Rosie O'Donnell Says 'The View' Hasn't Invited Her Back - and Is Still Holding a 20-Year Grudge

In an apparent change of heart, Rosie O'Donnell says she'd be open to guest-hosting The View - despite previously insisting she had no interest in returning while Whoopi Goldberg remained at the table.

During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, O'Donnell was asked whether she'd follow former co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck's lead and return to the panel. O'Donnell said she'd be willing to do it, adding, "but they haven't asked me."

The comment marks a notable shift from O'Donnell's stance in 2020, when she said she wasn't interested in returning to The View as long as Goldberg occupied a seat.

"I think we all agreed ... that it was better for everyone. Whoopi really didn't like me," she said during an interview with Howard Stern (via Entertainment Weekly).

O'Donnell also took a swipe at Hasselbeck's recent return, arguing that "in the time of Trump," the former co-host is exactly the "perfect person they want on TV spouting their rhetoric."

And while nearly two decades have passed since their infamous on-air feud, O'Donnell made it clear she's still holding a grudge over one aspect of their explosive final clash. Referring to the split-screen broadcast used during the confrontation, she said, "I'm still annoyed," before adding, "Mommy knows how to hold a grudge."

The grievance isn't new. Last year, O'Donnell suggested the split-screen was orchestrated, despite what she described as a genuine friendship she and Hasselbeck had developed behind the scenes during their time on The View.

"Like, I bent over backwards for this woman, and here she was comin' at me on national TV about whether or not I was patriotic," she told People in 2025. "It felt to me like I was on a basketball team of five women and one of them kept tripping me on my way to the hoop."

O'Donnell said she had no idea producers planned to broadcast the fight using a split-screen.

"And, you know, our producer [was] not an on-the-fly kind of guy," she remarked, referring to the late Bill Geddie. "He wasn't, like, Mr. Let's-go-to-a-split-screen. That was prepared. The whole thing, I think, was a setup."

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This story was originally published June 19, 2026 at 6:50 AM.