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Sunny Hostin isn’t mad — she’s simply dissatisfied in a few of her former daytime comrades.
Hostin, 55, has been a full-time cohost on The View since 2016, which implies she’s seen loads of ladies cycle out and in of the long-running morning chat present.
Regardless of some widely-publicized exits, nevertheless, Hostin solely instructed Us Weekly, “I’m all the time stunned when individuals converse negatively about our present, if I’m being trustworthy.”
“You might be a part of a sisterhood,” Hostin mentioned. “It’s actually particular.”
Since The View premiered in August 1997, greater than 20 ladies have had everlasting roles as cohosts on the ABC morning speak present. The sequence, which was created by Barbara Walters, encompasses a multi-generational panel that conducts interviews and discusses the information of the day, starting from politics to leisure. The unique lineup was comprised […]
Hostin didn’t title any names, however she did be aware that she stays in contact with former View cohosts Sherri Shepherd, Paula Faris and Candace Cameron Bure.
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“We’re all shut, no matter our private views,” Hostin mentioned. “We go away all of that on the desk. So I’m all the time stunned when somebody says, ‘I don’t like that particular person.’ As a result of it’s by no means private.”
Whereas Hostin didn’t point out her particularly, Meghan McCain — who Hostin cohosted with from 2017 to 2021 — has been notably outspoken about her time on The View.
On a November 2023 episode of her podcast “Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat”, McCain, 39, mentioned being on The View was “essentially the most depressing I used to be in my whole life.”
Former moderator Rosie O’Donnell referred to as her two stints on The View “not one of the best use of my expertise” throughout a 2023 interview with Brooke Shields on Shields’ podcast “Now What?”
“It’s not one thing I’d ever do once more,” O’Donnell, 62, mentioned.
Michelle Collins, who cohosted The View for only one season in 2015-16, mentioned she had “mild PTSD” from the expertise throughout an April look on the “Las Culturistas” podcast.
Hostin additional defined that, whereas the hosts could typically bicker, their conversations are all the time rooted in respect — which was an edict established by The View creator Barbara Walters.
“Barbara Walters made positive I knew that after I joined,” Hostin mentioned. “Whoopi [Goldberg] says that on a regular basis. I’ve mentioned that to Alyssa [Farah Griffin]. I’m going to argue you all the way down to the bottom, after which we’re going to exit for martinis and it’s going to be okay.”
She continued, “It disappoints me when viewers assume that we don’t like one another, as a result of we do.”
In essence, Hostin mentioned, an atmosphere like The View doesn’t present an alternate.
“We’re speaking about our households. We’ve had cohosts discuss struggles with psychological well being,” Hostin articulated. “We’ve had cohosts discuss weight reduction, weight achieve. We’ve had cohosts discuss divorce. Think about when you get off that stage and it’s not a protected area. It might be an unimaginable job.”
Along with her daytime duties, Hostin can be an achieved writer. Summer time on Highland Seaside, the third in Hostin’s New York Instances bestselling Summer time Seaside sequence, is offered Tuesday, Might 28.
