I never watched the View and don't intend to start, but my informal attention to the PR about recruiting Rosie was that ABC was hyping conflict between Star and Rosie. It seems like false advertising now that those conflicts will never take place (on the air at least)...
The buzz is that Bwabwa and ABC decided to ditch Star last Nov---and recruited Rosie for the seat.
Rosie started in on Star---presumably when Bwabwa gave the signal.
Star is a bit slow and never "got it" that Rosie was her replacement.
Star now says she was notified only in April that she was being dumped.
She's to host GMA, so Meredith's seat has yet to be filled.