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Rosie O'Donnell Reflects on Infamous Elisabeth Hasselbeck Fight
O'Donnell claims the 2007 fight was orchestrated by producers and involved a politically charged debate that led to her departure from The View.
- Rosie O'Donnell claimed on Monday that her 2007 on-air fight with Elisabeth Hasselbeck was staged by producers, saying `Our producer is not an on-the-fly kind of guy... That was prepared` during an appearance on Nova's Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel radio program.
- During the 2007 debate, The View hosts clashed on May 23, 2007 over American troops in Iraq in a roughly 10-minute shouting match, and O'Donnell asked to be released from her contract soon after.
- O'Donnell accused late producer Bill Geddie of knowing the fight would occur and said `Our producer is not an on-the-fly kind of guy. He wasn't like, 'Mr. Let's go to a split screen.' That was prepared`.
- Feeling betrayed, Rosie O'Donnell recalled their friendship ended when Elisabeth Hasselbeck attacked her on national TV, saying `Like, I bent over backwards for this woman, and here she was comin' at me on national TV about whether or not I was patriotic`.
- Earlier this year, O'Donnell said she moved to a European nation and is applying for Irish citizenship, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck and The View have not commented on O'Donnell's recent remarks.
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Comedian Roșie O’Donnell has dusted off her infamous argument with Republican Elizabeth Hasselbeck to explain what was happening behind the scenes.While on the Australian radio show Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel, the 63-year-old progressive former talk show host claimed that her blowout fight with Hasselbeck on The View in 2007 was orchestrated by late producer Bill Geddie.“Our producer is not an on-the-fly kind of guy, he wasn’t mister like, ‘Let’s go …
Rosie O'Donnell: Fight With Elisabeth Hasselbeck on 'The View' Was a 'Setup'
Rosie O’Donnell said her explosive 2007 on-air fight with Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View was staged by producers, claiming the split-screen setup proved it was planned and left her feeling betrayed after believing they were friends.
Rosie O’Donnell: Fight With Elisabeth Hasselbeck on ‘The View’ Was a ‘Setup’
Rosie O'Donnell has claimed that her infamous 2007 on-air clash with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on "The View" was orchestrated in advance by the show's producers. Appearing on the "Ricki-Lee, Tim and Joel" podcast, O'Donnell said she now believes the heated exchange, which centered on the Iraq war and aired in May 2007, was deliberately staged. She pointed to the show's use of a split-screen format during the segment as evidence that it had be…
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