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Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Kathy Griffin reveals shock confrontation with Barbara Walters over turning down million dollar job offer
is opening up about a shocking confrontation with Barbara Walters when she was guest-hosting on The View. Walters created the daily talk show and was a fixture on the panel alongside Joy Behar, Meredith Viera, Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulos when the show debuted in 1997. While Walters left the panel in 2014, she remained as an executive producer until her passing in December 2022 at 93. Since the original lineup, there have been a slew of guest hosts, one of whom was Griffin, who guest hosted from May 2007 to September 2007. She has said many times in her stand up comedy routines that she was 'banned' from The View, and now she's explaining why. Griffin, 64, filmed a new video for her YouTube page this week, where she revealed Walters was not pleased after Griffin turned down a permanent hosting spot. She began the video by calling Walters a 'bad-ass journalist' and added she, 'loved doing that show.' She said she co-hosted the show 'something like 27 times,' adding she was flying from Los Angeles to New York City each time. 'They pay you scale and stuff but they don't dress you and they don't pay for makeup outside the hair and makeup room and they're already so busy and over booked and all that stuff,' she added. 'So eventually I said to my agent "Okay tell them if they're going to offer me a permanent chair please tell them to just offer me the chair or not." But I keep flying out there and they're trying out new hosts so much that I'm like I'm done auditioning did I get the job or not?" She added, 'So they made me an offer and the offer was for $1.4 (million) and I am just going to be honest i had to turn it down, because at the time between doing My Life on the D-list and touring I was making about 10 a year.' 'So I had to turn down The view because I would have had to uproot my whole life. My mom was still alive and my dad might have still been alive actually and I didn't want to leave them and my mom and dad didn't want to get on airplanes anymore so there wasn't a situation where I could have brought them with me and it was a whole thing,' she added. Griffin continued, 'I remember when they offered me the job Barbara Walters said backstage one time before we were about to go out and do the live show, "They say we have chemistry i don't really see it but they say we do," and I loved that. I said "Of course we do Barbara people love when I give you s**t." And then she just roll her eyes.' The comedienne added that she waited until she had a private moment with Walters to tell her in person that she turned down the offer. 'It was important to me that I pull Barbara aside and I said, "I want you to know why I'm going to say no. It's not that I think I'm too good for the show, it's the opposite; the show is too good for me,"' she said. 'It was important to me that I pull Barbara aside and I said, "I want you to know why I'm going to say no. It's not that I think I'm too good for the show, it's the opposite; the show is too good for me,"' she said. 'I'm going to be honest, this is how much money I made last year. I will show you my tax returns. I don't want you to think I'm blowing smoke.'" While she cited a number of variables like moving costs and the home she owns in Los Angeles, in the end, Walters was not pleased. 'She did not like that one bit. She didn't care, they didn't up their offer by a penny. I think I might've said something like, "Can you meet me halfway?" And they didn't.' She claimed to be banned from the show but would return sporadically, including a 2009 appearance where she got into a spat with Elizabeth Hasselback, which she claimed got her 're-banned,' even though she did appear on a March 2024 episode as well.
Fox News
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Joy Behar hopes to 'actually influence people's thinking' with her criticism of the Trump administration
"The View" co-host Joy Behar said she felt an obligation to speak out about President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday and said she hoped to influence people's thinking during a "Behind the Table" discussion. Producer Brian Teta asked Behar, who has been with the show for 26 years, what she likes about doing the ABC talk show and why she's been on it for so long. "It's because of the freedom to speak my mind, that has always been the attraction," she responded, before talking about other parts of her career. "I like the people I work with, number one, I like everybody." "I also feel an obligation to speak about the administration that we're in the midst of, and I feel like we're in a privileged position to say certain things and that we, you know, we can actually influence people's thinking sometimes, even if it's a little bit, that we're in a lot of trouble in this country right now, and that I like the idea that we can say stuff that people will listen to," she said. Behar was also asked about the many political figures she's gotten to interview on the show and about why politicians come on the talk show. "We can show them the way they are in real life, the way they really are," Behar said. "I've met Hillary Clinton many times. She's different when she's running for office, and she's all scared to make a mistake. When she's herself, she's very funny. She should have come on 'The View' more, I think at that time. In fact, somebody screwed her up, somebody in her campaign said, 'don't go on,' and it was a big mistake." Behar said Clinton was a grandma, wife and mother and was much more than just someone who ran for office. The co-hosts also talked about Sunny Hostin's viral question posed to former Vice President Kamala Harris last year during the 2024 campaign, as Teta joked that the liberal co-host had "single-handedly taken down the Democratic Party" when Harris' bungled answer went viral. Hostin defended her question about whether Harris would have acted differently at any point during President Joe Biden's first term, saying it was one Harris should have expected. Harris memorably said she couldn't think of anything she'd have done differently than the unpopular Biden, and the soundbite became fodder for the Trump campaign that Harris was more of the same. "I knew it instantly when she answered it," Hostin said during the podcast conversation, when asked by Teta if she knew it would be a viral moment. "Which is why I asked the follow-up question, 'is there one thing?' Because I knew, I could see the soundbite and I knew what was going to happen, but I thought it was a really fair question and I thought it was a question that she would expect." Biden appeared on the show in May for one of his first interviews since leaving the White House. The former president blamed racism and sexism for Harris' loss during the conversation. "I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president," Biden said. "She is. She's qualified to be President of the United States of America. I was surprised because they went the route of, the sexist route, the whole route. I mean, this is a woman, she's this, she's that. I mean, I've never seen quite as successful and a consistent campaign undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't lead the country, and a woman of mixed race."
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Schwarzenegger declines to join Joy Behar's critique of ICE
Arnold Schwarzenegger (pictured right) appeared to ignore an attempt from Joy Behar (pictured) to stir up anti-ICE sentiment on The View Tuesday - instead choosing to offer an uplifting anecdote about his time in the US. 'You are an immigrant yourself - an immigrant of the country,' Behar began. 'Did you have a visceral reaction to what they're doing - what ICE is doing [in LA]?' Schwarzenegger - after begging Democrats and his fellow Republicans 'to come together and solve' the issue - offered a lengthy, thoughtful response. At points, co-host Sunny Hostin physically attempted to interrupt the conservative, who calmly continued his take. 'Let me tell you - you said "immigrant" - I'm so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people like that,' he told Behar. 'Imagine - I came here at the age of 21 with absolutely nothing. And then to create a career like that. 'I mean, in no other country in the world could you do that,' Schwarzenegger reiterated. 'Every single thing - if it's my bodybuilding career, if it's my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that I've created. 'All of this is because of America.' 'Because when you come to America, you're a guest,' Schwarzenegger explained. 'And you have to behave like a guest. Like, when I go to someone's house and I'm a guest, then I will do everything I can to keep things clean,' he further reasoned. 'Everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime or being abusive.' The Kamala Harris voter declared that immigrants' mindsets should be more along the lines of 'I am going to America to use the great opportunities that America has - in education, jobs, creating a family, all of those kind of things. 'Then you have to think, "If I get all of those things from America, I have to give something back,"' Schwarzenegger added. 'You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America and to pay back America, and to go do something for your community for no money whatsoever.' The Terminator actor advised onlookers to 'give something back to afterschool programs, the special Olympics, or whatever it is. 'Make this country a better place.' Another round of applause ensued. Schwarzenegger - one of the rare Republicans to win a Gubernatorial bid in the Golden State - added separately: 'Democrats and Republicans have to come together and solve [immigration reform] if they really want to be public servants. If they want to be party servants,' he said, 'it won't happen. Trump on Monday ordered a new blitz on Democrat cities that will see huge numbers of illegal immigrants rounded up for the 'largest mass deportation in history', a week of immigration enforcement efforts in LA where protests escalated into violence. That prompted Trump to respond by sending in the National Guard and hundreds of Marines.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Arnold Schwarzenegger refuses to get drawn into anti-ICE sentiment on The View after being challenged on immigration issues
appeared to ignore an attempt from Joy Behar to stir up anti-ICE sentiment on The View on Tuesday. The star, 77, was quizzed on his thoughts about the ongoing immigration issues in the U.S. during his appearance on the show. Behar asked him: 'You are an immigrant yourself - an immigrant of the country. Did you have a visceral reaction to what they're doing - what ICE is doing [in LA]?' Schwarzenegger - after begging Democrats and his fellow Republicans 'to come together and solve' the issue - offered a lengthy, thoughtful response. At points, co-host Sunny Hostin physically attempted to interrupt the conservative by grabbing his arm, but he calmly continued with his opinion. Schwarzenegger said: 'Let me tell you - you said "immigrant" - I'm so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people like that. Imagine - I came here at the age of 21 with absolutely nothing. And then to create a career like that. 'I mean, in no other country in the world could you do that. Every single thing - if it's my bodybuilding career, if it's my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that I've created. All of this is because of America.' The assertion was met with applause after which the star criticized the certain 'foreigners' who were fouling up the one place that welcomed them with open arms. He said: 'This is the greatest country in the world, and it is the land of opportunity. And because I'm such a proud American, and a proud immigrant... the key thing, is we need to do things legal.' He went on to brand immigrants 'doing illegal things in America' as 'not smart', adding: 'Because when you come to America, you're a guest. And you have to behave like a guest. 'Like, when I go to someone's house and I'm a guest, then I will do everything I can to keep things clean. Everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime or being abusive.' He declared that immigrants' mindsets should be more along the lines of 'I am going to America to use the great opportunities that America has - in education, jobs, creating a family, all of those kind of things'. Schwarzenegger added: 'Then you have to think, "If I get all of those things from America, I have to give something back". 'You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America and to pay back America, and to go do something for your community for no money whatsoever.' The actor also advised onlookers to 'give something back to afterschool programs, the special Olympics, or whatever it is. Make this country a better place'. Schwarzenegger added separately: 'Democrats and Republicans have to come together and solve [immigration reform] if they really want to be public servants. If they want to be party servants. It won't happen.' On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered a new blitz on Democrat cities that will see huge numbers of illegal immigrants rounded up for the 'largest mass deportation in history'. It comes amid the Los Angeles protests after ICE agents attempted to arrest alleged illegal immigrants, sparking major violence in the city. That prompted Trump to respond by sending in the National Guard and hundreds of Marines.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Arnold Schwarzenegger brutally terminates Joy Behar's attempt to stir anti-ICE hatred
Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared to ignore an attempt from Joy Behar to stir up anti-ICE sentiment on The View Tuesday - instead choosing to offer an uplifting anecdote about his time in the US. 'You are an immigrant yourself - an immigrant of the country,' Behar began. 'Did you have a visceral reaction to what they're doing - what ICE is doing [in LA]?' Schwarzenegger - after begging Democrats and his fellow Republicans 'to come together and solve' the issue - offered a lengthy, thoughtful response. At points, co-host Sunny Hostin attempted to interrupt the conservative, who calmly continued his take. 'Let me tell you - you said "immigrant" - I'm so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people like that,' he told Behar. 'Imagine - I came here at the age of 21 with absolutely nothing. And then to create a career like that. 'I mean, in no other country in the world could you do that,' Schwarzenegger reiterated. 'Every single thing - if it's my bodybuilding career, if it's my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that I've created. 'All of this is because of America.' The assertion was immediately met with applause after which the 77 year-old chided 'foreigners' he said were fouling up the one place that welcomed them with open arms. 'This is the greatest country in the world, and it is the land of opportunity,' Schwarzenegger said. 'And because I'm such a proud American, and a proud immigrant... the key thing, is we need to do things legal.' He went on to brand immigrants 'doing illegal things in America' as 'not smart.' 'Because when you come to America, you're a guest,' Schwarzenegger explained. 'And you have to behave like a guest. 'Like, when I go to someone's house and I'm a guest, then I will do everything I can to keep things clean,' he further reasoned. 'Everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime or being abusive.' The Kamala Harris voter declared that immigrants' mindsets should be more along the lines of 'I am going to America to use the great opportunities that America has - in education, jobs, creating a family, all of those kind of things. 'Then you have to think, "If I get all of those things from America, I have to give something back,"' Schwarzenegger added. 'You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America and to pay back America, and to go do something for your community for no money whatsoever.' The Terminator actor advised onlookers to 'give something back to afterschool programs, the special Olympics, or whatever it is. An activist holds aloft a Mexican flag and an effigy of US President Donald J. Trump's head as cars burn during protests sparked by immigration raids in Los Angeles, California 'Make this country a better place.' Another round of applause ensued. Schwarzenegger - one of the rare Republicans to win a Gubernatorial bid in the Golden State - added separately: 'Democrats and Republicans have to come together and solve [immigration reform] if they really want to be public servants. 'If they want to be party servants,' he said, 'it won't happen. Trump on Monday ordered a new blitz on Democrat cities that will see huge numbers of illegal immigrants rounded up for the 'largest mass deportation in history', a week of immigration enforcement efforts in LA where protests escalated into violence. That prompted Trump to respond by sending in the National Guard and hundreds of Marines.
