Comedian and TV host Rosie O’Donnell has shared fears that The View will be axed for not politically aligning with Donald Trump.
O’Donnell was a host on the show from 2006 to 2007, returning briefly in 2014, and yesterday (August 7), shared a TikTok touching on fears that the daytime talk show could be cancelled in the current political climate.
“You know what I just read today? ABC is ‘reviewing the liberal bias’ on ‘The View,’” she wrote. “The show with five women speaking their own opinions. That’s the threat now. They say they’re not cancelling it, they’re just ‘reviewing the bias,’ which is code for – we’re gonna cancel it, we’re just trying to soften you up first.”
It follows The White House issuing a statement to The Hollywood Reporter last month, saying The View could be the “next to be pulled off the air,” as Donald Trump celebrated CBS’ decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s Late Show.
He later called for Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon’s respective shows to be axed next. In light of Trump taking aim at specific TV hosts, O’Donnell wrote: “It’s not enough to run the country into the ground. You have to control what people SEE. What they HEAR. What they think” (via Deadline).
“And The View?” she continued, “Well, that’s a little too much woman – a little too much truth – a little too much Joy Behar saying ‘I don’t think the insurrection was a tourist visit, Karen.’ Apparently, the truth is dangerous now.”
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O’Donnell added that the potential cancellation was about “removing any program that doesn’t align with Trumpism.”
As noted by Variety, O’Donnell’s reference to Joy Behar struck a nerve with Trump’s White House. Spokesperson Taylor Rogers criticised both women when asked for comment by the publication, saying: “Rosie O’Donnell and ‘Joyless’ Behar are irrelevant losers with too much time on their hands, whining about a failing talk show while everyday Americans are working hard.
“Our country is better off with Rosie living abroad — and we can all hope ‘Joyless’ Behar will join her next!”
She regularly feuded with Trump during her own stint on The View and remains one of his most vocal critics, having moved to Ireland after Trump was re-elected and dismissing threats from the President over her US citizenship.
Calling on her fans to speak up against the media being silenced, she added: “We do not get quieter. We do not make ourselves smaller, so they can feel more comfortable. We speak louder. We take up space. We stand together and say what is true, even when it shakes the walls. Because the most dangerous sound in the world is a woman who knows what she’s talking about — and refuses to stop.”
Trump has been enmeshed with TV news in recent weeks, with Colbert continuing to jab at him, recently telling the politician to “go fuck yourself” and celebrating an episode of South Park which portrayed Trump as having a micro penis.
The cartoon’s social media account also hit out at another government agency for using a still from the show, telling them to “eat a bag of dicks”.
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