Rosie O Lets Donald Have It ... Again

So much for letting bygones be bygones. It seems the flare-up between chat-fest host Rosie O'Donnell and real estate developer Donald Trump has, well, flared up again.

As Emcee at yesterday's Matrix Awards in New York, Rosie certainly embarrassed more than a few of the 2,000 guests being honored in the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom.

She dropped the F-bomb more than once, causing guest Barbara Walters to lower her head on the dais and cover her face with her hand. Rosie lit into a mini-rant about Donald Trump, and ended it by grabbing her crotch and shouting, "Eat me!" She went on to say that she was sad when Trump called her "disgusting" and "fat" because, "it was always my dream to give an old, bald billionaire a boner." Lovely, Rosie. Truly a class act all the way.

The annual luncheon of N.Y. Women in Communications was honoring Cindy Adams, Meredith Vieira, Joan Didion, Susan Lyne, Arianna Huffington and Lisa Caputo, among others, and counted News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, Joy Behar, Nora Ephron, Martha Stewart and Sen. Hillary Clinton as presenters. Also in the audience were 17 young high school girls who had won scholarships to pursue media careers.

"I was offended by how vulgar and common O'Donnell was," said Robert Zimmerman, a Democrat active in progressive causes. "It was especially inappropriate with young people present."

Brandon Holley, editor-in-chief of Jane magazine, said, "I wasn't personally offended, but I thought it was fun to watch other people be offended."

"I cringed and dove under the table when she said, 'Eat me,' " said one woman attendee who wished to remain anonymous.

Also in the audience were Judith Giuliani, her predecessor Donna Hanover, Judge Judy Sheindlin, Helen Gurley Brown, Sue Simmons, Geri Laybourne of Oxygen Media, Jane Friedman of HarperCollins, and Hearst president Cathie Black.

O'Donnell's publicist, Cindi Berger, told us: "When you ask for Rosie, you know what you're getting. She's not a shrinking violet. She's a stand-up comedienne. She says things that are provocative."

Surprisingly enough, N.Y. Women in Communications was happy with Rosie's performance. Their managing director, Beth Ellen Keyes, sent an e-mail to her handlers saying, "Rosie was fabulous. Please let Rosie know how much we appreciated her being there. She was just great."

Photo from NY Post.