Rosie O’Donnell rips LiLo’s casting as E...

Rosie O’Donnell rips LiLo’s casting as E...

 Lindsay Lohan is glad to get the chance to play Elizabeth Taylor, but Rosie O’Donnell is not a fan of that casting choice.

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Lindsay Lohan (r.) is glad to get the chance to play Elizabeth Taylor, but Rosie O’Donnell (l.) is not a fan of that casting choice.

It's months before Lindsay Lohan's comeback TV movie even starts filming, and Rosie O'Donnell is already panning it.

Joining the NBC's "Today" as a paneli st Tuesday, O'Donnell started off her first day with some fireworks while discussing Lohan's casting as Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime TV Movie, "Liz & Dick."

"I feel very sorry for Lohan," the former OWN Network host said. "I think she needs a lot of time away ... She's had a lot of trouble doing every single movie, including SNL. She was out and not in rehearsal. I think she's not in a place to work."

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When O'Donnell's "Today's Professionals" partner, Donny Deutsch called Lohan "our generation's Elizabeth Taylor," however, pity turned to anger.

"You're out of your mind! You're a crackhead! The last thing she did good she was 16," O'Donnell answered.

"Liz & Dick, the made-for-TV movie about Taylors torrid affair with actor Richard Burton during the making of Cleopatra, marks the 25-year-old's first major comeback role since 2010's "Machete". Last month, a judge ruled The Mea n Girls star had completed her supervised probation originating from a 2007 double-DUI case.

I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor, Lohan said in a statment. She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well. I am very honored to have been asked to play this role.

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