HOLLYWOOD - Comedian Rosie O'Donnell has lost out on a deal to host her talk show--because network MSNBC "panicked" when she let slip details of the program before negotiations had been finalized.
O'Donnell was in talks to front a new primetime program for the cable channel earlier this week--but admits her excited comments at the prospect of taking on CNN's Larry King caused the deal to fall through.
Writing on her blog, she says, "we were close to a deal. almost done. i let it slip in miami, causing panic on the studio end.
"well, what can u do. 2day there is no deal... poof. my career as a pundit is over b4 it began."
But according to Fox News, it was O'Donnell's reluctance to commit to further hosting duties that resulted in negotiations being called off.
The news channel reports, "The network couldn’t afford to make a deal for Rosie just based on a nighttime show.
"It would have to have been tied into something else on daytime. The problem with that? O'Donnell doesn’t want to return to a grueling daytime schedule while her kids are in school. "
The talk show would have been O'Donnell's first since she quit daytime talk show The View in May.
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