In it, the conservative television personality can be heard threatening to quit the daytime talk show backstage after an on-air debate went off the rails. Surprising new audio reveals that long before Elisabeth Hasselbeck left “ The View ” in 2013, she tried to dramatically quit during a commercial break in 2006. “Elisabeth, calm down, dear,” the legendary broadcaster told Hasselbeck on-air. “Fuck that!” Hasselbeck screamed backstage, according to the audio recording of the exchange, which can be heard above. “Well, that’s ridiculous,” Walters said after hearing her co-host wanted to quit after the on-air exchange.

Source: Huffington Post April 05, 2019 20:03 UTC