Joy Behar Gossip

Producers of The View are trying to douse recent reports that two of the popular talk show's pundits - conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck and left-leaning Joy Behar - are in the midst of a feud so bitter they are no longer speaking.

The Chicago Sun-Times saysthe animosity between the two - who get into animated on-air debates about the presidential election almost daily - "has gotten so ugly, they only speak on air or when a camera is in their vicinity."

The paper also reports that Behar did "a vicious impression" of Elisabeth Hasselbeck's campaign appearance with Gov. Sarah Palin this past weekend.

This followed one of several bitter clashes last week - during which Hasselbeck claimed she is open-minded and considered voting for Obama, prompting Behar to fire back, "Oh, come on! That's like saying I could have voted for George Bush."

"Are you calling me a liar, Joy?" snapped Hasselbeck, lifting her coffee cup and shoving it toward Behar. "You want some more Barack Obama Kool-Aid or what?"

Whose side of The View feud are you on?

The presidential election is under two weeks away and tension is rising around the country. The set of The View may be the epicenter of political squabbling.

As usual, the show's resident hot conservative pundit, Elisabeth Hasselbeck clashed with Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar over Barack Obama and taxes. But apparently, that was nothing compared to a confrontation taking place after the broadcast.

Hasselbeck was reportedly pissed that Behar has been using The View to tout Behar's upcoming stand-up performance, which she called "political in nature." Elisabeth, sporting a tight little John McCain t-shirt, demanded equal time.

Joy got in Elisabeth's face, screaming "If you do that again I will burn you down." (!?) Elisabeth turned beet red and started to stammer out something. At that point, Joy turned around and yelled, "Shut the f*%k up!" and stormed off.

Just another week at the office.

Below is one of the exchanges (follow this link for more classic, past and present, inflammatory Elisabeth Hasselbeck videos) that sparked it...