Meghan McCain’s candid quotes on ‘The View’ Exit and former cohosts

Meghan McCain admittedly did not have fond memories of her time as cohost The view.

“My view on the problems of The view is that it’s a show with a lot of demons that started in the beginning, and none of those demons have been exorcised,” McCain said. Variety in October 2021.

McCain joined ABC The view as a panelist during 2017 season 21 as the sole conservative voice. After four seasons of debating current topics with the other hosts, McCain chose to leave the show.

While McCain is no longer one Display mainstay, she hasn’t been able to resist insulting her former co-stars when they talk negatively about her and her family.

Keep scrolling for McCain’s candid quotes about The view and his panelists after her departure:

July 2021

“This will be my last season here The view. I will be here until the end of July to finish the season,” she said on air in July, confirming her departure. “This was not an easy decision. It took a lot of thought, counsel, prayer and talking to my family and close friends.”

She added: “I feel like this is exactly the right decision for me at this time, and I want to thank you all. I am eternally grateful to have been given this opportunity here. Seriously, thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I’ll be here for another month, so if you guys want to fight a little bit more, we still have four weeks left!

August 2021

McCain’s final episode aired on August 6, during which she called the experience a “really wild ride.”

“It’s honestly been the best and the worst of times, both on and off this show,” McCain said at the time before joking. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart and I hope our executive producer Brian can forgive me for raising his blood pressure as much as I probably have over the last four years.”

October 2021

“You can watch the show and see that it is unhinged, disorganized and rowdy,” she said Variety, claiming it was a toxic work environment. “I was the only conservative on the show. The third year they ended up hiring a producer for me who was also conservative.

Being the only voice of conversation The view made McCain feel like her ideas were rarely heard. “I also wanted to be honest about my feelings about politics and my perspective, and sometimes those two things couldn’t coexist,” she told the magazine. “At some point I decided it was more important to be honest than to be liked.”

February 2022

After McCain shared a Valentine’s Day tribute to husband Ben Domenech via Instagram, former cohost Joy Behar went to the comments section. In a now-deleted response, Behar questioned why McCain had to share “every thought and sentiment” on social media.

McCain fired back via Twitter (now X), writing, “Imagine spending your Valentine’s Day trolling your ex-coworkers’ tweets about her husband. It’s sad and it scares me.”

August 2022

Months later, McCain claimed that Behar was one of the factors in her decision to leave The view.

“Finally I went back to the show [after maternity leave], and the day I returned to the show, Joy Behar said on air, “Nobody missed you, we didn’t miss you, you shouldn’t have come back,” McCain claimed on “The Commentary Magazine” podcast. “And I just started crying hysterically. Sorry guys, I know, I started breastfeeding and started crying. I didn’t feel supported when I had my… [daughter Liberty]and I didn’t feel supported when I came back, and that was ultimately it.

April 2023

McCain currently writes a weekly column The daily email. In April, she wrote a scathing op-ed about it The view.

“Rosie [O’Donnell], Jenny McCarthy, and I have chosen to speak out publicly about our stints on the show. But here’s a secret: Behind closed doors, I’ve never heard an ex-host have anything positive to say,” she wrote. “As for me – may the bridges I burn light the way.”

October 2023

During an interview with The messengerMcCain admitted that was the only thing Display The employees she misses are in the wardrobe department.

“I just like dressing up. So I miss the wardrobe people the most and they are very nice. They have been the wardrobe people for the entire history of the show,” she said, adding that she has not kept up with new episodes. “It’s like looking at an ex-boyfriend’s Instagram: it’s just not great for you. So no, I’m not watching [the show anymore].”

December 2023

During a December episode of The viewthe panelists discussed President Joe Biden‘s son Hunter and his decision not to comply with a subpoena regarding his foreign companies. Cohost Anna Navarro defended Hunter while shading other children of political figures, citing that Hunter is one of the few who doesn’t act on his parents’ political position. Meghan, whose father is the late Senator John McCain, believed Navarro was indirectly attacking her.

“I don’t understand why my former colleagues @TheView @ABC bring up and vilify me almost every week,” Meghan wrote via X, though Navarro did not bring her up by name. “It’s been years – move on, I did. I have never been accused of a crime in my life and am a patriotic American – I would never in my life “exercise influence,” let alone foreign adversaries. Not all politicians’ children are the same – and I’m no Hunter Biden.”

December 2023

“I just didn’t know that when I signed on to do this show, I was going to have to deal with these crazy old people yelling about me all the time,” Meghan said on her “Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat” podcast. “I go whole time without thinking about them – whole months without thinking about the show or anything. Apparently I’m on their minds every day. And it’s sad.”