “the most intense game of red rover” she’s ever seen in her life.

Remembering Taylor Negron:  Taylor Negron, who was a friend of both Rosie’s and Mario’s, passed away over the weekend. Mario said he just adored him.  He said no one made him laugh more than him.  He referenced an article Taylor wrote where he referred to himself as “not famous, but fame-ish.”  He warned people not to write “R.I.P. Taylor” on any social media as readers would think Rip Taylor died [again]. Everyone agreed that he was brilliant.

50 Shades of Grey: Actor Jamie Dornan is playing Christian Grey in the film and he said he’s worried he will be killed by an obsessed fan like John Lennon was, if they don’t like his performance.  Rosie advised Jamie that he not put those thoughts out into the world.  She said, “Only put into the world things you want to attract towards you.  Don’t put out negative things because the universe works with the law of attraction.”  And Nikki thinks Jamie shouldn’t be comparing himself to John Lennon.  Nicolle wanted to know what the deal was with the books and Rosie referred to them as basically “soft porn S&M bondage books.”  Mario said it can be a little scary to be out in the public sometimes when you’re a celebrity and he kind of understood the fear of the obsessed fan.  Michelle thought maybe that was just one of those thoughts Jamie shouldn’t have said out loud.

Nicolle’s Puppy:  Nicolle introduced the audience to her new puppy, a Vizsla named Honey!  She said the real heroes are the ones who rescue dogs.  She admitted she’s not a hero, she’s just in love with the breed.  Her older dog, Lily, is actually related to the puppy (her Great-Great-Aunt) though Lily is not so fond of the new puppy just yet.

Nicolle’s new pup Honey with Jim the Stage Manager

Guests:

Doctor Oz Two Week Rapid Weight Loss Plan:  Nearly two million people are already on board with Dr. Oz’s Top 10 Rapid Weight Loss Plan and he came to The View to show them how it works!  He said his show has helped millions of people lose millions of pounds of weight.  The diet stresses eliminating refined sugars, artificial sweeteners, wheat, dairy and alcohol.  In its place he suggests drinking hot water with lemon every morning, which cleanses your system.  He suggested drinking the lemon water instead of coffee, if you can.  He said to make a smoothie for breakfast with protein powder and fresh or frozen berries.  And the diet stresses the importance of protein and tons of vegetables in your other meals.  Rosie drinks the hot lemon water every morning and she confirmed that drinking vegetable broth helps turn off cravings.  Oz also recommended tree nuts (not peanuts), nut butter and pickles.

On line Superstars and The Electric Violist: Lindsey Stirling the electric violinist, has racked up over 700 million views on YouTube!  She joked that it is easy to be the best at what you do if you are the only that does it.  And Lindsey believes people “gravitate to authenticity.”  Michelle mentioned how Lindsey has overcome a lot of rejection especially after being voted off of American’s Got Talent by Piers Morgan.  But Lindsey was quick to point out that she is still on TV and he isn’t!  She gave a WOW amazing performance.

As a side note, mark your calendars!  Rosie’s HBO Documentary: Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Stand Up will air on HBO on 2/14 at 10PM EST!

Take a little time to enjoy The View!

written by Kelly Weist
KidRo Productions

Hello, recap readers.  Sorry for the delay in posting the full version of today’s recap of The View.  The show did not air on the east coast due to the hostage situation in Paris.  #PrayersForParis

Whoopi is still off for a time with a bad back and Rosie Perez is rehearsing her Broadway show!  Get well soon Whoopi!!

Nicolle and Rosie were joined by guest co-hosts Barbara Walters and Cristela Alonzo, from ABC’s Cristela.   Barbara entered The View stage to the song The Bitch Is Back, confetti and thunderous applause!!

Hot Topics: 

Will She or Won’t She: The ladies discussed when and if Hillary Clinton will announce her run for Presidency.  Barbara said she recently went on a vacation and saw the Clintons at the late Oscar de la Renta’s house.  Hillary did not reveal to Barbara if she was going to run or when she was going to announce but it wasn’t because Barbara didn’t ask!  Barbara did say that Hillary seemed very relaxed and she and Bill seemed very close.  She recalled another time they vacationed together when she witnessed Bill reading poetry to Hillary.   Barbara had heard rumors that Hillary was going to announce her run for Presidency this month but Barbara doesn’t think she will announce until spring.  Nicolle agreed and thinks Hillary will choose to do things on her own timetable this time go around.  Barbara said Hillary and Oscar de la Renta were very close and she and her friends got together to mourn his passing.  Cristela lost her mother years ago and said they found themselves laughing as they were gathering to remember her and it was really unexpected.  Barbara said she lost her little dog Cha-cha recently.  Nicolle said she’s getting a puppy this weekend and she asked Barbara if she would like to come with her!  Barbara said she’s not ready just yet to get another dog.  Nicolle has a Vizsla and she said she loves her so much, even more than her husband.  She wanted her son, who is now 3-years-old, to have the experience of raising a puppy.  It is their Christmas present to each other.

Should Parents Spy On Their Children: The ladies discussed whether or not it is okay for parents to spy on their children when it comes to technology.  Rosie believes as long as she’s paying, she has the right to monitor her children’s cell phones and Internet usage.  She doesn’t even need to be looking at her teen’s phone to spy on them.  She can see what they’re doing on their devices from her own laptop with spyware.  Nicolle believes Apple products are made for the brains of a toddler because of the ease with which her son can navigate her devices.  She plans to spy on her son too when he grows up and has his own phone.  She said the Internet can be a terrifying place and she’s also afraid her son might accidentally purchase something really expensive!  It’s not that Nicolle doesn’t trust her son, she said she just doesn’t trust the people on the other end of his device.  Rosie said she would never let her child hang out on 42nd Street alone just like she won’t leave her child alone with free reign over the Internet without being monitored.

Nicolle and the adorable Mario Cantone did another commercial for Centrum Silver.

Crafty-U:

Rosie convinced Barbara to get crafty!  She taught Barbara how to make Shrinky Dinks.  on photo paper.  Rosie explained the process to Barbara and in the middle of the segment Rosie suggested taking her to a craft store to show her around.  Barbara’s response was, “I couldn’t be more bored.”  lol  Rosie made her a bracelet with the faces of her most memorable interviews, some View earrings, and a necklace with her late dog’s face on it.   Rosie also reminded everyone to “like” The View on Facebook!  And while you’re at it, “like” Rosie on Facebook too, won’t ya?

Guests:

Chelsea Peretti: Comedienne Chelsea Peretti, from the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine, sat down with the ladies to discuss what she’s been up to lately!  Chelsea said she was inspired to go into comedy by stars like Gilda Radner, Roseanne Barr and shows like Monty Python.  She has been doing standup for the past 14 years and she now stars in the hit show Brooklyn Nine-Nine with Andy Samberg.  But that wasn’t how they first met!  Andy and Chelsea have known each other since elementary school!  In fact, she used to have a crush on him.  Brooklyn Nine Nine won the Golden Globe last year and Chelsea compared the experience to having 10 surprise parties all at the same time.  She said it was that exciting and unexpected.  Cristela loved Chelsea’s standup special on Netflix entitled One of the Greats.  Chelsea is very active on social media.  You can follow her on Instagram HERE where she loves to post #ThrowbackThursday posts.   Brooklyn Nine Nine airs Sunday nights at 8:30 pm EST on FOX.

Patrick Stewart: Over the holidays Patrick stopped by to talk to Whoopi and Rosie Perez about his role as an aging ballet star forced to come to terms with his past in his newest film entitled Match.  Patrick said he was actively looking to do something a little different and when he read the script he related to the story.  He too has had to make sacrifices for his career just as the character does in the film.  He talked briefly about his new marriage, acting as a voice talent in American Dad, his years spent doing Star Trek and how much he loves doing puzzles in his free time.   The film Match opens in theaters January 14th!

Audience Giveaway: Everyone in the studio audience received a Centrum giftbag with a Fitbit Zip!

Take a little time and enjoy The View! 

written by Kelly Weist
KidRo Productions