Rosie O'Donnell on Ellen's daytime TV exit: 'I don't think it was the 'be kind' thing that got her'

“I don’t think it was the ‘be kind’ thing that got her,” O’Donnell said.

“I think that’s oversimplification.

O’Donnell suggested there’s a weight that comes with being the sole person to front a popular show.

“And she had it for like 19 years.

So, you know, it’s a tough thing.”

Cagle introduced the subject by asking O’Donnell if her Queen of Nice nickname caused similar problems.

“Not in the way that Ellen’s talking about, I think,” O’Donnell said.

And oftentimes people don’t know that.

I think I have a good balance of both in my life of the importance of both.

And it’s hard to maintain.

It’s hard to do, especially when you’re doing a show like that.”