The View stars Rosie O'Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg had a backstage feud over how to handle the Bill Cosby and Ferguson, Missouri, issues, according to a report.
O'Donnell apparently wanted the show to delve deeper into both subjects during the alleged conflict last Wednesday, while Goldberg didn’t want to touch the topics at all, leading to a conflict between the two, reported the New York Daily News. Both the Cosby and Ferguson stories were eventually featured heavily on the show.
“There’s terrible frustration and there are problems,” a source close told the Daily News of the two stars allegedly butting heads over the issues.
“Whoopi didn’t want to talk about Cosby and Ferguson, Rosie (O‘Donnell) did — how could you not? These are topics that are uncomfortable for everyone, but it’s ’The View' and it’s their job to talk about topics that might make some people tense,” the person claimed.
The incident apparently left fellow host Rosie Perez “in tears,” said the article.
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“Rosie (O'Donnell) was yelling at everyone. First, she had a fight with Whoopi and then she had a fight with the producers,” said a staffer with the ABC show, per the Daily News.
Two other sources, however, downplayed the incidents and said O'Donnell is indeed “frustrated” but hasn’t “yelled at anyone for at least a month.”
