A long-time producer for The View has been fired after publicly berating host Rosie O'Donnell . An insider told Page Six that Jennifer Shepard-Brookman was 'profoundly and publicly disrespectful ' to the returning host back in February . After an initial suspension , eight-year The View veteran Shepard-Brookman was fired last week . According to the Page Six source , the spat began when Shepard-Brookman was complaining about O'Donnell behind her back . Scroll down for video . Dissed Rosie ? An insider told Page Six that Jennifer Shepard-Brookman was 'profoundly and publicly disrespectful ' to the returning host back in February . 'During a production meeting , Jennifer began mumbling behind Rosie , who told her , `` If you have something to say , say it to my face ! '' So Jennifer did — she laced into Rosie , and there was a shouting match , ' the source said . Staff members , including O'Donnell , were appalled enough by her behavior to complain . Now , ABC top brass have answered in the form of her termination . Not that Rosie O'Donnell cares all that much . The incident occurred right around the time she announced she is leaving The View for a second time . Her publicist , Cindi Berger , said in early February that the outspoken co-host of the ABC daytime chat show would be exiting to focus on her five children after the breakup of her marriage . Booted : Shepard-Brookman , an 8-year veteran of the show , was reportedly suspended in February around the time of O'Donnell 's departure and fired last week . Complaints : Staff who say the producer 's outburst and Rosie herself reported complained to top ABC brass . Berger says O'Donnell and Michelle Rounds , her wife of three years , split in November . The 52-year-old O'Donnell had returned to The View only last summer . Her initial yearlong stay ended stormily in 2007 . Now in its 18th season , the program recently was the target of rumors that a fellow panelist , Rosie Perez , had left for good to appear in a new Broadway play , but she returned . Moderator Whoopi Goldberg and Nicolle Wallace remain with Perez on the show , which was created by Barbara Walters in 1997 . 'During a production meeting , Jennifer began mumbling behind Rosie , who told her , `` If you have something to say , say it to my face ! '' So Jennifer did — she laced into Rosie , and there was a shouting match , ' the source said .
Jennifer Shepard-Brookman was with the show for eight years prior to the incident with O'Donnell last month , Page Six reports .