The former guest of Fox News Sunny Hostin Slams Network "cult-like" atmosphere
The co-host of the view appeared as a legal commentator on the O'Reilly factor.
Years before joining the panel of View ,, Sunny hostin was presented as legal analyst of the Fox News program The O'Reilly factor . And in the February 20 episode of THE See podcast Behind the table , the lawyer and the television personality talked about culture at the conservative press station. Hostin called Fox to be "cult", saying that the bosses have used a whiteboard to announce the opinions and discussion points that should be pushed to each program.
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Hostin appeared on The O'Reilly factor 'Is it "is it legal?" Segment in the mid -00 years to give its legal opinion on various questions and events. On the podcast, As indicated by Weekly entertainment , she said View producer who Brian Teta This fox was "different from any place [it] never worked before" or has since.
"It is because it seemed very cult," she said. "There was almost a mandate that would come from the top to the subjects that would be addressed on each program, and there were white paintings on each floor. The emissions were often separated by floors. You could see it while you were entering it Where you were seated. The n ° 1 was like, "Obama sucks", n ° 2 was: "Obama was not born in this country".
Hostin said that she was there to "repel" these ideas, becoming head to face with either Bill O'Reilly Or Megyn Kelly . While the 55 -year -old man, who described himself as more centrist than liberal, said that Kelly was "good" and that they were talking normally when the cameras did not ride, it changed whenever "this fire Red turned on ".
"She has become a completely different person, a very telegenic, very aggressive, affirmed person, and that only surprised me once," said Hostin. “I only need experience once. I had a mission, I wanted them to see the other side. ""
In an appearance on Andy Cohen's Sirius XM Show in 2020, Hostin even said that She and Kelly "were friends", " Adding that she "never had the impression that she had a problem with the breed". AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
She told Cohen that Kelly, who told the antenna that both Santa Claus and Jesus Christ were white , "almost became a caricature of her" after working together. Hostin also declared in this interview that she had learned a lot about the television presence of the former Fox News star.
As for O'Reilly, View The panelist said that "he was very fair for her too" "but" quite disdainful "when she told her that she was offered a job at CNN. Hostin had thought that O'Reilly defended her For an offer to stay in Fox. (According to EW, she was not a paid contributor to The O'Reilly factor .)
On the Behind the table Podcast, Hostin also said that the "cult" atmosphere of Fox News has extended to the fact that women, contributors and guests wore.
"Hair, makeup and clothes, I thought it was a bit inappropriate," she said. "The shorter the skirt, the more you have an antenna time."
In 2016, president of Fox News Roger Ailes disgraced After being accused of sexual harassment by several employees, including Kelly.
This story has been updated to include verification of facts and copying edition.