AFTER I HAD A >> WAS FIRED.
THIS IS HER UNTOLD STORY.
I WILL BE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST
KNEW THIS BOOK WAS IN MY HEART,
I KNEW GOD WAS ASKING ME TO
WRITE ABOUT, I WILL WRITE THIS
BOOK, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO
THE VIEW TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IN FACT I WILL MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT IS A PLACE I
WON'T GO BECAUSE I THINK I HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF AN OPEN WOUND THEY
ARE.
AND WAS PROTECTIVE, PROBABLY IN
WAYS WITH MY OWN HEART.
THE PROCESS OF WRITING THE BOOK
AND TAKING THE TIME TO BE QUIET
TO SIT IN WORD AND GO BACK TO
THE ONES OF GRATITUDE ON THE
TIMES THAT GOD AFFORDED ME
THERE.
TEN YEARS AS A LONG TIME.
IT CHANGED MY HEART IN THE
PROCESS OF WRITING THE BOOK
WHERE I COULDN'T WAIT TO GO
THERE AND SHARE THE WORDS AND
THE TIME AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE
WOMEN I HAD WORKED WITH BEFORE.
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ROSIE O'DONNELL SAYS THAT
DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS
WERE ALWAYS MIXING IT UP, SHE
SAID I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF A CRUSH ON ELIZABETH.
SHE SAID IN SOME SMALL WAY MIGHT
THINK THAT FEELING WAS MUTUAL.
IT DOESN'T FEEL GREAT TO HAVE
SOMETHING BROUGHT AGAINST YOU.
HER FULL STATEMENT IN THE BOOK
WHICH NUMBER ONE CAN UNDERMINE
THE VALUE OF WOMEN AT A TABLE
HAVING PASSIONATE DEBATE ON
TOUGH ISSUES.
THERE IS A VALUE TO WOMEN AT THE
TABLE AND EVEN IN THE TITLE COME
I THINK IT UNDERMINES THE VALUE
OF A WOMAN'S VOICE ABOUT THESE
ISSUES.
IT IS NOT EASY TO DO THAT
EVERYDAY.
BUT I BELIEVE SUGGESTING FEMALE
ATHLETES BECAUSE OF THEIR
ATHLETIC GUEST, THEY WERE GREAT,
I BLACKED HOW TOUGH THEY ARE,
MUST BE A LITTLE BIT GAY.
THAT IS JUST NOT TRUE.
IT WOULD BE NOTHING SHORT OF
OBJECTIFYING WOMEN.
SO I DON'T THINK SHE GETS A PASS
WITH THAT HOWEVER I'M LOOKING AT
THIS AND I'M TRYING TO APPLY
GRACE TO THE TRUTH.
I THINK THAT IS THE MOST
CHALLENGING THINGS TO DO.
>> Martha: THERE IS A PASSAGE
FROM THAT BOOK THAT THAT
DESCRIBES YOU BEING REALLY ANGRY
WITH BARBARA WALTERS AND
SWEARING ABOUT IT AND SAYING I
DON'T EVEN SWEAR.
YOU KNOW, THREATENING TO LEAVE
AND WALK OFF OF THE VIEW.
AND NOT COME BACK.
>> Elisabeth: I TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY LANGUAGE
AND I EVEN SAID IT.
I DON'T SWEAR AND I'M SWEARING.
EXPLETIVES CAME AND I'M NOT
PROUD OF THAT.
I FEEL TERRIBLE.
IT SHOWED MY LEVEL OF
FRUSTRATION.
I'M SURE MORE CREATIVE WORDS TO
IDENTIFY MY FEELINGS BETTER.
I WAS DEFENDANT WITH EVERYTHING
IN ME THE RIGHT TO LIFE.
THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION IS
WHERE I BELIEVE THAT HAPPENS.
THAT HASN'T CHANGED.
NOW, WHERE I WAS THEN IN THAT
CONVERSATION, IF I WERE TO HAVE
IT RIGHT NOW AND IT WOULD SOUND
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I THINK IT WOULD SOUND LIKE MORE
QUESTIONS.
TELL ME WHY YOU THINK IT
DOESN'T?
I DO THINK BARBARA WALTERS COME
I WAS LIKE HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER
AND I SLAMMED THE DOOR.
I'M GOING TO QUIT.
AND THEN FIRE ME AND I WILL CRY.
[LAUGHTER]
I LOVE BARBARA.
FOR TEN YEARS BARBARA WALTERS
WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE MENTOR
TO ME.
SHE HAS DONE MORE FOR WOMEN IN
BROADCASTING THAN ANY OTHER
WOMAN.
SHE DID MORE FOR ME PERSONALLY.
WHEN I NEEDED SURGERY, BARBARA
MADE THE CALL.
WHEN FIRED FROM THE VIEW,
BARBARA MADE THE CALL TO FOX FOR
ME.
AND IT IS AN HONOR TO LEARN FROM
HER FOR TEN YEARS.
SO I AM FULL OF GRATITUDE.
>> Martha: YOU HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DINNER WITH
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND.
HOW DID THAT GO ABOUT?
>> Elisabeth: THOSE ARE
DANGEROUS TENORS IF YOU'RE NOT
USED TO FANCY THINGS.
I REMEMBER THE INVITATION CAME
IN AND IT WAS FANCY.
I ASKED BARBARA WALTERS, WHAT DO
I DO ABOUT THIS?
DARLING, YOU MUST GO.
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A DISNEY
MOVIE OR SOMETHING.
AND I WAS ALSO PREGNANT AT THE
TIME.
DO I CURTSY, DO I BOW, WHAT DO I
DO WHEN I ADDRESS THE QUEEN?
SO I FINALLY GET THERE AND I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A BIG
DINNER.
IT WAS ABOUT 40 PEOPLE.
A STATE DINNER WITH THE QUEEN.
JEB BUSH TO MY SIDE AND I'M
HUNGRY AND I'M GLUTEN-FREE.
I REMEMBER WAITING FOR SOMETHING
GLUTEN FREE COME.
AN PATIENTLY WAITING AND I
RECALL SOMETHING OF A ROSE
INFUSED TREAT ON ITS WAY.
IN FRONT OF ME CAME THIS BOWL.
AND I'M GOING TO PASS OUT IF I
DON'T EAT SOMETHING.
THOUGH BO COMES FORWARD, ORNATE
AND BEAUTIFUL.
I WENT TO GO DRINK IT AND THE
BOWL I PUT TO MY LIPS AND
GOVERNOR JEB BUSH LEANS IN AND
SAYS YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO DRINK
THAT.
THAT IS FOR YOUR HANDS.
BEFORE THAT I WAS IN A GOOD GAME
OF MOTHER MAY I.
PICKED UP YOUR FORK AND I PICK
UP MY FORKS.
BUT IT WAS AGAIN AN HONOR.
IT IS INTERESTING TO BE IN THE
POSITION AND SUCH AMENITY IN
THOSE MOMENTS.
IN SUCH GRANDEUR.
IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE
INVITED.
I JUST THINK I NEEDED TO STUDY
UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> Martha: ELISABETH
HASSELBECK "POINT OF VIEW."
IT IS NICE TO SPEND TIME WITH
YOU, GREAT TO SPEND SOME TIME
WITH ELIZABETH AGAIN.