EW has learned that McCain and O’Donnell initially spoke during intermission at a “Frozen” performance on Broadway.
“Ive always got along with [O’Donnell].
She was actually the first person that warned meThe Viewis a cesspool,” McCain added.

Meghan McCain and Rosie O’Donnell on ‘The View’.Credit:Lou Rocco/ABC; Ida Mae Astute/ABC
She’s not skinny either.
She’s been through a lot and is open.
I think if you’re raw and open, people will respond to it."

Rosie O’Donnell and Barbara Walters on ‘The View’.Steve Fenn/ABC
“I didn’t know,” Hostin told EW with a laugh.
“I didn’t know anything happened.
I’m not on social media like that.
I guess I’ll give her a call.
Maybe she broke up with me and I don’t know it.
I don’t know what to say.
I dont think anything happened!”
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Listen to McCain discuss O’Donnell and her time on the show above.