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Elisabeth Hasselbeck slams Rosie O’Donnell for ‘The View’ fight claims: ‘Stop the lying’

All is not so rosy for Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O’Donnell.

The conservative commentator has fired back at the comedian after the latter reignited claims that their infamous 2007 split-screen spat on “The View” was “a setup” by the show’s production team.

Hasselbeck, 48, began her response by praising former colleague and current “View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg for staying friendly despite their clashing social and political views.

Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during their infamous fight on "The View" in May 2007.
Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during their infamous fight on “The View” in May 2007. ABC
"The View" panel during Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck's infamous fight in May 2007.
“The View” panel during Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s infamous fight in May 2007. ABC

“This requires two sane people who have good hearts, who have different opinions, agreeing that we are God’s people and we’re just going to love each other through our opinions and let them be different without punishing the other person,” she said during a lengthy video shared to her Instagram Stories on Thursday, Oct. 10.

“This is possible,” the “Survivor” alum added. “It’s not possible with someone like Rosie O’Donnell, who time and time again wants to spread lies and hate.”

Although Hasselbeck claimed that she has “tried to call” O’Donnell to “close the yearbook” on their still-ongoing feud, O’Donnell has not returned her calls.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O'Donnell in New York City on November 9, 2006.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O’Donnell in New York City on November 9, 2006. FilmMagic
Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck in 2006.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O’Donnell in New York City on November 9, 2006. WireImage

The former “Fox & Friends” host then pressed O’Donnell to “stop lying” about their “View” fight nearly 20 years ago because “we’re all just trying our best.”

She also begged the “Flintstone” actress to “come back to America” and “enjoy your nation.” O’Donnell left the US for Ireland earlier this year following the re-election of President Donald Trump.

“Stop lying, stop, stop, and in the meantime, 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,” Hasselbeck said while fighting back tears.

Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during the latter's clash with Rosie O'Donnell on "The View" in May 2007.
Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during the latter’s clash with Rosie O’Donnell on “The View” in May 2007. ABC
Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on "The View" in 2007.
Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during the latter’s fight with Rosie O’Donnell on “The View” in May 2007. ABC

“Stop the madness, stop the lying, and just be free,” she continued. “I just pray God’s fire and glory around you so you can be protected from whatever is holding you back.”

“Come on, this is not how women should be,” Hasselbeck, who said O’Donnell was trying to “destroy” her character, concluded. “This is not what should be happening.”

The Post has reached out to O’Donnell’s reps for comment.

Rosie O'Donnell arrives in Australia ahead of her "Common Knowledge" show at the Sydney Opera House on October 06, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.
Rosie O’Donnell ahead of her “Common Knowledge” show at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on October 6, 2025. Getty Images for Tinderbox Productions
Rosie O'Donnell arrives in Australia ahead of her "Common Knowledge" show at the Sydney Opera House on October 06, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.
Rosie O’Donnell before her “Common Knowledge” show at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on October 6, 2025. Getty Images for Tinderbox Productions

The pair’s dispute began in May 2007 when O’Donnell, during an episode of “The View,” suggested that US troops were terrorists because of all the Iraqi deaths committed during the Iraq War.

Hasselbeck promptly responded to her then-fellow co-host, and the debate devolved into a nasty, show-stopping back-and-forth between the pair.

O’Donnell reflected on the incident earlier this week during a sit-down on the “Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel” podcast.

Rosie O'Donnell during a podcast.
Rosie O’Donnell during a sit-down on the “Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel” podcast. Ricki-Lee & Tim Joel/TikTok
Rosie O'Donnell during a podcast.
Rosie O’Donnell during a chat on the “Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel” podcast. Ricki-Lee & Tim Joel/TikTok

“I can not believe that this woman, after all I did for her, because when I took that job, I made one commitment to myself, that I was not going to be her enemy, that I was going to meet her as a person,” she said of Hasselbeck.

“It felt to me like I was on a basketball team of five women, and one of them kept tripping me on the way to the hoop,” she added.

The comedian went on to claim that the now-iconic split-screen clash was an inside job organized by then-producer Bill Geddie, who passed away in July 2023.

Rosie O'Donnell during her infamous spat with Elisabeth Hasselbeck on "The View" in May 2007.
Rosie O’Donnell during her infamous spat with Elisabeth Hasselbeck on “The View” in May 2007. ABC

Elisabeth Hasselbeck during her clash with Rosie O'Donnell on "The View" in May 2007.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck during her clash with Rosie O’Donnell on “The View” in May 2007. ABC

“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 charged. “So, the whole thing, I think, was a setup.”

Although O’Donnell departed “The View” in the wake of her and Hasselbeck’s on-air fight, she returned as a panelist from 2014 to 2015 before leaving for good.

Hasselbeck, meanwhile, remained on the ABC daytime talk show until 2013, although she later returned as a guest co-host in 2022.