Rosie O’Donnell is leaving the View, ABC’s daytime gabfest on air for the last ten years. She joined the show last fall to replace Meredith Vieira, who left to anchor NBC’s Today Show when Katie Couric took over the CBS Evening News.

It’s not entirely surprising that Rosie’s leaving. Her tenure, although a ratings-booster, was laden with controversy for her outspoken remarks: a feud with Donald Trump (and his hairpiece); insulting Asian-Americans; and accusing fellow daytime talker Kelly Ripa of homophobia to name a few.

At the same time, her outspokenness has been a trademark for years. About a year before her successful talk show began, she appeared in an HBO comedy special, where she spoke her mind on the events of the time. If memory serves, she was particularly vocal about the O.J. Simpson trial. Even on her talk show, Rosie would speak out on issues that were important to her, such as gun control and adoption. Granted, her remarks were a bit more palatable then.

Really, if people are surprised at the things Rosie said, they haven’t been paying attention very long.