The View’s Ana Navarro gives Alyssa Farah Griffin Shady Elephant as a gift
The views Anna Navarro apparently some shade cast Alyssa Farah Griffin when handing out gifts to her cohosts.
On Friday, January 5, episode from the ABC talk showNavarro, 52, celebrated her recent birthday by proposing to Griffin, Joy Behar, Sara Haines And Sunny Hostin with bags decorated with African animals.
“I was thinking of all of you,” Navarro said as she began handing out the gifts. When Behar, 81, said she wanted the bag with the elephant design, Navarro responded, “Actually, the elephant is for Alyssa.”
Haines, 46, got a giraffe because she is “head and shoulders above the rest,” while Hostin, 55, got a leopard for her “spark plug” personality and Behar got a zebra because she “doesn’t change her stripes.” ” Navarro’s animal for Griffin, however, seemed a little less complimentary.
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“You get the elephant because God knows, it’s a work in progress,” she joked to her fellow Republican co-host.
Griffin, 34, who made cameo appearances The view won a permanent place at the table in 2021 and 2022 for season 26, replacing Meghan McCain in August 2022. Since joining the show, Griffin and Navarro have had their fair share of tense moments, often clashing over different perspectives during the show’s Hot Topics segment.
Their most recent on-air scuffle took place in September 2023, when a clip went viral showing Griffin seemingly rolling her eyes while Navarro talked about attending Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour in New Orleans. Navarro later reposted a video of the moment via X with the caption, “Did anyone see Alyssa’s annoyed look when Ana said she was going to the Beyoncé concert in New Orleans? Then she caught herself.”
For her part, Navarro added a shrugging emoji above the clip.
The pair also came to blows a year earlier, when they went head-to-head during a conversation about workplace toxicity.
“I can’t really say anything about it without you attacking me,” Griffin told Navarro during the December 2022 episode. “So I wouldn’t say this is a completely different environment where women support each other.” Navarro, meanwhile, responded by taking a sip from her mug and saying, “Oh, I haven’t attacked you yet.”
Both Navarro and Griffin are Republicans, but Navarro has been known to criticize her party and has appeared on CNN over the years. Griffin, meanwhile, worked for the former president Donald Trump and former vice president Mike Pence during their time in the White House before officially stepping down in December 2020.
Griffin isn’t the first Republican to win the top spot along with her cohosts. McCain, 39, has been outspoken about her grievances since leaving the show Variety in October 2021 that The views “Toxic work environment” is what led to her departure.
“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,” she told the outlet at the time.
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During a December 2023 episode of her “Don’t mention itIn the podcast, Meghan, the daughter of the late Senator John McCain, claimed that the talk show has made it difficult for her to move on by constantly bringing up or alluding to her name.
“The thing about The view is that when I signed my contract with ABC, I didn’t know that this is forever, that I will be bullied, yelled at, abused and raised for years to come for the rest of my life,” she explained. “I haven’t been on that show in years. And I’m just trying to live my life.”