(NewsNation) — Elisabeth Hasselbeck is emotionally firing back at Rosie O’Donnell, who recently referenced their fight on “The View” nearly two decades ago.
In a series of now-deleted Instagram Stories, Hasselbeck told the comedian to “stop the madness” after O’Donnell made new comments about their infamous fight that she claims was “a setup” by producers of the show, according to Entertainment Weekly.
O’Donnell appeared on the Australian radio show "Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel" and said she "bent over backwards" for Hasselbeck before her coworker questioned her patriotism on air.
She believed the on-air fight, which was shown on split screen, was planned.
"That was prepared so the whole thing, I think, was a setup," O'Donnell said. "Our producer is not an on-the-fly kind of guy. He wasn’t,