More than a decade later, O’Donnell claimed her 2007 feud with Hasselbeck was staged by a The View producer.
“Our producer [was] not an on-the-fly kind of guy. He wasn’t like, Mr. Let’s-Go-To-a-Split-Screen.’ That was prepared. The whole thing, I think, was a setup,” she alleged during an October 2025 appearance on the Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel podcast.
After the interview, Hasselbeck tearfully clapped back at O’Donnell via since-expired Instagram Stories.
“And even maybe if you don’t stop, I still forgive you. And it can just be so much more free, Rosie, if you can just stop. Stop the madness, stop the lying and just be free,” she shared in one post, later adding, “I really hope that you can be released from whatever this is that’s causing you to cause such harm.”
Meanwhile, O’Donnell countered Hasselbeck’s claims and said she was “full of freedom and joy” despite her longtime foe’s concerns.
“Honey, this wasn’t about you or your character. It was about the truth of what happened, from my perspective. That’s it,” she said. “Hate to tell you, I don’t really think about you that much until an interviewer asks me.”
O’Donnell continued, “It’s not like I’m walking around going, ‘God, do you think Elisabeth will ever forgive me?’ I’m not. So don’t worry about me or my freedom or joy, and just enjoy your life, and I’m gonna do the same.”