News about Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Rosie O'Donnell, 61, first appeared on the show in 2006 before being forced to leave by co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck a year later. "I finished the show, got my jacket, walked out, and said, "I'm not going back" - and it wasn't until a few years later that they asked me to return.' The mother-of-two will return to the show in 2014 before abandoning for good in 2015. "I know this: It's not the right use of my talent to be in a competition where I have to argue and defend basic values of humanity and kindness,' she said. Despite the scandal surrounding her appearance on the program, O'Donnell argued she'forgave' long-time show runner Barbara Walters, who had begged the actress to join, and said they were 'friendly' at the time of Walters' death in December.