Rosie & Rosanne Reunite At Comedy Festival

The once “Queen of Nice,” Rosie O’Donnell, dished out the sass on fellow celebrities, but all in the name of comedy.

Rosie, who was joined on-stage by Roseanne Barr, opened the New York Comedy Festival Tuesday night at the Lincoln Center, and Access Hollywood was there for all the laughs.

The comedian did not mince words when it came time to talk about celebrities.

Rosie, doing an impression of Britney Spears’ recent VMA performance, said, “Like her, I’ll just wing it! I want her to come live with me.”

She also went after two other singers with their fair share of public mishaps.

“Whitney [Houston] and Paula [Abdul] both need to go on that show ‘Intervention!‘ Hell to the no!” joked Rosie.

Even friends of the comedian were not spared. Rosie said of Madonna, “She’s actually the one who got me into [Kabbalah]. At first I thought it was a cult. I found out the red string costs 32 dollars. As a Jew, I was offended.”

Another hot topic of the night was Rosie’s rumored return to television with a talk show on MSNBC.

Access spoke with Rosie’s partner, Kelli O’Donnell, about the possibility of a new show. “[I] don’t think it will happen,” said Kelli.

Rosie, on the other hand, was more optimistic, saying the show is, “possible, maybe.”

The ever-defiant O’Donnell, thinly alluding to NBCU brass, said that she was told she was not “allowed” to the talk about the proposed program.

“You don’t tell me what I’m not allowed to talk about,” roared Rosie to applause.

Rosie claimed that after she ignored their request, “Men in suits called and yelled.”

Rosie then welcomed Roseanne Barr, who did a fast cracking 40-minute set on a series of subjects, ranging from gays and weight loss, to her parenting and marriages.

The comedy night concluded with Rosie and Roseanne parodying the Sonny and Cher classic, “I Got You Babe,” with a Rosie/Roseanne slant, entitled, “I Got You B-tch.”