Rosie O'Donnell reveals she will return to 'The View' for anniversary, details tension with Whoopi Goldberg


Rosie O'Donnell revealed Monday that she plans to return to "The View" for its 30th anniversary season during a podcast interview and explained why she hasn't appeared much since exiting her co-host position.During an interview on "The Tangle" podcast with host Kyle Ridley, the former co-host of the liberal talk show was asked if "The View" had asked her to be a guest on the show.O'Donnell detailed a tense moment she had with co-host and moderator Whoopi Goldberg the last time she was on the show."They've asked me before, but you know, when I was there last, I had sort of a tense time with Whoopi," she said. "I admire her EGOT status, I have respect for her, and I expected that we would be like, you know, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth and then shooting, and, you know, leading the team to victory.
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Rosie O'Donnell revealed Monday that she plans to return to "The View" for its 30th anniversary season during a podcast interview and explained why she hasn't appeared much since exiting her co-host position.During an interview on "The Tangle" podcast with host Kyle Ridley, the former co-host of the liberal talk show was asked if "The View" had asked her to be a guest on the show.O'Donnell detailed a tense moment she had with co-host and moderator Whoopi Goldberg the last time she was on the show."They've asked me before, but you know, when I was there last, I had sort of a tense time with Whoopi," she said. "I admire her EGOT status, I have respect for her, and I expected that we would be like, you know, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth and then shooting, and, you know, leading the team to victory. But that's not exactly what happened."ROSIE O'DONNELL OPEN TO RETURNING TO 'THE VIEW,' LAMENTS 'THEY HAVEN'T ASKED ME'"And I think maybe she felt encroached upon in some way, and I was not trying to encroach," O'Donnell continued. "I was just doing it the way that I knew how to do it, and it didn't go so well."O'Donnell said the two have moved past the tension but that she didn't want to go back on and make it awkward."She's a woman who supports women, as am I," she said.
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- Rosie O'Donnell revealed Monday that she plans to return to "The View" for its 30th anniversary season during a podcast interview and explained why she hasn't appeared much since exiting her co-host position.During an interview on "The Tangle" podcast with host Kyle Ridley, the former co-host of the liberal talk show was asked if "The View" had asked her to be a guest on the show.O'Donnell detailed a tense moment she had with co-host and moderator Whoopi Goldberg the last time she was on the show."They've asked me before, but you know, when I was there last, I had sort of a tense time with Whoopi," she said. "I admire her EGOT status, I have respect for her, and I expected that we would be like, you know, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth and then shooting, and, you know, leading the team to victory.
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