TheViewbombshells just keep coming.
According to Ramin Setoodeh’s book,Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View,former conservative co-hostElisabeth Hasselbeckonce tried to the quit in the middle of a commercial break after a fight withBarbara Walters, the legendary broadcaster who launched the daytime talk show in 1997.
The argument, which happened on Aug. 2, 2006, started while the panel was discussing a proposal from the FDA to allow the morning-after pill for over-the-counter consumption.
“F— that!” she screamed. “I’m not going to sit there and get reprimanded on the air. It’s not okay to sit there and get reprimanded on the air. What the f—? I’m not going back out there.”
As Behar tried to usher her into her office, Hasselbeck continued to fume.
Hasselbeck then stormed off to her dressing room. With just minutes left before the live program returned, the show’s executive producer Bill Geddie managed to convince her to return.
She sat down with Walters and the two women put their arms around each other as the show went live.
“The wonderful thing about this show is that we can have discussions that we feel very emotional about,” Walters said. “And we respect your opinions. I love your passion.”
“Thank you,” Hasselbeck said. “I respect yours as well. I love being here with you guys. I want to be able to be passionate.”
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Walters, 89, is not commenting on the audio. A rep forThe Viewhad no comment, either.
Hasselbeck, 41, addressed the news with a lengthy post on Instagram.
“I am quite humanly reactive. I used bad words when frustrated. I was pregnant with Taylor and a big conversation about the value and the lives of the unborn took place at the View,” she wrote. “It was a battle — but not of the flesh. I used fighting words because I believe that God decides the value of the lives of babies.”
“In he heat of the moment, when I felt the need to protect what I knew to be truth and had seen with my own eyes on ultrasound the LIFE in my own shell of a body — I used big battle words (one in particular that I am not proud of and am sorry for using in the heat of trying to defend the lives of the unborn),” she continued.
Hasselbeck’s new book,Point of View: A Fresh Look at Work, Faith, and Freedom, details her 10 years at the show. In it, she revealed that while “there were bonds of friendship formed around the table despite opposing views … there were also bonds broken because of those differing perspectives.”
The Viewairs weekdays (11 a.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
