Why Rosie O'Donnell skipped Barbara Walters tribute on 'The View' - Page Six

Rosie O’Donnell was not contiguous for “The View” co-hosts’ tribute to the precocious Barbara Walters connected Tuesday owed to scheduling conflicts.

“She was flying backmost and incapable to attend,” the “Rosie O’Donnell Show” alum’s rep tells Page Six connected Tuesday.

“She has posted fantastic memories of her narration with Barbara.”

Immediately aft Walters passed distant connected Dec. 30 astatine property 93, O’Donnell took to her Instagram to commemorate the iconic journalist.

“What a agelong and eventful legendary beingness she had,” the “League of Their Own” prima said.

Rosie O’Donnell was incapable to wage tribute to Barbara Walters connected “The View” due to the fact that she was engaged traveling, her rep claims.Rosie/Instagram

“I was fortunate capable to beryllium successful her orbit for a bully galore years and we saw a batch of Broadway shows unneurotic … May she remainder successful bid and whitethorn everyone retrieve conscionable what barriers she broke down for women. She truly did. She was the archetypal and volition ever beryllium remembered.”

A spokesperson for “The View” pointed retired to TV Line on Tuesday that they extended an invitation for O’Donnell to enactment successful an on-air tribute speech from her societal media post.

Walters died connected Dec. 30. Her origin of decease has not yet been revealed.Disney General Entertainment Con

On Tuesday’s episode, past and contiguous co-hosts of “The View,” including Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin, paid homage to the legendary newswoman.

“It was surreal,” Lisa Ling, who was a panelist connected “The View” alongside Walters from 1999 to 2022, said of her clip connected the show. “I had been watching Barbara each of my beingness and present she was sitting adjacent to maine connected my near and it was conscionable an unthinkable feeling.”

Sherri Shepherd, who was a co-host connected “The View” from 2007 to 2014, added that she felt Walters “ferociously” defended her portion connected the show.

In a abstracted segment, “View” veterans Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulos besides reminisced connected moving with Walters.

Meredith Vieira, who was a co-host connected “The View” from 1997 to 2006 and was the show’s archetypal moderator, called successful via the telephone since she was not feeling well.

“She’s sick — that’s wherefore she can’t beryllium here, but she’s a trooper. She’s connected the phone,” Behar pointed out.

Sara Haines added to Vieira, “I cognize that you didn’t privation to miss honoring Barbara.”

The longtime newswoman past went connected to recognition Walters for being the crushed the speech amusement got disconnected the ground, noting, “We had lousy ratings successful the beginning, but determination was specified respect for Barbara amongst the radical astatine ABC that they kept it going and look astatine it now.”

Elisabeth Hasselbeck could besides not beryllium contiguous successful the studio, but called successful via video conference and talked astir however she considered Walters her “TV mom” and “mentor.”

Viewers took to societal media during the show’s airing to telephone retired O’Donnell’s absence.

“I cognize the amusement has atrocious humor with Rosie O’Donnell, but it would’ve been bully if they’d included her today. #theview,” 1 person tweeted.

Another wrote, “I privation @Rosie was included connected the @TheView’s remembrance of Barbara Walters show. #TheView#RosieODonnell.”

“I was fortunate capable to beryllium successful her orbit,” O’Donnell said moments aft quality broke of Walters’ passing.Rosie/Instagram

Some speculated that the pair’s rocky narration successful the past whitethorn person played a relation successful O’Donnell’s decision.

However, the “Smilf” alum’s rep adds to Page Six, “They did NOT person a rocky relationship. It was repaired galore years ago.”

In 2019, it was reported that Walters erstwhile allegedly threatened to discontinue “The View” due to her grievances with the comedian.

However, O’Donnell owned up to her part successful the alleged feud successful the tell-all book, “Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View,” and admitted she “said immoderate things she shouldn’t have” to Walters.