Putting an end to rumors, Rosie O’Donnell said she will leave ‘The View’ in June after less than a year of feuds, headlines and higher ratings for ABC. O’Donnell said she and ABC couldn’t agree on a new contract, she wanted one more year, ABC wanted to lock her up for three. So she said she decided to leave, although she will appear occasionally next season for special assignments. O’Donnell made more than $3 million for her season on ‘The View’ and ABC was willing to spend more to keep her, but wanted a three-year deal so it didn’t have to worry about her as a potential competitor. She could easily command her own talk show for much more money. She was making some $30 million a year before ‘The Rosie O’Donnell Show’ shut down in 2002.”It just didn’t work,” she said, “and that’s show biz. But it’s not sad because I loved it here and I love you guys and I’m not going away.’ O’Donnell has helped increase the talk show’s audience by about a half-million a day. But her outspokenness has caused continual controversy, including a nasty name-calling feud with Donald Trump that placed ‘The View’ creator Barbara Walters squarely in the middle.’We have had, to say the least, an interesting year,” Walters said. But she said O’Donnell’s exit is “not my doing or my choice.” Despite all the controversy, or maybe because of it, O’Donnell was good business for ABC. Through mid-April, ‘The View’ has averaged 3.5 million viewers since O’Donnell joined.

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