Executive producer Bill Wolff had to call them both in and order them to calm down,” a source tells us. And, she added, “There is no power struggle.” 
 
 But ABC also flatly denied our reports this summer that executive producer Bill Geddie would leave the show. On Tuesday, token Republican Wallace, a former George W. Bush spokesperson, and human wrecking ball O’Donnell clashed on-air after Wallace claimed President Obama “doesn’t love people.” O’Donnell swung back, “When Kanye West says, ‘I don’t think President Bush cares about black people,’ it’s like an international incident. “The fact that I look so different has been difficult and unexpected,” she told ABC News, “but it’s also filled with a lot of emotional turbulence, you wouldn’t expect.” 
 
 O’Donnell said that people falsely assume “that obese people would just be jumping for joy that they were healthier and thinner and able to fit into store-bought sizes, we don’t have to go to the plus store.” 
 
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 Despite the discomfort in her own skin, O’Donnell — who suffered a heart attack scare two years ago — said the aftermath of the procedure has generally marked a change for the better, as it was an issue she and wife Michelle Rounds throughly discussed. “The stress of that as well as being as big as I was, as well as being so depleted in every way, I had a massive heart attack. The View’s Rosie O’Donnell said that she’s still having trouble adjusting to her new physique after shedding as many as 50 pounds after undergoing a procedure called a vertical gastric sleeve, which limits her appetite. “I’ll say, ‘Honey, I don’t need to know.’” 
 
 The new panel of co-hosts will all meet for the first time this week, just five days before their first live show. But you can say that you don’t think Obama likes people?” 
 
 Their heated conversation continued off-camera: “Rosie and Nicole were still going at it after the cameras stopped rolling.
– It was only a matter of time before drama erupted between the new panel of ladies on The View—but apparently "time" here means a whole two days. The season premiered Monday, and by Tuesday, there was trouble, according to Page Six. It started on-air, when Republican co-host Nicolle Wallace said President Obama "doesn't love people." Rosie O'Donnell responded, "When Kanye West says, 'I don't think President Bush cares about black people,' it's like an international incident. But you can say that you don't think Obama likes people?" It didn't end there: A source says the two continued arguing even after filming stopped. "Executive producer Bill Wolff had to call them both in and order them to calm down," the source continues, though an ABC rep flatly denies the account. But in a recent Variety interview, O'Donnell revealed that even the audition process for the new panel was rather contentious: "It was very much like the Hunger Games," she said, describing candidates, including Wallace, having to engage in mock debates with herself and Whoopi Goldberg. "I think Whoopi and I were both a little shocked at having to do a chemistry test," she added. "I don't know if there's a way to test that. It felt very negative and competitive." O'Donnell returned to the panel after a 50-pound weight loss—click for before and after photos.