right now on "showbiz tonight" this weekend. rosie o'donnell's shocking confessions caught on tape. her revelations about oprah, rosie's startling claim of childhood abuse. >> whenever i would go to the doctor, the doctor would look and say to me do you touch yourself? >> tonight, it's rosie totally unplugged. and a brand new oprah controversy, tonight "showbiz tonight" with the big news about oprah winfrey and her weight loss. plus is oprah really giving jennifer aniston her own talk show? the showbiz truth squad is on the case.

the weekend edition of tv's first provocative entertainment news show starts right now. hi there, everyone, i'm brooke anderson in hollywood, and this is "showbiz tonight" this weekend. tonight, rosie's shocking confession. rosie o'donnell is never one to hold back. and tonight i can tell you she is revealing explosive new details about her life we've never heard before. rosie is sharing the horrifying details of abuse she allegedly suffered as a child. details that are so tough to hear that she avoided talking about it until now. and that's just the start of her truly amazing new tell-all interview. here's "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer. >> reporter: rosie o'donnell is making shocking confessions about molestation in her family. >> there were varying levels of abuse. >> reporter: she's setting the record straight about her troubled relationship.

>> kelly and i have a lot of issues and sex wasn't one of them. >> and best of all, she's settling old scores. rosie o'donnell was absolutely unplugged in her interview on howard stern's show on sirius xm satellite radio. >> we haven't heard from rosie in a while, but now she's coming back with a vengeance and being so revealing. >> rosie's most shocking revelations were about childhood abuse. which she's only hinted about in the past. >> she alluded to something in a book she'd written, but this is the first time we've heard her be very open about abuse that was going on in her own family. >> now, rosie's speaking out like never before about abuse. even though she's still somewhat vague about it. >> you've alluded to molestation, wasn't between you and your dad, though, was it? >> you know, there was some serious issues going on in the house at that point. and, you know, there were five children. there were varying levels of abuse. >> rosie tells howard stern she wasn't able to talk about the abuse when she was a child, but describes some suspicious infections in graphic detail. >> i was like 6, 7, 8,

kindergarten first and second grade, whenever i would go to the doctor the doctor would look and say to me, do you touch yourself? and i don't know if you know -- you know you have children, but that doesn't start for a child at that age. something has been introduced to a child if that's happening at that age. and it was not me causing the infections. so, you know, it's a very heavy thing. >> she's being so incredibly open about these things that happened to her as a child. but on the other hand, you still kind of have questions about exactly what happened. >> rosie also addresses tabloid headlines that she and her long time partner kelly carpenter are splitting up. >> we've been together for 12 years. and a family is a family is a family. we will stay a family. and kelly and i are working through a lot of the stuff that we have and the children are the priority. >> i don't know that we're going to be together. i think we're working through what's going to work best.

>> but rosie being rosie couldn't help but take a few shots at her sparring partners, like her former boss on "the view" barbara walters. >> i assume because she was the first woman to break all these barriers, she was very much a sister and i got on that show to realize oh, my god, that's not the case. i did find her to be inaccessible in a way that startled me and i did find her to be sort of a non-supportive in another way with the trump thing. >> oh, the trump thing. remember rose i on-air feud with donald trump? yeah, rosie's not over that. >> i simply said the truth about him and he went ballistic. what he did to me personally is just an example of how he feels about all women. >> don't count on the donald ever appearing on rosie's upcoming radio show. >> donald trump doesn't interest me in any capacity, i don't know what i'd say to him. >> it almost seems like she holds grudges. seems like she hasn't let a lot of these feuds go.

>> but once again, rosie's willingness to bear all is showing us she's still one of the most fascinating celebrities out there. >> one thing you take from this interview is that rosie is a complicated person and just when you think you know her, you realize you don't know anything about her. >> there was so much more to rosie's interview, including her account of an emotional phone call she placed to of all people oprah winfrey. why was she calling oprah? coming up on "showbiz tonight," we'll have the dramatic details of rosie's frantic call to oprah. tonight, david letterman under fire from the wrath of the writer. in a brand new hln exclusive, one of letterman's first female writers is speaking out and it's making for big news. nel scovell is claiming that letterman ran a hostile and sexually charged atmosphere at nbc. in a scathing new interview with hln's own joy behar, scovell adds more fuel to the fire. so i have to ask, can letterman handle the wrath of the writers? right now in hollywood is carlos

diaz, correspondent for "extra" also kim. carlos, kim. it was just a few weeks ago that david letterman admitted to having sex with women who worked with him on his show on cbs. now you've got nell scovell claiming that she quit because of what she called sexual politics. she described that dramatic moment on hln's "joy behar show." >> it was my dream job. i loved that show. and it was a breakthrough. so i moved back to new york to take this job. and five months later, i ended up walking away from my dream job because it was a hostile work environment. >> okay.

kim, here's what i'm wondering. if this was going on back in the '90s, why do you think no one would publicly call letterman out until now? do you think that maybe nobody would've believed her? >> well, it's interesting. because she did wait for a long time, obviously, almost 20 years to talk about this. so she obviously must feel this way. but you have to wonder why you're not hearing from other women who worked for david letterman. i personally know people both men and women who have worked for david letterman and i'm not hearing from any of them. she did only work for him i think four to six months, as well. so look, she has recollections, it seems in her piece that she wrote and her interview she talks about writer rooms in general on late night talk shows, not just dave's talk show. maybe it's just getting more women into these writer rooms, as well. >> maybe so. hiring more women as the writers. "showbiz tonight" did reach out to letterman today about scovell's startling claims and he's not commenting. they didn't even want to address these claims.

carlos, are you thinking that letterman's admission earlier this month to having sex with women he worked with makes her claim more believable? >> no, because she says david did not hit on me. letterman did not hit on me. but what it does -- what letterman's situation does is it opens up the avenue for us to talk about this and to talk about this men's club that is the writers room for late night tv. and if i'm starting a show today, i'm looking at what this young lady said in "vanity fair" saying wait a minute, i'm going to hire as many women as i can for writers because they're not being hired and maybe we can have a show that's different with a different kind of comedic point of view. >> yeah, very true. we women give you a little bit more flavor, i think, carlos. i do want you to hear -- >> i've heard those rumors, yeah. >> i do want you to hear what scovell said in the exclusive interview with joy behar. because it does give us more insight into what it was like for her to work with letterman.

>> if you're doing your job and you're working hard and you're in the middle of a soap opera, then you know, that's not -- i wasn't going to thrive professionally. and you know, i didn't get the memo as a young girl that said you should have low self-esteem and put up with crap. so i just quit. >> well, good for her. and while nobody is suggesting that nell scovell is making this up, do you think her waiting so long to make these claims could make someone question whether she is telling the entire story? >> sure, i think obviously people will wonder why she didn't speak up sooner and why she waited until now when all of this came out about david letterman. obviously she's done a good job for herself. she worked on a lot of other tv shows. she created another tv show herself. but she even in her article that she wrote said that part of the reason there are not enough female writers is not enough female writers apply for these jobs.

so you know, you can't totally blame david letterman or any of the late night talk show hosts when you don't have enough women applying for these jobs. >> get out there and apply -- >> be chelsea handler. >> distractions like hostility, harassment, have no place in the workplace or anywhere else for that matter. carlos diaz, kim seraphan thanks. how muhammad ali's daughter saved him. >> do you think if she hadn't, you would have pulled that trigger? >> i don't know. it's in a way it snapped me out of it. >> for the very first time on camera, hulk's emotional revelations about how and why he almost killed himself. also tonight, bad news for oprah. "showbiz tonight" with big news today about oprah winfrey and her weight loss advice. i have to tell you, i don't think oprah is going to like

what we reveal. plus is oprah working with jennifer aniston for her own talk show? and would you watch it? the truth squad is on the case. this is "showbiz tonight this weekend." and more stories making news right now.

welcome back to "showbiz tonight" this weekend, i'm brooke anderson in hollywood. tonight, so fabulous. it's a showbiz special report. female stars who make over 40 look fabulous.

"showbiz tonight" and "more" magazine have teamed up to bring you the incredible story of some of hollywood's biggest female stars who get better and better with age. the women that we are about to reveal really prove that age ain't nothing but a number. >> your visa application is denied, you're being deported. >> 45-year-old sandra bull lock plays a woman desperate to get married in "the proposal." her body of work goes way beyond acting. >> hello? >> oh. >> oh, my god! >> why are you naked? >> who could forget halle berry's sexy turn as a bond girl in "die another day." >> they're women over 40 in hollywood and they really know how to pack a punch. >> they say that 40 is the number 30. i don't know maybe 40's the new 20. today women in hollywood when you reach 40, you become the woman that you are.

and i think that shows in their work. >> it sure does. now, "showbiz tonight" and "more" magazine are teaming up to reveal that top hollywood women in films who are over 40 are absolutely fabulous no matter what part they're playing for the camera. say hello to 60-year-old meryl streep who plays the pompous fashion editor in "the devil wears prada." >> you have no style or sense of fashion -- >> i think that depends on what your -- >> no, no, that wasn't a question. >> and there's no question that streep could easily pass for the real julia child in the movie "julie and julia." >> i'm julia child, bon appetit. >> streep is so good that

sigormey weaver said it was her best yet. >> so flooded with life and light and i thought she was awesome. >> and so do we. but she's not alone. let's hear some applause for 51-year-old michelle pfeiffer. everybody's favorite cat woman. >> it's okay. i had to go home. feed my cat. meow. >> she made black spandex look great. >> and pfeiffer looks great in real life too. >> she says she works at it and works hard at the gym and does it almost every single day. >> working hard is just another day in the life of our next fabulous over 40 star, cate blanchett. she's even played a man. bob dylan in the 2007 movie "i'm not there." >> who cares what i think? i'm not the president.

>> and kate has proven time and time again that she's more than just a pretty face. remember when she starred in "elizabeth" that same year? >> she shaved her eyebrows and her hair back. >> i too command a win, sir. i have a hurricane in me if you dare to try me. >> the scary women in film set the bar high and make over 40 look absolutely fabulous. giving women everywhere a reason to celebrate. and they're not the only fabulous female stars over 40 that we are saluting tonight. kim basiger and marisa tomet make the list. a lot of people fired up about the new michael jackson controversies as his movie "this is it" comes out. we've got a call from debra, she's furious about michael's dermatologist suing the estate and thinks joe jackson is trying to wrongly cash in on the film. >> i feel dr. klein is trying to

get a piece of the action. and i feel the same way about joe jackson. he didn't want to be a part of michael jackson's life at one time and michael didn't want him in his life. why should he get anything he makes? >> thank you, deborah. but maryland from texas doesn't see anything wrong with michael's death making money off the movie. >> i think joe jackson should profit from whatever proceeds that comes from the michael jackson film and any other moneys that he has coming. he was the one who originally started them, all the hoopla concerning michael jackson. and so i definitely believe that he should profit just like everybody else.

>> thanks for your call, maryland. the showbiz on call phone lines are never closed. give us a ring 1-888-sbt-buzz. tonight, rosie o'donnell is dropping bomb shell new confessions you won't believe what she is saying about oprah. >> i called oprah winfrey one night. >> right. >> which was an error in judgment. and i don't know that i was even coherent. >> she's got this brand new radio show about to roll out. is she really going after oprah winfrey right before she debuts? wait until you hear this. and "showbiz tonight" with big news about oprah winfrey and her weight loss advice. i have to tell you i don't think oprah's going to like this. plus, is oprah really working with jennifer aniston for jen's own talk show? also, hulk hogan's startling suicide confessions. this is "showbiz tonight" this weekend on hln. ninininininininii

now, on "showbiz tonight this weekend." hulk talks about muhammad ali's daughter calling him while he was holding a gun thinking about taking his own life. >> you think if she hadn't you would have pulled that trigger? >> um -- i don't know, in a way it snapped me out of it. >> for the first time, hulk opens up on camera about why he seriously considered killing himself and what's changed his mind. rosie o'donnell's explosive confession from her painful child abuse claims to a shocking revelation about oprah rosie isn't pulling any punches. plus, things get really dark on the "late, late show" with

craig ferguson. you have to see the moment when something totally unexpected happens in his interview with a big star. plus, more stories breaking from the showbiz news ticker, the weekend edition of tv's first provocative entertainment news show continues right now. >> welcome back to "showbiz tonight" this weekend. it is 30 minutes past the hour, i'm brooke anderson in hollywood. tonight, hulk's confession. the brand new explosive details about how hulk hogan almost tried to kill himself. for the very first time on camera, hulk opened up about how laila ali, the daughter of muhammad ali actually saved him from committing suicide. and you are not going to believe what hulk has to say about his ex-wife linda and why he says their marriage ended in divorce. a brand new bomb shell

confession from rosie o'donnell caught on tape. rosie's brand new revolutions about being sexually abused and just wait until you hear about rosie's frantic phone calls to oprah winfrey. right now from hollywood, leslie marshall, host of "the leslie marshall show." >> let's begin with hulk hogan's brand new interview on the "today" show, out to promote his book called "my life outside the ring." he opened up about how close he was to killing himself after his long marriage to ex-wife linda unravelled. he described a dramatic moment, a bottle of xanax, a bottle of rum, he was holding a gun, but then the phone rang. >> the phone rang and it was laila, she called with no agenda. called just to say hi and check on me. >> you think if she hadn't, you would have pulled that trigger? >> i don't know.

in a way it snapped me out of it to hear her voice. and at that moment, i switched gears, i got sick and tired of being sick and tired. and, you know, she kind of her voice saved my life, it really did. >> hulk says laila ali's voice saved his life. ken baker off to you first. obviously this is very shocking considering hulk never really let on how bad things had gone for him personally. we knew they'd gotten bad, but not like that. >> we know divorce is retched. around that time his son was facing all these serious charges and it was a very public messy divorce. it must have been really hard for him. but i've got to say right here. a little warning. hulk is the ultimate showman. he's promoting a book, and it seems like when celebrities have these sort of "i reached the bottom and climbed my way back to the top to happiness" there's always a gun and some sort of alcohol and pills involved. i'm not saying he's making it up, but it's conveniently dramatic and fits that formula. i love hulk hogan, but at the same time, he says this book is called "my life outside the ring," we saw that, it was hogan

knows best. >> you make a great point, ken. and i have become cynical. i always liked hulk hogan, and when i see him now on the "today" show, i sit back and wonder like i never did before, is it for real or not? now, in this bomb shell interview today, hulk also claimed his ex-wife linda's alcoholism and abusive language were the main reasons the marriage ended. take a look. >> it was tough. it was constant chaos. i was madly in love with linda. you know, old school married to her for life no matter what happened for better or for worse, doing everything i could to keep the family together. i used to brag that i was only the world's champion that never was divorced. and i figured no matter how bad it got, we could get through it. but it got to the point where everything was so negative, you know, we couldn't be friends with the neighbors, i couldn't have people over.

it got to the point where i just get sick and tired of being sick and tired. and a few years before the divorce, i started praying to be happy. and it got to the point where it couldn't go on anymore. >> he almost sounds heart broken over this still. leslie, there hasn't been a whole lot of sympathy for him right now. are you having any? >> i went from being cynical to feeling sappy because, yes, i do feel for him. i really do. marriage is a lot of work, especially if you have cameras in your household, and especially if you're a celebrity. you know, i think the neat thing about hogan being so open and, yes, a book deal does coincide or a book selling with this, is that he's a big, tough guy, a big strong guy. and even, you know, rich people celebrities have their problems and their relationships the same problems that we non-celebrity people do and that big strong guys can feel like little mice emotionally and be made to feel that way by women. i think a lot of men might

identify with this. >> how do you feel -- do you think that the sympathy factor, which as i mentioned has really waned for hulk hogan with all of the drama between his wife and son and all of that. do you think speaking out like this he's going to get people back? >> yeah, i think hulk has been in the public eye for about 30 years now. he's actually extremely popular. he has very loyal fans and i think he's playing to that fan base with this book, with this interview. he's a very emotional guy. i'm just saying he's an excellent showman and knows how to sell product and he's doing enough. >> i want to move on to rosie o'donnell and bomb shell confessions. in a brand new interview with howard stern, rosie confessed that her own mother didn't believe that her father was molesting her from the age of 6. now, in the interview, rosie says she had proof even back then and it's really painful to listen and hear rosie admitting this to us. take a listen. >> well, although i had a tremendous amount of urinary tract infections, i constantly needed to be on sulfur

medications and whenever i would go to the doctor, the doctor would look and say to me, do you touch yourself? and i don't know if you know, you know, you have children, but that doesn't start for a child at that age. >> she also told howard that she never got into much detail before because it was always very painful for her siblings to hear this stuff. now, leslie, as a fellow radio host, you know how brilliant howard is. he creates a safe space for celebrities to say things they might not otherwise say. but separate from all of that, why do you think she is saying this right now? >> i think she feels safe to say it, not just with howard. she's at a point in her life where she can talk about it. and i think she realizes as a parent herself and as she ages as a woman, it's something she has to do. there are so many children that are abused and molested by family members. and you know it's so sad, a.j., how many parents they go to don't believe them when the perpetrator is within the family.

i hear from people like this on my radio show all the time. and one parent won't believe them. >> and i always say, you know, hearing people like rosie speaking out can certainly help other people who may be dealing with it and don't want to confront it. hopefully it'll do some good, as well. i'm sure she'll do that with her radio show. she also confessed to calling up oprah winfrey in a panic after the whole tragic scene happened at columbine high school. >> at the height of my columbine insanity, i called oprah winfrey one night. >> right. >> which was an error in judgment, howard. >> really? >> why? was she not receptive? >> she was very kind. i don't even know i was coherent. and i was just saying we can do it together, we can do -- >> we can change the world. >> right. and she's at home in chicago going who is this girl and why the -- >> how did she get my number? >> i love her for being so candid. >> at the time she had her own talk show, her and rosie two of the most influential women on tv. we hear rosie admitting she doesn't always have it together. ken, is that why people still

continue to love rosie? warts and all the whole deal. >> yeah, it's been an attraction to her. her blog has been one of the most read celebrity blogs because she's so honest. but at the end of the day, rosi o'donnell's 47 years old, going through a cross roads in her relationship with kelly carpenter and i think she's saying, you know what? i'm going to be myself, i'm sick of hiding. and she's just letting it all hang out and it's very refreshing. >> and going to make for great radio when her show begins. leslie and ken, thank you. tonight, more brand new bad news for oprah winfrey. big news about oprah and her weight loss advice. and i can tell you she's not going to like what we're going to reveal. and is oprah going to give aniston her on talk show? would you watch? and kate gosselin's reaction to the halloween wig modelled after her hair style. she even admits to owning one. this is unbelievable. this is "showbiz tonight" this

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welcome back to "showbiz tonight this weekend." tonight the great oprah weight debate. "showbiz tonight" breaks big news about oprah winfrey and her weight loss advice. and i can tell you the news is not good. oprah winfrey might want to stop sharing weight loss advice on her talk show after we show you the results of a shocking poll sha only "showbiz tonight" can share with you tonight. speaking of oprah, the "showbiz tonight" truth squad has been on the case of another brand new story. is oprah really giving jennifer aniston her own talk show? right now in hollywood, senior editor for "in touch weekly." >> this brand new oprah weight debate began when jillian

michaels, who was one of the trainers from "the biggest loser" was asked by health magazine who she would like to take under her wing and train. she said this, "if there's someone i think is utterly misguided, it would be oprah winfrey." she said she had that thyroid problem and ate soy, i'm like, how, where is dr. oz.? she is so misinformed, it's shocking to me on a daily basis. soy is terrible for you if you have thyroid issues. we asked in the question of the day, oprah winfrey, do you trust her weight loss advice? the results just came in today, a whopping 84% said no, they don't trust her weight loss advice. only 16% say they do. kim, are you shocked by those results? >> you know, i am really shocked. because the fact is oprah is not a political operative, yet a lot of people trusted her opinion on obama, on the election. she's not a book critic, but yet

people, if she endorses a book, that book goes to number one, goes on the best seller lists. if she puts a product on her favorite things list, that product goes out of stock even though she's not a brand specialist. so i think, you know, you look at oprah, she's obviously struggled with her weight, but i think people really do trust her. i'm very surprised. >> they look at her advice like it's the gospel. is this bad news for oprah? >> i don't think it's bad news at all. last time i checked, oprah's never officially endorsed any product. so if you decide to follow her influence, oprah's speaking about what works for her. everyone's dna is different. so you have to adopt remedies and therapies and treatments that you think are best for your body. if it doesn't work for you, fine, but oprah's only sharing her experiences and i think for her to say what oprah should or shouldn't be doing or what she should or should not be sharing, her viewers have a will and choice to choose and that's what they do. >> that's true. and i don't think this is going to make a dent in her viewership. her fans are not going to abandon her over this.

but i do have to tell you that today the "showbiz tonight" facebook page still exploding about comments about oprah. samantha d. wrote, maybe oprah should can it for once and listen to what someone else has to say after all, jillian won her own personal battle with her weight and oprah's been trapped in a losing battle for years. do you agree with samantha's point that oprah should stop giving a little weight loss advice until she gets her own under control? >> no, because i think people identify with oprah, probably more people who try to lose weight have the same situation that oprah has rather than what jillian has. i think jillian obviously should go on oprah's show, it'll be a big ratings hit, they'll get another expert in. i think oprah has to talk about this. this is why people love her show.

they identify with her, relate to her, and they struggle themselves. >> that's true. they can identify with that. i do think this is a tricky one. oprah needs to make sure she approaches it very carefully. i do want to move to the brand new report about jennifer aniston getting her very own talk show on oprah's upcoming cable network she's launching. the "showbiz tonight" truth squad been working all day on this. and a rep for jen called the report "completely false." marvet, but i personally have doubts whether jen could pull off hosting a talk show. what do you think? >> i think jen is a movie star and she should stick to leveraging her brand against movies. i've never seen her host a show, i've never heard of her even being interested in a show. i think she should stick to what she does well. >> stick to what her strengths are. well, what got these reports started was this. jen's appearance on chelsea lately. she asked her what she's drinking because she's got a great body. jennifer was pretty funny. >> i drink vodka. >> yes, that's what i drink. >> that's my drink of choice,

actually. >> really? >> it's a clean liquor, yes. >> it doesn't seem like the same thing is happening. >> first of all, you're crazy. second of all, how many are you drinking? >> so, kim, she does seem to have a pretty good sense of humor. is this such a farfetched idea, jennifer hosting her own talk show? >> you know, she is really funny and if she ever did this, people would definitely tune in. but she would have to change her entire personality. the fact is jennifer aniston is known for being a private person. and if you have your own talk show, you have to be someone like oprah who is willing to put herself out there about her weight issues or someone like tyra banks who goes out wearing a bathing suit wearing her cellulite and takes off her wig. and until jennifer aniston is ready to do that, i don't think we're going to see that very soon. >> my thoughts exactly. she would have to be very open about her personal life, and she's not used to doing that. kim serafin, marvet, thanks.

i know some of you dressed up as kate gosselin for halloween. the kate gosselin wig was a huge seller. kate herself says she thinks it's funny even though she's not going to see any money from it. >> tlc pr e-mailed me, yes, one of the hottest wigs of the halloween season was going to be the kate wig. but they don't call it the kate wig because then, of course, they'd have to give me some of the proceeds. so there's nowhere on the packaging that says my name which i find very interesting and no, i do not benefit from the proceeds. i hear it's back ordered from now until the end of time. somehow i managed to get my hands on one and i'm just hanging on to it for the -- i don't know, my reaction, i laughed my head off. that is just plain ridiculous. and i hear everywhere that there's going to be all these jon and kates for halloween this year. now there's a wig for the woman. they line up their eight kids in strollers and whatever.

so i think it's funny. you know, it's humorous. i think that it's great that people can laugh at us and with us. >> you better get the kate wig kate says she's already thinking about what her next hairstyle should be. things got really dark on the "late late show" with craig ferguson. you have to see the moment. ing? totally unexpected happens right in the middle of craig's interview with a big star. this is "showbiz tonight" this weekend on hln. now the showbiz news ticker. more stories making news right now.