Rosie's Not My Friend, Hasselbeck Says

In an interview with Access Hollywood scheduled to air this evening, The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck's breaks her silence on her public falling out with former colleague, Rosie O'Donnell.

Hasselbeck is asked if she's still friends with Rosie, "You know, truthfully, I think a friend is someone who you have positive communications with, so I don't know if I would define us as friends right now."

"I did define us as friends, but I'm not going to make the leap to assume that we will or will not be friends in the future," said Hasselbeck, 30.

The heated squabble between the co-hosts, broadcast live on a split-screen, led to O'Donnell's early departure from the ABC show. O'Donnell called Hasselbeck "cowardly" for not saying anything in response to talk-show critics who accused her of calling U.S. troops terrorists.

"We had so many conversations and a true friendship," says Hasselbeck. "If you looked at the big picture, I always looked at us on the same team, even though our politics were so different."

Last month, O'Donnell, 45, said in a video blog posted on her Web site that she had never tried harder to be friends with someone, but doesn't think she succeeded with Hasselbeck.

That was news to Hasselbeck, who says she had a close relationship with O'Donnell.

"She sent me two e-mails right after (the fight) and I sent her one back," she says. "It was a really great e-mail, so hearing these things after really surprises me."