NEW YORK (AP) -- Rosie O'Donnell has fought her last fight at "The View."
ABC said Friday she won't be back on the show following her angry confrontation with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday.
O'Donnell asked for, and received, an early exit from her contract. She was due to leave "The View" in mid-June.
"Rosie contributed to one of our most exciting and successful years at 'The View,' " show creator Barbara Walters said. "I am most appreciative. Our close and affectionate relationship will not change."
In a statement, O'Donnell said she was grateful. "It's been an amazing year and I love all three women."
Presumably, that includes Hasselbeck. The two exchanged bitter words on Wednesday over O'Donnell's opposition to the war in Iraq. (Watch O'Donnell and Hasselbeck go at it)
They've frequently had snippy political exchanges during O'Donnell's year on the daytime chatfest, but never as long and loud as that one.
I saw it on the news the other day and they were really goin at it.. i thought Rosie was about to jump over the table and go after her.. but yeahh its true they have been arguin since Rosie came on the show
Like we didn't all see that coming..Even though she was controversial sometimes I thought she used to tell the truth..Ah well..I don't really watch it like that..But after the whole Trump thing I knew this was bound to happen..
I saw the fight on youtube and it was funny as hell! Rosie isn't at the top of my list but I like how blunt she is. In my opinion The View wasn't ready for that type of honesty so that whole thing was bound to fail. I used to watch The View when it first came on, actually I watched it all the way up until Star got engaged b/c I found it funny how at one point she was all "I don't need a man. I'll do what Oprah does" then 6 mos later everything out of her mouth was "Al this, Al that". Meredith's facial expressions used to be priceless. I never liked Elisabeth from jump b/c she's an airhead.