Rosie O’Donnell claims her blowout fight with Elisabeth Hasselbeck on “The View” in 2007 was a “setup.”
The comedian reflected on the shocking TV moment in a new interview on the “Ricki-Lee, Tim Joel” radio show , recalling how late producer Bill Geddie was not one to be caught off guard on live television.
“Our producer is not an on-the-fly kind of guy, he wasn’t mister like, ‘Let’s go to the split-screen.’ That was prepared,” O’Donnell alleged. “So, the whole thing, I think, was a setup.”
Page Six reached out to reps for ABC, “The View” and Hasselbeck for comment, but has not heard back.
The moment O’Donnell was referencing took place on May 23, 2007, when the “View” co-hosts were in the middle of a heated debate about America’s involvement in the Iraq war.
O’Donnell, now 63, ca