Rather than discussing Selleck's latest film, O'Donnell, a strident opponent of gun rights, instead took aim at his politics and his membership in the National Rifle Association during Selleck's appearance on the May 20 program.
The actor called O'Donnell's remarks disappointing and said he was not inclined to return as a guest anytime soon. "Based on that environment, why would I want to go back to it?" asked Selleck. "It wasn't a friendly place."
O'Donnell attacked Selleck's position in favor of the Second Amendment during the May episode, saying that "there's no reason, in my opinion, to have [guns]."
Selleck said he wasn't the only one who felt his treatment by O'Donnell was off the mark. "They took some polls after that show, and most of the universe thought she was enormously out of line," said Selleck.
"The thing that disturbs me to this day is she's never apologized."
O'Donnell was marked a hypocrite the next month when it was learned that one of her child's bodyguards had applied for a gun permit.
During a June interview on NBC's "Today" show, O'Donnell supported her bodyguard's right to carry a gun. She said that "there have been times ... when I have had armed people at my house – not inside my house, outside my house – to make sure that no one who's not supposed to get in the house gets in the house."
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