Meghan McCain's feud with her on screen co-hosts is heating up both on air and behind the scenes of ABC's The View, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Sources at the network tell DailyMail.com that tensions between Joy Behar, 75, and Meghan, 33, have reached near nuclear levels and despite efforts to create peace between the Democratic co-host and Senator John McCain's Republican pundit daughter, things have only gotten more bitter.

Last month, the talk show's producers had Behar and McCain work with interior designer Jeremiah Brent to do makeovers on each other's dressing rooms in an attempt to help the two bond.

But the women were pleasant with each other temporarily, and things came to a head on the February 9 show when they faced off in a heated exchange during the Hot Topics segment.

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Tensions between The View co-hosts Joy Behar, 75, and Meghan McCain, 33, have reached near nuclear levels despite efforts to create peace between the two, sources revealed

Things came to a head on the February 9 show (pictured) when they faced off in a heated exchange during the show's Hot Topics. Co-host Sunny Hostin was forced to intervene in an attempt to get the conversation back on course

Behar criticized White House Chief of Staff John Kelly for saying he was 'shocked' about the domestic abuse claims against ousted staff secretary Rob Porter, despite reports that Kelly allegedly knew about his past.

But Behar's comments did not sit well with Meghan, who felt that mocking Kelly was offensive to Porter's ex-wives.

The argument resulted in an on-air blow up with Meghan shouting 'It is very serious and as a Republican, I am offended,' before Behar countered, 'As a Democrat, I am offended by Republicans!'

Even after co-host Sunny Hostin tried to diffuse the situation and get the conversation back on course, Behar and Meghan continued to battle in an argument that mirrored the legendary on-camera spat between former View co-hosts Rosie O'Donnell and Elizabeth Hasselbeck.

'It was like Rosie versus Elizabeth 2.0 without the split screen,' a source told DailyMail.com.

'It just escalated out of nowhere and everyone backstage and in the control room totally freaked out initially. If you think it was uncomfortable watching it on TV, imagine being in the studio audience and the staff behind the scenes.'

Following their squabble, Meghan became withdrawn and didn't participate in the show much.

Although she has only been on the show for nearly five months, DailyMail.com has learned McCain has tried to quit the show twice but was talked out of it

After the show wrapped up both co-hosts retreated to their respective dressing rooms and sounded off their grievances to show producers and network executives, DailyMail.com has been told.

Behar allegedly told producers: 'I'm sick of Meghan's bulls**t. This s**t has to stop.'

She also openly griped that she can't stomach any more of McCain's whining about everyone hating her because she's a conservative and how the audience hates her.

'If she doesn't want to work here let her a** go,' the source said Behar told executives, before adding: 'If I hear her say "my father" one more time on this show, I'm going to puke on live TV.'

Sources said Behar and most people working on the show feel McCain can't go a single episode without namedropping her father, ailing Senator McCain.

Even during their on-air dust-up, Behar yelled: 'Your father is not a part of the Republican party of today.'

When producers and executives met with McCain, she was fuming.

'She kept screaming, "I can't believe she said she's offended by all Republicans. Who does she think she is?"'

McCain went on to vent to producers about how she felt The View was a toxic environment, say sources.

Meghan's previous feud with Sunny Hostin and her ongoing feud with Behar, resulted in producers nicknaming her 'the ice princess' and new tensions with Goldberg has ABC even more concerned about whether McCain will last on the show

'For all of this drama I could have just stayed at Fox News for God's sake,' she griped.

Both women were told not to revisit the conversation on air, as McCain is notorious for wanting to bring up past feuds in new conversations during the Hot Topics segment.

Neither have addressed the blow-up publicly since, but things became awkward again when Behar was criticized by Vice President Mike Pence and conservatives after she made a joke that the VP may be mentally ill for claiming Jesus speaks to him.

'It's one thing to talk to Jesus,' smirked Behar, who identifies as a Christian.

'It's another thing when Jesus talks to you. That's called mental illness if I'm not correct. That's hearing voices.'

Pence was not amused by the joke and despite acknowledging he had not seen the episode, spoke out against the network.

'It is just simply wrong for ABC to have a television program that expresses that kind of religious intolerance,' Pence commented during an Axios event in Washington, DC.

Behar came back later that week and acknowledged that her comments were made as a joke and clarified she didn't actually feel Christians are mentally ill for believing Jesus speaks to them.

But Meghan quickly jumped in and started to politicize the moment sparking tension at the table.

Sources said Behar and most people working on the show feel McCain can't go a single episode without namedropping her father, the ailing Senator McCain. Above she is pictured during an October episode of The View that featured a visit from her father

Show moderator Whoopi Goldberg stopped her in a move that seemed to shock her and the entire table.

'The entire backstage came to a standstill when Whoopi said 'I'm going to stop you' because no one saw it coming.

But any time one of the co-hosts have come under fire in the past for something said at the table, the women stood in unity and had each other's backs,' revealed a source.

'Meghan was trying to use what happened to Joy as a chance to have an "I finally got you" moment and Whoopi wasn't going to allow that to happen on her watch. That was the first time that the public got to see that even Whoopi, a friend of Meghan's father, is tiring of her ways.'

Meghan was reportedly upset that Goldberg stopped her from speaking that day and vented to producers about it. But those gripes fell of deaf ears, as no one at The View pushes back against the EGOT winner, according to the source.

'The View is Whoopi's world and everyone else just exists in it,' the source said.

Meghan's previous feud with Hostin and her ongoing feud with Behar, resulted in producers nicknaming her 'the ice princess' and new tensions with Goldberg has ABC even more concerned about whether McCain will last on the show.

Though only having been on the show for almost five months, DailyMail.com has learned McCain has tried to quit the show twice but was talked out of it.

As a precaution, the network has been having fellow Republican Ana Navarro guest co-host frequently.

'Just in case Meghan bails on the show, they'll have their replacement already lined up,' the source added.

ABC does not, however, have any desire to get rid of McCain whatsoever despite their concerns she may quit.

The show's ratings have gone up a great deal since she's been there and the show is outperforming their direct competition The Talk by the widest margin since 2008.

'Meghan may be hell to work with, but people are tuning in each day to see which co-host she's going to have a fight with next. Her craziness creates good TV for ABC. It's almost like The View is becoming The Real Housewives of Talk Show Hosts with all the constant drama daily,' the source concluded.