Rosie O’Donnell‘s estranged daughter Chelsea recently gave a tell-all interview to a British newspaper, where she revealed many details about the funny gal.  Such as?  That Rosie spends most of the day locked in her art studio, in Spandex shorts and an oversized T-shirt, and constantly smokes pot.  YAWN!  Chelsea does confirm that Ro is dating Tatum O’Neal (“They would FaceTime a lot”) – although other sources tell us the couple just broke up.  And Chelsea explains why O’Donnell left The View.  “She and Whoopi really didn’t get along and she’d come home every day and talk about how [Whoopi] was stoned on the set and she was being really mean to her.  Rosie said, ‘I’ve already had a heart attack.  I don’t need this much stress.'”

On top of that, a former producer from The View has filed a lawsuit against O’Donnell claiming that their conflicts led to her being fired.  Jennifer Shepard-Brookman says that Ro made “false and defamatory statements” which led to her suffering “intense emotional distress, anxiety, and lack of sleep, destroyed her professional reputation, and led to her termination of employment.”  Push came to shove when Rosie accused her of leaking gossip to the press – a charge Brookman vehemently denies.  At the time of her dismissal, Jen had been working for the show for 14 years, making her the last producer from the show’s original team to still have a job.  Stay tuned.