Rosie O’Donnell shed roughly 50 pounds in the months leading up to her second debut on The View, which proved to be emotionally draining fo the comedian and talk show host.

O'Donnell Talks Weight Loss

For O’Donnell, 52, the process of losing weight was not only a physically grueling and demanding process, but one that tested her mental and emotional strength. Despite the rewards associated with weight-loss and becoming healthier, the process took a toll on the TV personality.

"Everyone assumes that obese people would just be jumping for joy that they were healthier and thinner and able to fit into store-bought sizes, we don't have to go to the plus store,” O’Donnell, who made her return on The View Monday, told ABC News. “But it's also filled with a lot of emotional turbulence you wouldn't expect."

In order to cope with the “emotional turbulence,” O’Donnell participates in a group where people in similar circumstances discuss their feelings. Furthermore, O’Donnell has the support of her wife.

"A lot of marriages break up once one person gets healthy. Luckily, my wife is very healthy, [has] always been healthy, loves me and encourages me to be healthy,” O’Donnell revealed. "When we decided to get married, she said, 'But I want 40 more years and I don't want you to die on me, so you need to do something for your health.”

O’Donnell, who had a health scare in 2012 when she suffered a heart attack, admits that had she not gotten healthier, she wouldn’t have accepted a job back on The View, a show that gives women the stage to talk about everything going on in the world.

"I feel good. I wouldn't have said yes to coming back if I didn't," O’Donnell said. "The concept of being able to do this show in a way that celebrates and elevates women is hard for me to resist."