Hot topics got extra hot on Monday’s episode ofThe ViewwhenWhoopi GoldbergandMeghan McCaingot into a heated exchange.
“Girl, please stop talking!” said Goldberg, 64, as McCain’s jaw dropped wide open. “Please stop talking now!”
“No problem, I won’t talk the rest of the show,” responded McCain, 35.
“I’m okay with that. I’m okay with that.” Goldberg replied, with audible gasps heard coming from the audience. “If you are going to behave like this …”
“I’m not behaving like anything!” McCain said. “I’m trying to show a conservative perspective.”
“You are talking over [people]” said Goldberg, before giving up and tossing to a commercial break.
The two women didn’t address the spat for the rest of the show.
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Hostin noted how some Republican senators supporting Trump had voted to convict Clinton.
“Many of those same people are still in the Senate,” argued Hostin, 51. “I cannot believe that they would vote to impeach and convict a sitting president for perjuring himself and they would not vote to convict and remove a president who clearly wanted to use a foreign government for his own personal benefit to impede our very democracy. That is the height of hypocrisy for this Republican-led senate!”
Seconds later, McCain — who, alongside Huntsman, represents a conservative voice onThe View —spoke up.
“My job here is not to litigate the ethics of it. I’m an ABC political analyst, as well as being aViewco-host. My job is to analyze the politics of it,” she said, as Hostin pointed out, “I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about the senators.”
“Just let me finish,” McCain said. “I let you talk, let me finish. Do you want to hear a conservative on the show ever?”
That’s when Goldberg stepped in.
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This isn’t the first time Goldberg and McCain have butted-heads onThe View.
“I don’t know what that means, ‘that thing,’” McCain said.
“It means you’re talking over each other,” Goldberg explained.
“Well, it’sThe View,” McCain argued.
“It isThe View. You know what, let me tell you something aboutThe View,” Goldberg said. “This show has always had the ability to have different points of view, which we respect around the table. And when we talk to each other, we also exhibit respect. So when I’m saying to you, ‘Hold up, because we’re not hearing each other,’ I’m not trying to cut you off — I’m trying to get you heard.”
Another notable spat between Goldberg and McCain happened in September, culminating in Goldberg telling McCain, “don’t be so dismissive when you’re talking.”
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McCain, whojoinedThe Viewas a permanent co-hostin October 2017, has been open about the challenges of being the most politically conservative person on the panel.
During an appearance onWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenin September, she addressed her often-combative stance on the show, admitting that she does feel insecure in her gig.
“I go inassuming I’m going to be firedevery day,” she said. “Every single day. Yes, every day.”
As tough as it can be, McCain said she gets along with all of herco-hosts, even Behar.
“I think everyone in America is having a really hard time expressing their view. But vibe-wise, I’m actually more comfortable with the main five hosts that I work with every day than I was with last year,” she said.
The Viewairs weekdays (11 a.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
