Mychal Watts/WireImageBack when Elisabeth Hasselbeck announced her departure from The View in 2013, little did she know that more big changes would soon be in store for the ABC program.
So was Hasselbeck aware of any of the changes when she announced her departure?
"No. No," the 37-year-old television personality, who celebrated her one-year anniversary on the cable show Fox & Friends on Tuesday, told Parade magazine in a new interview.
When asked to clarify whether she decided to leave before producers began to look for her replacement, the blond beauty chose to remain mum on what exactly went down behind closed doors (Sherri Shepherd was abruptly let go from The View after seven years on the show in July while Jenny McCarthy's exit followed shortly after).
"We say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas," she said. "I choose not to discuss any of that, because I like to honor the confidence and trust that I've been offered."
Meanwhile the cast, crew and hosts, including Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie Perez, Nicolle Wallace and Whoopi Goldberg—who is the only returning host from the previous season—are presumably celebrating the success of Monday's season 18 premiere, which marks the second-highest premiere on record since the show's inception in 1997.
The episode also marked O'Donnell's highly-anticipated return to the show after exiting the program in 2007 following her infamous feud with Hasselbeck, which led to the comic's premature exit from the series (Wallace and Perez are both new additions to the round table).
And despite ranting about Rosie's return on her show just two months ago, the conservative co-host, who appeared on the ABC talk show for 10 years, insisted that she has nothing but well wishes for the ladies over at The View.
"I reached out to Rosie for many years, including the day after everything happened," she told the publication, referring to the pair's on-air fight. "That's something I've talked about time and again. I was not met with a response, but I wish them well."
Still, that doesn't mean she sees eye-to-eye with Ms. O'Donnell nor does she have The View set to her DVR.
As for her response when asked why the producers brought Rosie back? "I have no clue," she said.
And in case you were hoping to hear her thoughts on the new format? Well, don't get your hopes up.
"I don't even know who's there. Isn't that terrible? I didn't even know they were starting Monday," she admitted in the interview, which was published on Tuesday but completed prior to the season 18 premiere. "Are they celebrating my one-year [anniversary]?"
While Hasselbeck may not be dishing out compliments in Rosie's direction, the busy mother of three had nothing but praise for former boss Barbara Walters, who bid a tearful farewell to The View back in May.
"I was so happy for Barbara," she said of the epic reunion show. "Barbara Walters is and has been a great mentor to me. We have a familial relationship. She taught me so much every day through her actions, her research, her commitment to curiosity. I love how she walks through history and asks questions through history, and I adore her. Professionally she has been such an ally for me, and tough on me like the best professor could be, and I love her. Those days for Barbara were breathtaking, because I just couldn't take my eyes off of her. I was so happy that everybody came to celebrate her, as they should. To see her wonderfully celebrated in all that she's done for women in broadcasting in every genre was a beautiful thing."
Meanwhile, Hasselbeck is relishing in her success at Fox & Friends and certainly isn't looking back in the rearview mirror. "Time flies when you have fun. That's my personal theme," she said when asked to reflect upon her first year on the show. "And really with the incredible team that Fox & Friends have been to me, I could not be more thrilled. The year went by quickly but the days felt full, in the best way."