Sep 18, 07 12:53 PM
Barry Manilow performed in Rockefeller Plaza in New York on "The Today Show" as part of its Concert Series yesterday.
In a message posted on his Website yesterday, Manilow, 64, announced he has canceled his appearance today on "The View" because he did not want to be interviewed by Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
"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 [Behar], Barbara [Walters] or Whoopi [Goldberg] but not Elisabeth Hasselbeck," he wrote. "Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request, so I bowed out."
It's been reported that he declined because Elisabeth is pro-life on the issue of abortion. Manilow cited that and other political issues when he requested that Hasselbeck not be present in a scheduled interview. Manilow was scheduled to appear on the show to promote his new album The Greatest Songs of the Seventies that hits stores today.
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Now I used to like Manilow, but it appears that he is unable to be in the same room with someone that shares a different opinion then himself. Sounds pretty self serving to me!!
Posted by: Anonymous at September 19, 2007 8:34 AM
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