On yesterday's "The View," Barbara Walters candidly disclosed that Heather Mills McCartney was extremely "difficult" with ABC producers when Walters interviewed her years ago. (Video of Walters at the very end of this post.) But first...

Mills herself has always been blunt. Remember last season's Dancing with the Stars, when Heather warned ABC that her prosthetic leg could very well fly off during competition? Here's how you reacted...

I know the dancing is hideous and the rapping is even worse, but normally I would be in favor of this kind of hijinks. Look, it's people who are normally stiff and deadly serious trying to unwind and have a good time for a change. In concept, I am totally for it.

The problem is that these guys have done so much damage to the world and to our country that it seems unseemly for them to dance around like a bunch of clowns without a conscience. How ghoulish dove Rove look here? He looks like a character out of a horror movie. And he's not the guy running away from the madman, he's the guy that walks into the room wearing someone else's peeled off face. This is the dance he does when he has you captured in his dungeon. It gives you a queasy feeling in your stomach just looking at it. Like something hideous is about to happen. Like this:





But that's just my opinion. What do you think? Should he be on the next Dancing with the Stars? Or is it weird to see this man so footloose and fancy free after he outed one of our covert agents, fired a bunch of principles prosecutors for political reasons, insinuated that John McCain's adopted baby was his illegitimate black child and helped to start a hideous war where hundreds of thousands have died? Is it just me or are we already in the horror movie?

The Young Turks

Do you hear that creaking sound? I do. It's more like a low rumbling. It's the sound of an Empire collapsing.


60 years after Mohandas Gandhi's civil disobedience movement led to the end of British rule in India, the gentle Sanjaya is just as peacefully (if less than tunefully) bringing Viceroy Simon to heel.

American Idol is an institution built on an ideal: the most talented singer wins. In the end, all it has is its credibility. That's been crippled now, perhaps beyond all repair. And once the tipping point is reached (one week from now? Two?), HMS Idol will sink fast.

I've written extensively about the stunning parallels between Gandhi and Sanjaya. (Of course their hair is a contrast, though Sanjaya has at least one more week to debut a chrome dome. This I would not advise. Sanjaya's eyes are too closely set to pull off a bald look.)

It's only Wednesday but I'm already annoyed with the week's rundown of reality TV. I knew it was coming, but actually watching the "Heather Mills Circus" on Dancing With The Stars made me nauseous. Is ABC so desperate to make a splash in the ratings that they cast a woman who's missing a leg? Not to mention the world loathes Heather Mills! ABC knew full well everyone would tune in, including me (I've never watched the show before this season), to see if this witch's leg would go flying.

Then last night on American Idol, Sanjaya's performance was so bad it made a little girl cry! ; ) People are only tuning into AI this season out of habit. The performances are awful, Simon's shtick is old, and Ryan's closet contents are getting old.

Dinesh D'Souza is correct when he invokes the "Emmett Principal of Reality Show Likability." Emmett Smith was not the best dancer last year, though I stronly disagree with his assertion that Joey Lawrence deserved to win. Every reliable study has concluded that Mario Lopez should have won.

Of course all of that is moot this year. Millions will tune in this season to see something macabre happen to Heather Mills. (Note to President Bush: If you want to rebuild the Coalition of the Willing, declare war on Heather Mills.)