“She had the talking points”: Rosie O’Donnell claims “The View” favoritism for Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Though O’Donnell was once dubbed “Queen of Nice” when she hosted her own syndicated daytime talk show, “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” she maintained that she was actually quite the opposite:

“It wasn’t a horrible thing to be called, but I didn’t think it was accurate,” O’Donnell said. “I don’t think anyone who ever saw my standup in my heyday would think that I was nice. I went after Woody Allen and I went after sexism . . . and I cursed. I was definitely not the ‘Queen of Nice.'”

Nevertheless, she did believe “The View” constantly made her to remind the others to have a humane and respectful attitude.

“I know this, it’s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness. It was not something I’d ever do again,” she explained, adding that she remained on good terms with show creator Barbara Walters while she was both on and off the roundtable:  

“Barbara and I got along after, we went out to dinner, we knew each other way before I did that show, before she asked me to do it, and we remained friendly toward the end. I forgave her, because she was older and did the best that she could with what she had to work with, but it’s nothing I’d want to do again, I can say that.”