Refusing to hold back, Elisabeth Hasselbeck unleashes on Rosie O’Donnell, accusing the comedian of lying about their infamous 2007 fight on The View.
During a recent appearance on the Ricki-Lee, Tim, & Joel podcast, O’Donnell claimed that the spat “was prepared” by the show’s then-producer Bill Geddie. She then said that she had “bent over backwards” for Hasselbeck before she questioned her patriotism in front of a live audience. The duo went back and forth with their heated argument, resulting in a split screen.
“That was prepared so the whole thing, I think, was a setup,” O’Donnell said while recalling the on-air incident. “Our producer is not an on-the-fly kind of guy. He wasn’t, like, Mr. Let’s-go-to-a-split-screen.”
Following the fight with Hasselbeck, O’Donnell asked to be let out