One of the reasons O'Donnell left The View was to deal with her troubled daughter, Chelsea. In August 2015, Chelsea was reported missing, only to be found at the New Jersey home of a convicted heroin dealer that she'd reportedly met on Tinder. That October, Chelsea blasted O'Donnell as a "pot-smoking phony" in an interview with the Daily Mail.
Chelsea and O'Donnell reconciled by summer 2016, but Chelsea's problems were far from over. In September 2016, Chelsea was hospitalized for an alleged drug overdose.
In May 2017, Chelsea gave another interview with the Daily Mail, accusing O'Donnell of being verbally abusive and of threatening her with physical violence. Chelsea said she secretly married boyfriend Nick Alliegro after discovering she was pregnant. When the couple suffered a miscarriage, Nick claimed O'Donnell "never seemed to care or even asked any questions, like it didn't matter to her."
O'Donnell denied Chelsea's allegations, telling the Daily Mail, "Chelsea is mentally ill. [She] has been in and out of hospitals most of her life. Born addicted to heroin. She has had a tough road. As for her comments, I assume you are paying her, which is why she is selling these tales to you... She is very sick. She is not capable of truth or reason." O'Donnell added, "As a mother, my request is that you not pay her and leave her alone... It is comforting to know she is still alive, so thank you for that part."
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