“I have an understanding of the cycle of show business, and kind of what happens in people’s careers, and when enough is enough,” O’Donnell, 59, recently said on Sirius XM’s “The Jess Cagle Show.” “Oftentimes people don’t know that.
“I said the day it came out, ‘look at this, the queen of nice.
“I don’t think it was the ‘be kind’ thing that got her.
She added, “It’s a huge kind of strange thing to be on a show like that, and have all that attention on you.
“If you have a daily show, you can’t fake your essence,” O’Donnell, 58, said on the “Busy Philips is Doing Her Best” podcast at the time.