If you thought funnyman Don Rickles's zinger to The View's Elisabeth Hasslebeck was harsh try again! The comic made a pitstop by the ABC talk show to pimp er promote his book, The Rickles Letters, which is based on things he'd like to say to his friends and other celebs.

Pay attention to the 1:55-2:37 mark of the clip where Don and Joy banter. He pretty much threw fish grease on  Star Jones and nemisis er former boss Barbara Walters tries to play peace maker. Its official, Don's the man because he just put out the dirty laundry of that show without batting a eye! READ MORE

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Now like every other fan of The View , I too was left scratching my head as to what set off  Barbara Walters to check the former co-hosts of her show. Being curious, I decided to find out the root of all evil as my people say, that put the bitch-slapping of today's show in motion.

While the former View co-host  Rosie O'Donnell was out promoting her new variety show yesterday, Rosie Live which airs  Thanksgiving eve on NBC. O'Donnell had a reality check for those fans of the popular ABC gab fest that truly believe everything is all fine and dandy once the cameras stopped rolling.

According to O'Donnell,

Barbara wanted everyone to believe and think and act as if [the women on 'The View'] get along and are really good friends and happy and hang out together, and, you know, that's just not the reality.

I'm not saying they loathe each other, but the fact of the matter is there was not a lot of camaraderie off camera.

O'Donnell's comment combined with another ousted View member Star Jones remarks about her former colleagues in the latest Essence magazine READ MORE

Barbara Walters' Message For The Former Ladies Of The View
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Barbara Walters came out swinging in her oh-so-polite away saying that she "resents" a couple ex co-hosts dumping on The View for their own publicity.

Translation: The political season is over, what better way to keep ratings at all time highs than to take on the big R and big S again?

Oh yeah, Star's tough. She'll make a comeback!

Star Jones has about as much of a chance at a comeback as Vanilla Ice.

In case anyone missed it, Star Jones is weighing in on the presidential debates. At a reception she told ET Online "We need to know who is going to have the baton and we need to know who can handle pressure. … You don't want to see what the president is going to do when everything is calm and hunky dory. You want to see what they can do when it's stressful times. These are stressful times. He needs to step up, or shut up!"