This former host "The View" says that she will never come back: "I did my time."

"It looks like a prison sentence, in fact," joked the original co-host.


Don't expect to see thatformer host ofView Return to the panel again. In a new interview with E!Daily pop,,Meredith Vieira shared that she would never join the panel ofView Again because she "has already" had her time "- she also joked by saying that describing it in this way that work looks like a prison sentence.

Vieira was one of the original hosts of the show during her first in 1997, and even if she stayed in the talk show for nine years, she knows that the current version of the staple is not Not for her. Read the rest to see why Vieira would not joinView And for some of his other reflections on the long series.

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Vieira was one of the original co-animators.

Joy Behar, Star Jones, Meredith Vieira, and Debbie Matenopoulos during their
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Vieira was one ofViewthe first five co-animators, as well asJoy Behar,,Star Jones,,Debbie Matinopoulos, and creator of the seriesBarbara Walters. Vieira joined the show during his first in 1997 and remained a moderator until 2006. Original, less Walters, recently hosts, recentlygathered for a special Hulu in which they watched the first days of the show and the hearing process that brought them together.

She thinks the show has changed.

Meredith Vieira, Joy Behar, Barbara Walters, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck at the 2006 Daytime Emmy Awards
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In the interview withDaily pop,,Vieira was questioned On the way the show started much quieter than it is now and if it could see it sit between the hostWhoopi Goldberg and former hostMeghan McCain, whoI had many animated arguments On the show.

"You know, a while ago, I like to say, and I did my time," replied Vieira. "It looks like a prison sentence, in fact," she joked. "I did nine years and I loved it. The show has evolved, and it's a different show and I think it's fantastic."

Vieira liked to be there to buildViewFrom the beginning.

Meredith Vieira on an early episode of
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Vieira stressed in the interview that she was proud to be in the first group of hosts. "For me, it was so great to be on the ground floor of something, because you have a link with people when you create something in a group," she said.

The journalist added that at the beginning, it seemed that the studio audience was made up of tourists and random people found on the street who did not know what they were attending.ViewDid not have the reputation and recognition of the name he does now.

"If we had not had Barbara Walters, I am sure that this show would have been canceled. Because of Barbara, ABC kept it on the air," she said.

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She never thought it would be a success.

Meredith Vieira at the premiere of the final season of
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Vieira did not have much confidence thatViewIt would be a success, but that did not prevent him from wanting to work.

"I was a journalist at that time who really didn't want to point out - as my husband pointed out to me several times - because I didn't want to travel," said VieiraDaily pop. “We had small children, and I was always torn between being at home with them and being on the road. So when this opportunity arose, my husbandRichard [Cohen] was the one who said, "You should really audition for it. I was not someone who looked at the day, because I worked, but I said to myself: "Okay, well, maybe it's going to jog." ""

Vieira was surprised to see that she really appreciated. "What ended me when I finished with the real interview, I realized that I really liked it ... So I was convinced that I would not get it, because Why would they commit me? But they did it and it worked very well, "she said.

Read this then:Joy Behar says that one thing prevented him from getting firedView.

She joined the show very briefly.

While Vieira does not intend to return toView full -time, she didBack as guest host in February. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the show, former hosts have appeared throughout the current season.

"You were mainly a respected journalist when we found you," said Behar to Vieira. She replied, "I know. What happened?" A montage showed some of the stupid moments of Vieira in the series, including dance on stage and wearing a hot dog costume. "Well, look at what I did," she said when he was reporting on day television. "It was as if I were in a cage and I was released."


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