Rosie O’Donnell has revealed how a seemingly routine commercial break helped turn her second stint on The View into a tense experience with Whoopi Goldberg. O’Donnell suggested that Goldberg may have “felt encroached upon” even though she had never intended to challenge her position. O’Donnell visited Goldberg at her home, where the two shared lunch and discussed how they would approach the season together. Entertainment Weekly reported that no formal invitations had gone out and that the show had no current plans for O’Donnell to return. She returned in September 2014 alongside Goldberg, Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace before leaving again the following February.