Overview

• O'Donnell made the allegation on the Australian Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel show on Oct. 7, with clips circulating widely on TikTok.
• She named the show's late co-creator Bill Geddie, saying he was not an on-the-fly producer and would have planned the split-screen in advance.
• The 2007 exchange over the Iraq War escalated into a roughly 10-minute, then-unprecedented split-screen shouting match and was followed two days later by ABC announcing O'Donnell had asked to be released from her contract.
• People reports The View declined to comment, and multiple outlets say representatives for Hasselbeck have not responded to requests for comment.
• Coverage notes O'Donnell's claim that she and Hasselbeck had a cordial off-camera relationship at the time, as mixed fan reactions resurfaced online.