Meghan McCain won’t watch ‘The View’

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Meghan McCain would find it “too weird” to watch The View anymore.

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The 37-year-old star was a presenter on the ABC morning show from 2017 until last year and although she regards her stint as a “privilege,” she is no longer interested in tuning in and it rarely crosses her radar.

She said: “It was a privilege to be on for four years. I have moved on. I don’t watch the show at all. It doesn’t really enter my lexicon that often, even just the feeds I follow on Twitter and the news I read and the pop culture I consume.

“Most of the pop culture I consume, it’s a lot of Housewives, so I don’t watch anymore and it would be too weird to watch.”

And Meghan admitted she is still close to Sunny Hostin, but has no relationship with fellow former co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar.

Speaking on the Reality with The King podcast, she said: “Sunny is one of the greatest TV presences in all of television. I keep telling her she should have her own show.

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“I don’t know why MSNBC isn’t trying to poach her for Rachel Maddow’s spot.

“She’s by far the most politically savvy person on that show. And extremely curious in a way I didn’t find anyone else I worked with. Like, curious about different aspects of politics.

“(She is) a really good person. She’s the only cast member I still have a relationship with.

“I have such love for her and respect for her. She’s a really good person and she didn’t demonize me the way a lot of other people did, for whatever that’s worth.”

Meghan “doesn’t miss” being on the show because she had a “hard time” with her co-hosts in her final months.

She added: “I don’t miss it and I think it’s because I had such a hard time my last season. It was a really hard time in my life. I’ve been really open, in my book, about what happened. I felt like I owed it to give more context to my experience. I think my experience on the show suffered a lot with COVID and Zoom. I think it’s a lot easier to hate someone through a box and through a screen and to not understand where they’re coming from.”