Big surprise: Rosie O'Donnell leaves "The View" in a huff

Really, it had to happen this way, didn't it? Rosie O'Donnell's time on "The View" is ending not with a handshake or a whimper, but with snarling and growling and hurt feelings all around. Plus a note of jerkwad triumph from Donald Trump. They're trying to put a good face on it, but Rosie's leaving her TV pals three weeks before the end of her contract because, well, they're just sick of each other.

It all makes more sense than the make-nice, smile-for-the-camera, "Rosie is moving on" announcement a couple of weeks ago when both sides said, gosh darn it, they just couldn't reach a deal for her to continue. The big dust-up Rosie had with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck earlier this week was the last straw. They may have touched on war and politics, but the real subject was their mutual loathing.

Give Me My Remote has the statement - and the video of their fight. And E! Online has a good version of the whole story, including the scoop on Rosie's head writer drawing moustaches on pictures of Hasselbeck around the office.