Rosie O'Donnell Quits 'The View': Whoopi Goldberg, Nicolle Wallace Co-Star Leaves ABC Morning Talk Show Amid Behind-The-Scenes Drama

By Mitch Thorpe, Mstars News writer | Feb 08, 2015 04:06 PM EST

The View just got less insightful, as one of the panelists has decided to call it quits on the long running ABC talk show. Rosie O'Donnell has once again decided to walk away from the series in the wake of also revealing that her and her wife Michelle Rounds have deciding to end their marriage.

According to Radar Online, Rosie opened up about her work situation and her divorce, while she was promoting her new HBO special Rosie O'Donnell: A Heartfelt Stand Up.

"Stress is a major contributing factor to heart disease and heart attacks," Rosie told Entertainment Tonight. "You can't really minimize it so I'm having a lot of stressful situations in my family life at the moment and having stressful situations in my work environment, so something had to give," the star explained of her decision to leave The View.

While there have been rumors circling since O'Donnell joined that cast that there had been feuding between the ladies, it seems that this wasn't the reason she ultimately decided to leave.

"This is definitely about my heart," the talk show host explained "It's about [the] company of Disney being amazing. When I sat down with them and said, 'Here is the deal, this is what's been going on with me personally and professionally,' they were great... It's not about anybody else."

Rosie decided that she should use this time to focus on her health rather than on her job.

"Most easy way to accomplish the lessening of stress is to not go to work for right now," the star explained.

Whether or not this means that O'Donnell could be coming back to the cast in the future is something that fans will just have to wait and see.

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