Rosie O'Donnell Reacts to Elisabeth Hasselbeck's 'Praying' Remarks Over Crush

Rosie O'Donnell is responding to her former "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck's reaction to learning that the comedian once had a crush on her.

Hasselbeck made headlines earlier this week when she learned that O'Donnell once had "a little bit of a crush" on her during their time on "The View." The former "Survivor" contestant's reaction came while she appeared on "Fox & Friends" where she said she "immediately started praying" over the crush.

"And I pray now the Holy Spirit gives me the words to articulate this, but I think it can be addressed with both truth and grace," she said.

"If you took her words and you replaced 'Rosie' for 'Ronald,' there would be an objectification of women in the workplace, so that is disturbing and it's wrong," Hasselbeck added. "And whether you're a man or whether you're a woman and you're objectifying women in the workplace, it's wrong."

O'Donnell responded to Hasselbeck during an Instagram Live session Wednesday, Us Weekly reports.

"It's crazy. She was so afraid of the concept of a lesbian having a crush on her that she had to go directly to Jesus– do not pass go, do not collect $200," she said. "She kept on calling on Jesus. Yeah, Jesus was going to save her from the gay who thought she was cute!"

She added: "And I wasn't grooming her, I was loving her. She couldn't take it that somebody was nice to her! She liked me back. It wasn't like a sexual thing, but she liked me back. We were friends, and I have proof. Watch all those episodes."

O'Donnell then addressed Hasselbeck's claims that she tried to call her but her number had changed.

"She definitely should call me as she just accused me of sexually harassing her by having a crush that was mutual," the comedian said. "It was. We were like two girls on a softball team."

O'Donnell continued: "It was not a sexual crush. There are so many people I have crushes on, starting with Julie Andrews when I was a kid, all the way through right now, Russell Brand – total crush on that guy," she said. "It doesn't mean I want to have sex with them ... It doesn't mean that for me. It just means a crush."