Rosie O'Donnell Opens up About<br />Tension With Whoopi Goldberg Details of the feud<br />have been revealed<br />in Ramin Setoodeh’s<br />new book, 'Ladies<br />Who Punch: The<br />Explosive Inside<br />Story of The View.' Their first clash was<br />in 2009 when O’Donnell<br />disagreed with Goldberg’s<br />defense of director Roman Polanski. Goldberg supposedly sent O’Donnell<br />an “angry letter” as a result, to which<br />O’Donnell responded diplomatically. O’Donnell’s return to ‘The View'<br />in 2014 was reportedly the <br />second instance of their conflict. She claims that any contributions<br />she offered were met with<br />hostility by Goldberg and that<br />the tension was apparent onscreen. Rosie O'Donnell, via 'People' Staffers on the show also added<br />that O’Donnell would openly complain<br />about Goldberg to guests on the show. She called Goldberg’s treatment<br />of her “the worst experience <br />[she’s] ever had on live television.” O’Donnell left ‘The View’<br />in February of 2015, citing<br />her family and health as<br />reasons for her departure.
