View at ‘The View’ is happy, Walters says

New York — So you think the ladies of “The View” don’t get along?

Things have never been more cordial, says Barbara Walters, whose weekday ABC talk show pits her with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd debating “hot topics.”

“I don’t know of any five women who get along as well as we do,” says Walters. “We see each other off-camera. Whoopi is having a big Christmas party for everybody. Last week, Whoopi, Joy and I had dinner together” (only illness kept Hasselbeck and Shepherd away).

The conservative Hasselbeck and liberal Behar “love sparring,” with never any hard feelings, says Walters, who points to the show’s recent robust ratings.

“We’re happy,” she says, “and the show’s success reflects that.”

Houston denies reunion with ex, Bobby Brown

New York — Whitney Houston has issued a statement denying the rumors of a reunion with Bobby Brown.

Acting on behalf of Houston, the singer’s publicist Nancy Seltzer calls speculation that the exes are getting back together “a complete fabrication.”

Seltzer pinpoints the rumors to a report in Wednesday’s Chicago Sun-Times that said Houston and Brown had been spotted out and about in Georgia looking romantic.

Houston and Brown divorced in April 2007 after 14 years of marriage. Houston has custody of their teenage daughter, Bobbi Kristina.