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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Tearfully Rebukes Rosie O’Donnell Over 2007 ‘The View’ ‘Setup’ Claim

Her now-deleted Instagram videos dispute O’Donnell’s unverified claim that producers engineered the show’s 2007 split-screen confrontation.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O’Donnell.
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Overview

  • Rosie O’Donnell said on Australia’s Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel that the infamous split-screen clash was prepared by producers, citing the late Bill Geddie.
  • In clips viewed by Entertainment Weekly and Entertainment Tonight, Elisabeth Hasselbeck urged O’Donnell to “stop the madness” and “stop the lying,” said she tried calling her, and claimed ABC made her apologize after the 2007 spat.
  • Hasselbeck invited O’Donnell to meet in person in Nashville and told her to “come back to America,” noting O’Donnell moved to Ireland earlier this year.
  • People reported O’Donnell’s rep had no comment, The View declined to comment, and there is no independent evidence corroborating the producer “setup” allegation.
  • The May 2007 on-air argument ended in a split-screen shouting match, and two days later ABC announced O’Donnell had asked to be released from her contract.