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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 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.




