Since 1997 The View has offered diverse perspectives on current events and political issues from a panel of accomplished women with backgrounds in journalism and the entertainment industry.
And since 2017, the show has also featured Meghan McCain. But as she announced on Thurdsay, July 1, 2021, that the current season will be her last.
Meghan McCain saying “My Father…” for 1 minute straight (2008-2019)www.youtube.com
Since at least 2019 there have been rumors that McCain was planning to leave the show — Best known for her catch phrase, “my father,” McCain is the 36-year-old daughter of beer heiress Cindy Lou Who McCain, née Who Hensley, and the late war hero and self-styled “maverick” Senator John McCain. But that’s not to say that Meghan McCain doesn’t have her own achievements to point to.
She’s and husband Ben Domenech — the Fox News contributor and co-founder of The Federalist who once tweeted, on the prospect of dating Meghan McCain, “DO NOT WANT” — recently became parents, welcoming their baby daughter Liberty Sage McCain Domenech last September. Other than that…there was that road trip she took with comedian MIchael Ian Black. That’s about it.
Still, what McCain lacks in personal accomplishments she has more than made up for in feuds and headlines. Her willingness to loudly share her half-baked opinions on all manner of issue — and to get offended when people don’t take her seriously has consistently made for great hate-watching in her tenure on The View.
An “anti-Trump” Republican — mainly critical of the former president when he was attacking her father — McCain has claimed to be “the only conservative woman in all of media.” She has also said that Joe Biden is “doing grave spiritual harm to himself and to this country“ by supporting access to legal abortion.
the meghan mccain era of the view has officially come to an endpic.twitter.com/Z7ac9ZRGh3— Du00e9ju00e0 The View (@Du00e9ju00e0 The View) 1625151860
She called for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be replaced as President Biden’s Medical Advisor after noting that she wasn’t getting special, celebrity priority for vaccination. She only recognized the need for paid family leave when it affected her directly, and she only apologized for her defense of Donald Trump’s “China virus” rhetoric rhetoric when the rise of anti-Asian violence became too obvious to ignore.
So, with mere weeks left before her departure, who has what it takes to fill her shoes? It has to be someone bold, someone brash, someone vapid and irritating enough to spark up petty feuds and produce lots of headlines.
If we had to consider every obnoxious TV personality with awful opinions, this article would be a novel-length list of gross dudes. But seeing as The View is strictly hosted by women, these five should be among the top contenders.
