Its official -- Rosie ODonnell is returning as a host for The View. The show tweeted out the news today saying, ABC confirms Rosie ODonnell returns as co-host of #TheView w/ moderator Whoopi Goldberg for Season 18. The host is back after being on the show before from 2006 to 2007. While on the show, she famously clashed with Donald Trump and even some former View co-hosts like Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Read: Jenny McCarthy, Sherri Shepherd on Exiting The View Watch: Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy Leaving The View Since leaving The View, ODonnell has had her own show on Oprah Winfreys network The Rosie Show and appeared in scripted shows like Smash and Drop Dead Diva. ODonnell, 52, is a 5-time Emmy nominee, winning in 1999. She made two appearances on The View as a guest in 2014, once in February and later in the year for a reunion show to celebrate the retirement of Barbara Walters. She will join Whoopi Goldberg as the only other host that is coming back next season. In addition to Walters retirement in May, Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd both announced last week that they were not coming back either.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:05:01 +0000