If you watch Regis & Kelly and/or the View, then you know what i'm talking about.

First off, let me say that I have always been a Clay Aiken Fan & not a big fan of Kelly Ripa. However, I felt incredibly uncomfortable the other day watching him make fun of her over and over on the show. I felt he was rude and out of line a number of times. I did not really even notice him putting his hand over her mouth to 'shut her up' during the interview with Emmitt because he had done so many things that felt to me to be out of line by that point. So by the end of the show that he was guest-hosting on, I was very shocked and disappointed by his behavior.
So then the next day, she talks about it to Regis. I agree with what she said but I was bothered by the way she said it. Does that make sense? I think her response was not well thought-out and don't think she came off very well after it.
Okay, so as soon as she gets done saying it, I said to DH (who is home sick) that Rosie will jump on this one on The View. Am I psychic or what???
But I never expected Rosie to take it as she did. I don't feel like anything that Kelly said was related to his sexual-orientation (whatever that may be). There are many people who just don't want to be touched on their face and especially on the mouth by someone who has been shaking hands with the public all morning. She said the next day to Regis that Clay's hand was cold and clammy and that sounds pretty stinkin gross to me and I woudln't want that covering my mouth as tightly as he did to hers. I believe Kelly did a wonderful job of defending her statements and her actions today when she called in to The View and I truly do not feel as though any thing she did or said had anything to do with his sexual orientation. He was out of line from the moment the show started and be it nervousness or trying to tease her like Regis does, it got out of hand very quickly.
I am a fan of Rosie's--however, I just don't seem this from her point of view. I don't see anything even remotely homophobic in Kelly's behavior/statements. Besides the fact that this is a person who has never said whether he's gay or not.

What a mess all of this has created. I just hope that Rosie will let it go. I bet she doesn't. The way she kept bringing it up later makes me think she's going to stir this one up for a while.

Did any of you watch any/all of this? What are your thoughts.....?