Rosie Returns To TV, Talks About Elisabeth, Hillary, Obama, And Why She Gave Up Beer

Rosie O'Donnell was on "Good Morning America" with Diane Sawyer today in her first TV appearance since leaving "The View" last year. Rosie explained away her on-air fights with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck as a function of their generational gap:

"I keep saying this and it isn't in any way shape or form to diminish or disparage, but she's very young. And when I was that young and I had a newborn baby and one in diapers and, you know, your life was a little more black and white than when you get to be 46 and you have gray hair, all over."

Watch as Rosie explains why she had to stop drinking beer (she's 200 pounds and loves beer too much to limit herself) and why she wants Barack and Hillary to run together ("This woman, this African American need to look at each other and go, 'Oh my god, can you believe we're here? Let's get together,'" she said):

Rosie appeared on GMA to promote her new children's book "Rosie O'Donnell's Crafty You."