... Rosie just said if a hot guy did it then she would do nothing.
Ripa's contention is what concerned her was "cold and flu" germs. Rosie was calling her on that by pointing out that if a hot straight guy put his hand on her mouth she wouldn't flip out.
She doesn't actually know what she would've or wouldn't have done.
You're right she doesn't know. Interestingly, though, your comment, "You don't mind if a hot guy kisses you but if someone as ugly as Clay did then it's a problem" supports the general validity of her point. Those were your words, not Ripa's, but it's exactly what Rosie meant.
Clay was also telling her she talked too much and needed to shut up.
From the clip I saw, she
was talking too much and should have shut up. She had a guest host on, it was his first time and he was nervous, and she wasn't letting him get a word in edgewise. As the host of the show she was being rude. Not that that warranted him putting his hand on her, but if the way she was behaving with Aiken was "warm," as she claims, her being "cold" would re-freeze melting glaciers.
I also noticed that both of the other guests laughed heartily when Aiken put his hand on Ripa's mouth; clearly they recognized his point and thought his way of dealing with it was funny. And so would everybody else if Ripa had simply shrugged it off, then privately told Aiken that wasn't cool.
I don't think you'd let someone you're not attractive to touch you, kiss you, do you.
First of all we're not talking about kissing or sex, we're talking about a guy playfully putting a hand over someone's mouth to indicate she's obnoxiously dominating the conversation.
Secondly, this: "You don't mind if a hot guy kisses you but if someone as ugly as Clay did then it's a problem." is just flat-out unkind. Being good looking provides so many perks that are denied to "ugly" people, is it really such a burden to be a little generous with those who are less attractive?
Would I let someone I'm not attracted to touch me, kiss me, do me? I wouldn't be any more reticent to let someone unattractive do it as someone who's hot.
Wouldn't you be mad if you were trying to say something and suddenly someone stops you by shoving their hand in your mouth?
He didn't shove it
in her mouth, he placed it
over her mouth. But, yes I would be annoyed. And I might say something like, "Don't do that." But I would not, if I were the one in power and in front of TV cameras, say, "I don't know where your hand's been, honey." I'm not saying what she said was a federal offense and maybe there was no homophobic intent behind it, but she was in a position of power and she used her power (not only in that moment but the next day on her own show and then calling into The View) to knock down someone without power who had merely expressed frustration in a slightly inappropriate way. He was nervous, he was trying to make his appearance on that show a success, she wasn't allowing him in at all, he'd tried to tell her that and she ignored that he'd even spoken, so he tried to do something playful to be heard. He went a little too far, but it did not warrant her hostile (and I agree with Rosie it could be interpreted as homophobic) response.
