Rosie O’Donnell made an appearance at Book Expo American to promote her new memoir.

As a clearly subdued, though defiant, O’Donnell stood at the podium, in her first public appearance since the dust-up that led to her abruptly quitting ABC’s The View last week, photographers armed with cameras stormed the stage, a scene that brought home for attendees the issues she raises in her memoir, Celebrity Detox, scheduled for release by Grand Central iPublishing in September.



O’Donnell spoke of originally planning Celebrity Detox, as an account of how she became addicted to fame while hosting her own talk show, but gave it up four years ago to focus on her family. After joining The View, however, she incorporated her return to

television into the narrative.



“We had to change the epilogue. It’s not a tell-all, but it tells all,” she promised, noting that she’ll aggressively promote Celebrity Detox this fall, as she’s “now quite free to go to bookstores” and “will be doing all the talk shows — though maybe not The View.”

Rosie joked that although she won’t be appearing on The View, that she will be auditioning for The Apprentice. Too bad that it’s been canceled by NBC for low ratings, much to the dismay of Donald Trump.



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