Sunny Hostin says working at Fox News was “very cult-like.”

Sunny Hostin has a not-so-fond memory of her time as a Fox News contributor.

The lawyer and television personality, 55, has made a name for himself as a fixture at The view's roundtable since 2016, but before that she cut her teeth on the right-wing cable news network.

“Fox was unlike any place I had ever worked and unlike any place I have worked since,” Hostin said on the website “Behind the table” podcast on Tuesday, February 20. “That's because it felt very cult-like.”

After receiving professional opportunities at HLN and CNN, Sunny said she was unprepared for the culture change.

“I got a degree in journalism,” she told podcast host and The view executive producer Brian Teta. “I thought, 'This is going to be great.'”

Hostin soon discovered she was in for a rude awakening, especially when she noticed “whiteboards on every floor” dictating the network's agenda for the day.

“What they did at the time, and this is just my experience,” Sunny explained, “was there was almost a mandate from the top about what topics would be discussed during each show.”

She continued, “No. I was like, 'Obama sucks.' No. 2 said, 'Obama was not born in this country.'”

Hostin went on to explain that her job was to “push back” on the network's stories, which eventually led to her own segment called “Is It Legal?” pitched, which Hostin said “Fox took credit and kept it.”

She soon found herself in agreement Megyn Kelly on The O'Reilly factorpresented by Bill O'Reillywhich Hostin found an enlightening experience.

“[Megyn] It was fine and it was great and we talked and this and that,” Hostin noted. “When that red light came on, she became a completely different person. A very telegenic person, very aggressive. Assertive.”

While Hostin generally got along well with Kelly's television persona, she admitted there was one particular instance where it became too much.

“It only caught me off guard once,” Hostin recalls. “I only had to experience that once. She took up all the air time, she took up all the air in the room.

Hostin also insisted that she was not interested in playing the network's games when it came to the expected appearance of their on-air talent.

“I will also say that I thought the hair, makeup and clothing was a little inappropriate,” she said. “Like: the shorter the skirt, the more airtime you have.”

She concluded: 'At one point I thought, 'This is ridiculous. I'm a lawyer. Why am I wearing this?'”

Although Hostin appeared routinely on Fox News, she was not a regular contributor. Her time at the network coincided with the tenure of the former CEO of Fox News Roger Aileswho died in 2017, less than a year after becoming the Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued Ailes for sexual harassment.

Similarly, O'Reilly was fired from Fox News in 2017 after settling five different lawsuits accusing the host of misconduct.