The talk show “The View” is struggling to find A conservative co-host who will be approved among the other female hosts and won’t upstage them.
In fact, it’s been seemingly impossible for one to fit that job description, say sources connected to ABC’s top-rated daytime show.
Evidently, “The View” can’t find or hold onto a permanent conservative female co-host to join the group of liberal-to-moderate hosts, which includes Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines.
It has been six months since the departure of Meghan McCain.
Instead, the panel show launched by Barbara Walters — now 92 and long retired — in 1997 has turned into a revolving door of returning or recurring co-hosts. At least one promising potential hire went south over New York City vaccine mandates.
“It’s driving Whoopi crazy,” a former ABC News executive told The New York Post. “Having people come in and out with no one permanent interrupts the flow.”
Questions remain as to why a conservative host would want to join the group.
“Don’t underestimate how mean some of the people at the table can be,” the former ABC executive said. “There are those who won’t want to sign on because of that.”
Current executive producer Brian Teta, a longtime producer for “The Late Show with David Letterman,” is too much of a people-pleaser, the former ABC executive stated. “The panel runs right over him. He won’t want to choose someone that will make the others mad. So I really wonder who’s making the casting decisions over there now.”
A spokeswoman for the show emailed a statement saying: “The [show’s] co-hosts have great chemistry, and we look forward to finding the right fit to join these smart, funny, and fearless women. Executive Producer Brian Teta’s strong plan to select a new co-host is on track.”
“‘The View’ hasn’t had a conservative host in a long time,” conservative author Candace Owens told The Post. “It was kind of a joke to hire Meghan McCain in the Trump era. She was not reflecting the views of conservatives in the country and she was lambasting us. They have a fear of having a true conservative on the network. These ladies aren’t exactly the most intellectual ladies. I don’t think they work in truth.”
Sources close to “The View” have denied the claims that executives are struggling to find a new, conservative co-host, adding that the plan was always to try out a mix of past guest co-hosts and new people as 2022 kicked off.
ABC executives were reportedly considering the Miami-based Fox News star Lisa Marie Boothe to step in for McCain, but that deal is said to have fallen apart because she is against vaccine mandates.
Ann Coulter’s name has also been floating online as a possible permanent replacement, most notably by political pundit Mickey Kaus.
“Yes, of course, I would [take the job] but they will never pick me,” Coulter told The Post. “[It seems] they don’t mean what they say. You might be exposing a double-secret requirement: Must be a dumb, easy-to-push-around Republican.”
A source stated Coulter’s assessment of her chances is spot-on.
“They will never take Ann Coulter,” the source told The Post. “They’re really looking for someone who can have polite arguments to raise the ratings without getting too aggressive. They’re also not looking for someone who could possibly win an argument.”
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