Hasselbeck Reflects on Ugly ODonnell Clash

Hasselbeck Reflects on Ugly ODonnell Clash

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The most notorious moment in the history of was a blow out split-screen argument between hosts Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O'Donnell.

And now Hasselbeck, 48, is opening up about the explosive argument with O'Donnell, 63, on the morning chat news show that their .

Hasselbeck, a conservative on The View panel who broke out as a star on Survivor in 2001, and O'Donnell over the  War. 

Hasselbeck recently discussed the incident on The View's companion podcast Behind The Table as she said of the groundbreaking moment: 'It's wild, that split-screen moment. It determined something. It determined who was coming back.

'It was a stressful day. It's not a day that I love. It's a significant day because I can look back at it now with maturity and think my position would be the same.'

The former reality star did maintain that she would not have changed anything about the argument.

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 The most notorious moment in the history of The View was a blow out split-screen argument between hosts Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O'Donnell

And now Hasselbeck, 48, is opening up about the explosive 2007 argument with O'Donnell, 63, on the morning chat news show that their friendship ultimately never recovered from (the two are seen together in November 2006)

She said: '[I would've] maybe tried to be a little bit more physically calm, but I don't know. I was so passionate about the issue.

'For me, I think that I'm proud to have spoken on behalf of the military, and I'm proud that this is a program that allowed even that passion to be shared. It's ugly. It's not a fun thing to look at.'

Hasselbeck, a conservative on The View panel who broke out as a star on Survivor in 2001, and O'Donnell infamously fought on television over the Iraq War 

Hasselbeck recently discussed the incident on The View's companion podcast Behind The Table as she said of the groundbreaking moment: 'It's wild, that split-screen moment. It determined something. It determined who was coming back'

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The former reality star did maintain that she would not have changed anything about the argument

Hasselbeck did admit that the heated back-and-forth did take a toll on her at the time and that it affected her friendship with O'Donnell from then on as she said it had been civil up until that point

 The television personality took to her now expired Instagram Stories on October 9 to hit back at the comedian.

Earlier that week O'Donnell claimed during an interview on the Ricki Lee and Tim Joel radio show that a vicious argument she had in 2007 with her co-host Hasselbeck had allegedly been a 'setup' orchestrated by producers of The View.

In her new interview, O'Donnell admitted that she was hurt by Hasselbeck's alleged behind-the-scenes behavior and by the on-camera argument, as she thought they had established a solid friendship by that point; seen Monday in Sydney, Australia

O'Donnell later claimed to have had a non-sexual crush on Hasselbeck, which the conservative commentator called 'offensive and disturbing' in a subsequent appearance on Fox & Friends; seen on The View in 2019

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'There are not many, in my life, girls with such athletic talent on sports teams that are traditionally male that aren’t at least a little bit gay,' O'Donnell continued.

During a subsequent appearance on Fox & Friends, Hasselbeck said O'Donnell's comments were 'offensive and disturbing.' 

'I think her casting a stereotype on female athletes in what she said … and that all female athletes are a little bit gay … That’s an unfair stereotype and it seems selfish in a way and I think that it’s untrue,' she said.

On X (then Twitter), O'Donnell shot back: 'surely u recall b4 it all went wrong – i never objectified u – i did find u fantastic – broadway shows – my pool -we were friends once ❤️ god love ya kid – i always did.'

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