Jenny McCarthy says she used to hide this co-host "The view"
"I was going to work in tears."
Jenny McCarthy was aco-hostView From 2013 to 2014. And since his year on the show, she said she had not liked to work there and had problems with some of her co-stars behind the scenes. McCarthy said she ran up with a creator show and original host,Barbara Walters. In fact, their relationship has been so tense that McCarthy is hiding to avoid running it in the studio. To find out what theMasked singerA panelist remembers working with Walters and why they did not agree, read.
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McCarthy and Walters immediately descended to the wrong foot.
InRamin SeoodehThe 2019 book,Ladies that punch: the explosive inside the view (via vulture), McCarthy discussed its first invited appearance onView In 2007. She promoted her book, Stronger than the words: the trip from a mother to healing autism, in which she claims that a special diet, a cod liver oil and vitamins were effective treatments for his son's autism spectrum disorder. It also poses the same as its condition was caused by the vaccination of measles. The McCarthy platform has helped raise the profile of the "anti-vitax" movement, especially in mothers. The theory that vaccines provoke autism has been demystified by many experts; theCenters for Disaster Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms that there is "no link between vaccines receiving vaccines and the development of [autism spectrum disorder]".
According to McCarthy, its problems with Walters started before the start of the recording. "I entered his dressing room and she exploded," said McCarthy to appear. She stated that Walters described her as a "liar" and accused her to say that autism could be "cured". McCarthy told Walters that she never used the word "cured" in his book.
McCarthy also said Walters did not want her to be announced then walk on stage, because the public would applaud for her. So they started the interview with McCarthy already sitting. Despite what happened before, the interview went well.
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The voltage continued when McCarthy joined the panel.
McCarthy was a guest onView Again in 2012 to talk about his brief,Bad habits: confessions of a Catholic recovering. She explained to appear that her second interaction with Walters at the show was nothing like the first. "She came to my dressing room and quoted dirty stories of [my brief], asked me from the autograph for her, and she had not had any remembrance that I had been there before," said McCarthy .
Then producerBill Geddie Guest McCarthy to audition for a permanent place onView the next year. As she was waiting to hear, CBS offered McCarthy her own day show. McCarthy said in Geddie that she wanted to accept the CBS case, then he committed it.
McCarthy's co-hosts wereWHOOPI GOLDBERG,Sherri ShepherdAnd Walters. She stated that Walters had a tempera sam and a tendency to shout on her colleagues, especially McCarthy. Walters headed his wardrobe, "said McCarthy. "Barbara would check what I wore," she explained. "If she did not agree with that, otherwise it did not complete his outfit, I had to change."
She also claimed, however, that there were times when Walters tried to dress like her. Once, McCarthy recalled with having to change a dress she wore for an assistant to get it for Walters.
McCarthy felt that Walters distinguishes it and was more difficult for her than anyone. She started to avoid it at work.
"When I was going to hear the shuffle from his feet, I knew that Barbara was after me," McCarthy said. "Based on the speed of the shuffle, I would hide or go on the phone."
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McCarthy had a "miserable" time on the show.
InLadies who hitMcCarthy noted that Geddie committed him because he wanted to move away from politics. He told him that they wanted "pop culture, irrevénce, fun, imperceptible." The pivot did not work.Lisa Hackner, an ABC leader, revealed thatView lost 30% of their coming after the 2013 departure ofElisabeth Hasselbeck, which was more eager to discuss politics than McCarthy.
McCarthy said producers wanted to share opinions on sale in Goldberg, to create more conflicts and reinforce the notes. "I was going to work crying," she says. "I could not be myself. My fans said to me," Where is Jenny? They do not let you be you. "
She felt that the work was not the right fit for her and I regret taking it. "Every day I went home and I was miserable," she said to Setoodeh. "It was really the most unhappy I made a job in my 25 years of emissions. I gave myself that I fought to not take the position of CBS, of course."
McCarthy said there was "no difficult feeling", however.
Despite their slide drama, McCarthy said she had a lot of respect for Walters.
In May 2013, Walters announced that she would beto log inView at the end of the season. McCarthy said Walters said his scenes she did not want to leave the show. And McCarthy empathized with her.
"I had zero hard feelings," she says. "I loved him like a grandmother."
Walters officially retired in 2014, after more than 50 years on television.
Walters was honored by his other co-hosts over the years.
While McCarthy Butted head with Walters, other co-hosts sang his praise. Whilean appearance onRadio andy In 2019, Shepherd, who hostedView From 2007 to 2014, while while Walters had high expectations for her, working with the legend of broadcasting was one of the strengths of her career.
"I found my voice with Barbara Walters," she explained. "She was difficult on me and the day she left, when she retired or got up, she put her hand on my face and she said," I'm most proud of you because you've grown. You asked questions. You were curious. You went to the plays, you read the books. And I saw your evolution and I love you, darling. She was a mentor at the end of me. "
Many other Walters co-hosts recalled their time working with her during her last episode.Meredith Vieira, who was on the show from 1997 to 2006, said she had loved that people had to see a different side of Walters onView. "Because you all know the journalist, but she is a lady as funny and full of spunk," said Vieira, byHollywood journalist. Hasselbeck has also intervened and thanked Walters from having helped it "be prepared for unprepared".
And although this does the accommodation, Walters is always recognized as part of the show. In 2019,Viewtook a moment to recognize the 90th anniversary of the journalist.Goldberg paid tribute in Walters like "The reason we are all sitting around this topical topic table today."
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