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10. Flat Earth Society: When she joined the show, Sherri Shepherd told her co-hosts she wasn't a political junkie and promised to get up to speed on current events for their daily hot topics discussions. But who could've guessed that Shepherd was so, um, geographically challenged? A debate on evolution led to the declaration that she didn't know if the world was flat or round.

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9. Rosie Rips Ripa, Ripa Rips Rosie: When Rosie O'Donnell accused Kelly Ripa of being homophobic after Ripa dissed Clay Aiken for covering her mouth with his hand, O'Donnell not only offended Ripa, but also implied something about Aiken's sexuality that he has never publicly confirmed. Ripa got her revenge, though, calling into 'The View' and labeling O'Donnell's accusation "outrageous."

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8. Babs Makes a Boob of Herself: On a May 2005 show,Barbara Walters dissed a woman who, while on the same airplane as Babs, had publicly nursed her baby. The comment set off a wave of backlash and "lactivism" -- 200 women showed up outside ABC studios in New York and very publicly breastfed their infants (good thing Walters hadn't dissed the woman for changing a dirty diaper.)

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7. The 'I Do' Adieu? Before Star Jones' ill-fated 2004 nuptials, she offended media watchers, her co-stars and good taste by soliciting wedding freebies that she then mentioned on air. The tacky habit reportedly led to her 'View' downfall, but not till after she'd wrangled free invites, tuxedos, bridesmaid dresses and other goodies. She now blames the failure of her marriage on "letting the media in" to her relationship.

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6. Whoopi's in the Doghouse: Controversy didn't leave the building with O'Donnell's departure. On Whoopi Goldberg's first day as moderator, she made comments that many pet lovers took to mean she was defending NFL-er Michael Vick for dogfighting. She clarified that she only meant to put his actions into context, and ended up offending Southerners in the process. Outraged 'View'ers, meet Whoopi.

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5. Whoopi Hassles the Hasselbeck: A discussion on a proposed Hillary Clinton "baby bond" turned into a tense discussion of abortion between Elisabeth and Goldberg during an Oct. 2007 Hot Topics segment, with Goldberg telling Hasselbeck to "back off" and show reverence for women who had found themselves in the position of considering an abortion.

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4. Elisabeth Can Hassle Back: You have to hand it to Elisabeth -- love her or hate her, she gives as good as she gets. Like during a heated discussion with Sandra Bernhard, who'd quipped that Laura Bush was "heavily medicated." Elisabeth, clearly ticked off, told Bernhard to stop calling her "honey"; the tension led Joy Behar to walk off the set temporarily ... and 'View' fans to turn up the volume.

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3. Star's War: Star Jones made a surprise announcement on the June 27, 2006, episode: She was leaving. Also a surprise to Babs and her co-stars: An interview Jones gave right before the show, in which she said she'd actually been fired. That kicked off a war of words that played out in the media, and the June 27 show was Jones' last.

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2. The Donald Vs. O'Donnell: There was no winner in the insult war between O'Donnell and Donald Trump, especially not viewers, who were treated to an ongoing brouhaha that only served to show how many ways Rosie could mock Trump's wealth and comb over, and how many synonyms for the words "fat" and "loser" he could mine from his thesaurus.

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1. A Bad Split: As if this meltdown of all meltdowns wasn't contentious enough, with calling Hasselbeck a "coward" and Elisabeth replying that Rosie was responsible for defending herself, the final straw that allegedly galled O'Donnell so much that she decided she couldn't continue on the show was the director's decision to air the imbroglio on a split screen.

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