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‘Bye Felicia’ Veteran journalist Robin Roberts ‘super shades’ sacked presidential aide Omarosa manigault

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3 id&equals;"ext-gen110"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;808080&semi;"><em><strong>Good Morning America roast<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Bye Felicia&comma;&&num;8217&semi;&period;  Go &&num;8216&semi;sell ya story&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Two day after she was &&num;8216&semi;thrown&&num;8217&semi; out of the White House Omarosa Manigault Newman sat down for a friendly interview with ABC&&num;8217&semi;s Michael Strahan in which she disputed all reports that she was fired from the White House on Tuesday <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">News making the rounds Wednesday was that Trump&&num;8217&semi;s Director for Communication on Public Liaison&comma; was<strong> escorted kicking and screaming vulgarities and abuse after she was fired Tuesday&comma; by White House Chief Of Staff&comma; Gen&period; John Kelly<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>On GMA Thursday Omarosa&comma; 43&comma; who is allegedly&comma; highly despised by colleagues&comma; insisted she resigned and was never ejected or escorted out<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Veteran broadcaster Robin Roberts  showed her disgust for the former Trump aide&&num;8217&semi;s smugness after the &&num;8216&semi;Good Morning America&&num;8217&semi; appearance <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Roberts showed her disdain for Omarosa Manigault Newman after the Trump aide stopped by GMA on Thursday&comma; and shadily notes that the Trump aide will soon be &&num;8216&semi;selling her story&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;She said she has a story to tell and I&&num;8217&semi;m sure she&&num;8217&semi;ll be selling that story&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Roberts <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Roberts then paused for a beat&comma; looked directly at the camera&comma; and said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Bye Felicia&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">That line comes from the 1995 film Friday&comma; in which Felisha is a minor character who is widely disliked by the main characters <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Early Wednesday another journalist Angela Rye going after the wrote &&num;8216&semi;Bye girl&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rye said after learning Omarosa was out at the White House &&num;8211&semi; &&num;8216&semi;Good bye&comma; good riddance&comma; good bye&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-286839" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Michael-Strahan-interviews-Omarosa-Manigault-right-Newman-on-abc-1-&period;png" alt&equals;"Michael Strahan interviews Omarosa Manigault &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; Newman on abc 1 &period;png" width&equals;"676" height&equals;"387" &sol;><strong>Fired presidential aide Omarosa Manigualt Newman &lbrack;right&rsqb; sat down for an interview with ABC&&num;8217&semi;s Michael Strahan on GMA&period; She disputed all reports that she was fired or escorted out from the White House on Tuesday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Veteran broadcaster Robin Roberts made no attempt to hide her disdain for guest Omarosa Manigault on Thursday after she appeared on Good Morning America&period; Making her public debut on Abc&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;Good Morning America&&num;8217&semi;&comma; 48 hours after her rumoured firing and forcible ejection from the White House on Tuesday night&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The former Trump political aide sat down with Michael Strahan for her first interview since reports emerged that she was fired from the White House&comma; and managed to tell her side of the story with no real push back from the ABC morning show co-host&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Manigault Newman&&num;8217&semi;s smugness and versioning of events in that &&num;8216&semi;friendly&&num;8217&semi; chat proved to be too much for Roberts however&comma; especially after the sit-down wrapped and Strahan joked&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t know if she&&num;8217&semi;s ever going to have a relationship with &lbrack;President Trump&rsqb;&period; Fourth time could be the charm&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Related&colon; &ZeroWidthSpace;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;13&sol;omarosa-fired-from-trump-white-house-lightening-rod-failed-to-deliver-diversity-inroad-for-prez-moore-election-outcome-final-straw&sol;" rel&equals;"bookmark">Omarosa FIRED from Trump White House&excl; lightening rod failed to deliver diversity inroad for prez – Moore election outcome&comma; final straw<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-286841" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Trump-thanks-Omarosa-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Trump thanks Omarosa 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"867" height&equals;"272" &sol;><strong>Donald Trump tweets his appreciation of Manigault&&num;8217&semi;s service&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Thank you Omarosa for your service&excl; I wish you continued success&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Roberts responded by coolly turning her face towards George Stephanopoulos and saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;She said she has a story to tell and I&&num;8217&semi;m sure she&&num;8217&semi;ll be selling that story&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The legendary newswoman then paused for a beat&comma; looked directly at the camera&comma; and said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Bye Felicia&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A line made famous in the 1995 film Friday&comma; in which Felisha is a minor character who is widely disliked by the main characters portrayed by Ice Cube and Chris Tucker&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ice Cube utters the famous line while Tucker shows Felisha away when she asks the two to borrow their car and have a joint in the film&period; The unwanted gadfly would often be dismissed and depart with a chorus of &&num;8216&semi;Bye Felisha&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It has gained prominence over the past decade as a way of dismissing unwanted and disliked individuals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-286840" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Robin-Roberts-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Robin Roberts 1&period;png" width&equals;"702" height&equals;"428" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>&&num;8216&semi;Bye Felicia&&num;8217&semi;&colon;  Robin Roberts dismissed Omarosa Manigault after the Trump aide stopped by Good Morning America on Thursday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Manigault Newman would not share her entire story with Strahan about her dismissal from the White House&comma; preferring to smugly insinuate &&num;8216&semi;as the only senior African-American Woman there&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she continued &&num;8216&semi;I have seen things that have made me uncomfortable&comma; that have upset me&comma; that have affected me deeply and emotionally that has affected my community and my people and when I can tell my story&comma; it is a profound story that I know the world will want to hear&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was that claim which appeared to set Roberts off and prompt her later comment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Roberts also sent out tweets teasing every single interview on GMA Thursday except Manigault&&num;8217&semi;s earlier in the morning&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In her interview with Strahan&comma; the sacked presidential adviser repudiated reports that she made a scene while being escorted from the White House grounds this week as &&num;8216&semi;100 percent false&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and questioned why no photos or video of the alleged ruckus had surfaced if that was the case&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She claims that she resigned after a conversation with White House chief of staff John Kelly about some of her concerns and  will remain on the staff through the administration&&num;8217&semi;s one-year mark&period; She alluded to seeing and hearing things during her 11 months in the White House that made her unhappy and uncomfortable&comma; but declined to give specific examples&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-286753" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Omarosa-and-Donald-Trump-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Omarosa and Donald Trump 1" width&equals;"727" height&equals;"445" &sol;><strong>Omarosa &lbrack;photo&comma; Sept 2016&rsqb; with Donald Trump&comma; said she would be staying will stay on funtil Jan 20&comma; before departing her position in the White House &period; Sources contradicted this narrativ&comma; maintaining severence of her service was immediate and final<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>Just as President Trump tweeted&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Thank you Omarosa for your service&excl; I wish you continued success&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Manigault maintains &colon; &&num;8216&semi;I resigned and I didn&&num;8217&semi;t do that in the residence as being reported&comma; John Kelly and I sat down in the situation room&comma; which is a very secure&comma; very quiet room in the White House and we had a very candid conversation&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she explained to Strahan&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;But when I have a chance to tell my story&comma; Michael&comma; quite a story  to tell as the only African-American woman in this White House&comma; as a senior staff and assistant to the president&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Roberts is not the first commentator to dismiss Omarosa in the wake of her firing&comma; with political pundit Angela Rye going after the former Apprentice star on CNN Wednesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Bye girl&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rye said after learning Omarosa was out at the White House&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Good bye&comma; good riddance&comma; good bye&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile Wednesday night President Trump meanwhile tweeted&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Thank you Omarosa for your service&excl; I wish you continued success&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Omarosa Manigault who got married a few months ago and added the last name Newman who worked for Vice President Gore&&num;8217&semi;s office during the 90s&comma; was named communications director for the Office of Public Liaison in the White House soon after the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is reportedly&comma; one of the highest paid positions in the administration&comma; with Omarosa taking home &dollar;179&comma;000 a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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