"The View": Week of 5/20/2019

[njbchlover]

2 minutes ago, Alexis2291 said:

I could never date an ex of one of my friends. I've heard of it happening before, but I don't get it. 

I was just about to point this out. Whoopi kept looking at Meghan, as if she wanted her to chime in. It's like they know Meghan's going to throw a hissy fit during the political discussions, so they have to talk about something like the Housewives to appease Meghan when they come back from the commercial break. Meghan didn't seem interested in talking about it this time, though. She still looked pissed off. 😂

I don't know if Meghan was just totally pissed off today, although it seems like she did come in with a chip on her shoulder and very snotty, but I think the reason she didn't really comment on the housewives is because they were discussing Denise Richards' constantly talking about sex, and we all know that Meghan really doesn't like to discuss anything to do with sex.  

It was disturbing to see that Whoopi was left hanging in the wind there by her "babe" Meghan.  She is the only one at the table who watches the Real Housewives, so this should have been her topic to take the lead on.  

I think something bad must have happened during their pre-show meeting, because the whole hot topics segment seemed very stilted and uncomfortable.   

[GoldenGirl90]

That's a good point @njbchlover, but it's one of the few topics where she usually lights up though. And I'm pretty sure the only reason she says she doesn't like talking about sex is because her grandmother watches the show. It may have been posted on Meghan's thread already, but there are instances of her talking about sex openly in the past. 

[TheGreenKnight]

I loved Joy calling McCain out for acting faux concerned for Democrats. Screw her and her craptastic “advice.”

I thought it was funny Whoopi decided to zero in on Sunny (and Sherri) for bringing up “friends,” but left out the biggest offenders (Elisabeth and Meghan). They have a friend for every occasion. A gay friend, a black friend, a Southern friend, a poor friend, etc. etc. And I agree with Sunny; who would still want to be around a friend who's dating your ex? Too bad she can't have a different opinion without Whoopi acting like a psycho.

I like Laine’s voice although I was hoping he would leave the Elvis schtick behind now that he’d won the show. Whoopi was being nice when she said he won because he had the IT factor... More like he was the country-leaning white guy option in the group and those win 9 times out of 10 on these shows. Hasn't there been a to-do about The Voice recently because they had around 5 country guys in the top 7 this season?

[blondiec0332]

13 minutes ago, TheGreenKnight said:

More like he was the country-leaning white guy option in the group and those win 9 times out of 10 on these shows.

I stopped watching AI years ago when Chris Daughtery didn't win.

13 minutes ago, TheGreenKnight said:

Hasn't there been a to-do about The Voice recently because they had around 5 country guys in the top 7 this season?

Yes there was.

[TheGreenKnight]

I knew that wasn't just in my head. I love Kelly Clarkson, but I haven't been able to force myself to watch The Voice the past two seasons just for her.

I couldn't help laughing when McCain talked about "trashiness" in regards to anyone but herself. And unlike Paula and Sara, who are practically English ladies in comparison to her, she watches that Real Housewives garbage and idolizes those surgical experiments.

[movingtargetgal]

49 minutes ago, Haleth said:

Speaking of reactions, Meh must be really upset about the negative publicity about her spilling the beans. She’s snarling at everyone. 

Meghan has been getting A LOT of negative press lately.  The GOT incident is just the latest incident.  Viewers are tired of her obnoxious behavior and the media has taken notice.  People are tuning in to see Meghan lose it on air.  It seems that her behavior is getting worse and she is derailing the show.   Next season is an important political year and I can't see the TPTB will want Meghan to continue to diminish the reputation of the show.  She has been given a lot of leeway and has not been able to function in her job.  She is causing chaos on air and behind the scenes.  She needs to be fired. 

[Cementhead]

1 minute ago, movingtargetgal said:

People are tuning in to see Meghan lose it on air.  It seems that her behavior is getting worse and she is derailing the show.   Next season is an important political year and I can't see the TPTB will want Meghan to continue to diminish the reputation of the show. 

I think that's the part that ABC and the producers of the show care about.  More eyeballs means more advertising dollars which is why the show is basically all commercials now.  And Meghan's being on the show has added to the show's presence on social media platforms which is sadly a big deal now.  And they don't care if it's negative. 

[blondiec0332]

Loved the back and forth between Joy and Sunny and Meghan just finally saying fine and stopped talking.  They were subtly icing  her out and it was wonderful to watch.

[njbchlover]

5 minutes ago, blondiec0332 said:

Loved the back and forth between Joy and Sunny and Meghan just finally saying fine and stopped talking.  They were subtly icing  her out and it was wonderful to watch.

That is the best way to deal with a petulant child - just not deal with them!  Meghan doesn't seem to get it, though.  

[Medicine Crow]

1 hour ago, OnTime said:

Meghan just loves to give out advice to the democrats running for president. Yesterday she was yapping on and on what Pete Buttigieg needs to do and today she yaps about how the democrats need to focus.

They are not sitting at the edge of their seats waiting to hear from her. Gosh she thinks entirely too much of her big self!!

She must have seen John Heilmann (sp?) on Nicolle Wallace's show yesterday who said the Dems need to do SOMETHING & quit whining.

[Coffeewinewater]

28 minutes ago, TheGreenKnight said:

I knew that wasn't just in my head. I love Kelly Clarkson, but I haven't been able to force myself to watch The Voice the past two seasons just for her.

I couldn't help laughing when McCain talked about "trashiness" in regards to anyone but herself. And unlike Paula and Sara, who are practically English ladies in comparison to her, she watches that Real Housewives garbage and idolizes those surgical experiments.

Great point. She pretty much called Sara and Paula trashy.  Erika Jayne her idol,  is what than?

Edited May 21, 2019 by Coffeewinewater

[ari333]

Wow. MM is getting worse.

I stopped watching AI when the first one ended. I kind of liked the Flame song. I wondered why there was no table and only stools.

Now I get it. 

Loved Joy (as usual I  love her)

My friend with a long term ex would be weird. I wouldn't die over it, but would not love it

[movingtargetgal]

Cementhead, I totally see your point.  The question I have is,  Has Meghan crossed the line.  Has the negative publicity that brought in eyeballs turned toxic?  Will advertisers not want to associate their products with Meghan?  Meghan's behavior has become more and more offensive.

[Cementhead]

1 minute ago, movingtargetgal said:

Cementhead, I totally see your point.  The question I have is,  Has Meghan crossed the line.  Has the negative publicity that brought in eyeballs turned toxic?  Will advertisers not want to associate their products with Meghan?  Meghan's behavior has become more and more offensive.

Let's hope so!!  I am totally there with you in wishing and hoping that her time is coming.  I just think that sadly we are in a time where bad people are getting rewarded for bad behaviour as long as their behaviour brings the eyeballs and the re-tweets and the likes.  Meghan would never have been allowed to get away with this crap before say, hmmm, 2016.🤨

[mongoose]

2 hours ago, Haleth said:

Meg is in a pissy mood today. (So what else is new?)

Pleasant way to begin watching.

[mongoose]

1 hour ago, Haleth said:

But the show wasn’t the topic. Fans’ reaction to the show was the topic. 

Speaking of reactions, Meh must be really upset about the negative publicity about her spilling the beans. She’s snarling at everyone. 

Including the person whose phone went off while she was talking. 

[maggiemae]

Hey Meghan -if the town's pop is 4,000 and there were 10,000 means 6,000 drove in, not 9,000.

[PradaKitty]

Meghan? Time to take the stick out. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, blondiec0332 said:

Probably because she is getting raked over the coals online for her GOT spoiler.

I'm sure Meghan thinks everyone hates her because blah blah blah. But any negative attention Meghan receives is because of  her own actions.

The reaction was made worse by her tone-deaf apology. Had she been more like "I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking" she would have had less negative reaction than "It's the producers' fault. Oh wait, I mean it's your own fault for not watching live. No wait, definitely the producers. WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM ME!?!?"

[PennyPie18]

When someone is as mean, nasty, and completely lacking any sense of humor like MM, I think it indicates that her personal life, such as her marriage, friendships, family ties, career, isn't filled with much, if any, happiness. Unless she's bound to a contract, why on Earth would she stay on The View??? Everyday she comes on looking like someone has pointed a gun to her head forcing her to walk out onto the stage. Just go away and take your nasty self elsewhere.

[tinkerbell]

2 hours ago, Haleth said:

But the show wasn’t the topic. Fans’ reaction to the show was the topic. 

Speaking of reactions, Meh must be really upset about the negative publicity about her spilling the beans. She’s snarling at everyone. 

Right.  All the other talk shows were able to discuss GoT without giving away specific details of the ending.   Talking about the number of people who watched, about how the popular series has reached its end after x number of seasons/episodes, how the reactions of fans are mixed, with some people being angry at the way the series ended.  All can be discussed without giving away plot points.   

[blondiec0332]

Meghan is so full of shit.  She is not a prude when it comes to talking about sex.  She wrote a fucking book called Dirty Sexy Politics.  She has said she is strictly dickly.  She has laughed about knowing what motorboating is.  This clutching her pearls about sex is just part of her role as conservative killjoy.

[pinguina]

Wow!  MM is really angry with someone!  As Whoopie was talking about people refusing to appear before Congress who have received subpoenas, MM brought up collusion - I liked how Whoopie said that she was talking about that, she was talking about the people refusing to appear and how they were "buddies" of the orange guy.  MM didn't seem to like that and mumbled on about someone saying it was collusion (?) - not quite sure what she meant.

Joy's asking MM if MM was going to vote Democrat because she seems so concerned about "mistakes" that (in MM's opinion) they are making. That was priceless 🙂 

I enjoyed how Joy, during Housewives discussion, said something "da, da, da, da,da" in place of words 🙂 

[Aileen]

Meghan might have been at her highest level of bitch today. I was sitting here mouth-agape when she called out Sara and Paula's behavior on past seasons as "trashy."

I loved Joy and Sunny trolling her throughout HT. Snarky Sunny is my favorite.

[Aileen]

4 minutes ago, pinguina said:

I enjoyed how Joy, during Housewives discussion, said something "da, da, da, da,da" in place of words 🙂 

And I love how Whoopi genuinely laughed at the da da da. It was a cute moment.

[RealHousewife]

I agree that Meghan is probably uncomfortable discussing sex knowing her family is watching. I always wonder if people in the public ever think how what they say affects their families. I don’t blame Meghan for keeping her mouth mostly zipped regarding sex.

It does sound like she was a piece of work as usual today, so I’m sure after watching the episode I’ll go back to my posts complaining about her attitude!

[Lifesabeach]

Good God!  What crawled up MMs fat ass and how did it manage to get passed that giant stick that is already up there.  8 minutes into the show and my stomach was already upset by the tension.  She was especially nasty and obnoxious today.  And that is saying a lot! And I swear, she acts like she has a crystal ball and sees all and knows all about the upcoming political fight. 

And thank you Joy for the question about if she would vote dem.  Stopped her dead. 👏🏻

I had a good friend that dated my ex.  I was rooting for them because he was just one of those that needed some care taking.

Edited May 21, 2019 by Lifesabeach

[Lilaclily]

Her talking about sex on television, should be the least of her worries of exposing her family to. Her behaviour should be what she worries about them seeing. 

[PennyPie18]

32 minutes ago, blondiec0332 said:

Meghan is so full of shit.  She is not a prude when it comes to talking about sex.  She wrote a fucking book called Dirty Sexy Politics.  She has said she is strictly dickly.  She has laughed about knowing what motorboating is.  This clutching her pearls about sex is just part of her role as conservative killjoy.

I never knew any of this, which makes my dislike of her even more intense. I have a friend who does the " clutching of pearls" (love that term), and it is old and phony, since she's been married twice, (one divorce), claims to know so little about sex, and fakes embarrassment whenever the subject comes up. Drives me crazy!

[TheView]

4 minutes ago, Lilaclily said:

Her talking about sex on television, should be the least of her worries of exposing her family to. Her behaviour should be what she worries about them seeing. 

Meghan should join The Real Housewives herself 

[atlantaloves]

TO THE VIEW: Ha, nope, they don't cast housewives that are obese.  Sorry Meeeeegan. (I wish they would take her, she makes me sick on our show)

[TheView]

1 minute ago, atlantaloves said:

TO THE VIEW: Ha, nope, they don't cast housewives that are obese.  Sorry Meeeeegan. (I wish they would take her, she makes me sick on our show)

Erika Jayne is her hero. 

[RealHousewife]

She could also join the military. 

[Cementhead]

Watching Meghan wet herself the day Erika Jayne performed was and still is one of the most cringe worthy things I have ever seen on this show.  Remember that?  She almost passed out.  It was a sight to see. 

[geekburger]

MM referring to Paula and Sara (who she worked with everyday for a year) as “lovely people” was the equivalent to a Southerner saying “Well bless your heart!”

shady shady shady. 

[blondiec0332]

4 minutes ago, geekburger said:

MM referring to Paula and Sara (who she worked with everyday for a year) as “lovely people” was the equivalent to a Southerner saying “Well bless your heart!”

I'm going to go out on a limb and say I doubt Meghan has many female friends.

[nokat]

I hate that moronic, lying cow Meghan. Had to turn the show off today.
 

[bannana]

1 hour ago, deaja said:

The reaction was made worse by her tone-deaf apology. Had she been more like "I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking" she would have had less negative reaction than "It's the producers' fault. Oh wait, I mean it's your own fault for not watching live. No wait, definitely the producers. WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM ME!?!?"

I suspect this was the reason for her bitchy mood before she even hauled herself onto the stool.  She probably got a reprimand this morning for blaming the producers (which was covered in media reports) when the spoiler alert note was written on her blue cards.

[HaaCHOO]

3 hours ago, merriebreeze said:

She said in 2000 a republican won. Yes, because Nader siphoned votes from Gore.

She said in 2000 a republican won. Yes, McIDIOT, because Green Party Nader siphoned votes from Democrat Gore.

(So she can't even subract or add?)

[HaaCHOO]

1 hour ago, RealHousewife said:

She could also join the military. 

She has said she's too old.  She's NOT too old to join the Army (age limit: 35), but she would HAVE to join the Navy as a legacy.  Ahhh...so sad, she just missed the age cut of 34.  She did proclaim herself too old when she was still 33.

Can you IMAGINE how she would fare in a system where there are stringent rules and chain of command?  Oh, it's a dream sitcom!

[HaaCHOO]

1 hour ago, RealHousewife said:

I agree that Meghan is probably uncomfortable discussing sex knowing her family is watching. I always wonder if people in the public ever think how what they say affects their families. I don’t blame Meghan for keeping her mouth mostly zipped regarding sex.

Sex Talk by Meghan is probably the last thing her family is worried about.  Her snarling, screeching, overtalking, lying, bitchiness, general rudeness, AND mean personality overshadow anything she could possibly mention on network TV.

[blondiec0332]

3 minutes ago, HaaCHOO said:

Can you IMAGINE how she would fare in a system where there are stringent rules and chain of command?  Oh, it's a dream sitcom!

But she is John McCain's daughter damn it!!!!  Surely the rules would be relaxed for her.

19 minutes ago, bannana said:

I suspect this was the reason for her bitchy mood before she even hauled herself onto the stool.  She probably got a reprimand this morning for blaming the producers (which was covered in media reports) when the spoiler alert note was written on her blue cards.

I finished reading the View book last night and producers on this show can be your best friend or your worst enemy.  Meghan better watch herself.

[Kenz]

Oooh, Meghan was so upset that Joy said that the Republicans in Congress should be thrown in jail. Then Joy asked her if she had ever heard of hyperbole. Any bets on Meghan knowing the definition of that word? Maybe she should look up the word insufferable too and know that it applies to her. I can't imagine anyone else on a television talk show getting away with the behavior she displayed today. They may think if they fire her she will have a complete breakdown. Or, yes, they may like the ratings that she might be generating. It's really a disgusting spectacle. 

Edited May 21, 2019 by Kenz

[RealHousewife]

3 minutes ago, HaaCHOO said:

Sex Talk by Meghan is probably the last thing her family is worried about.  Her snarling, screeching, overtalking, lying, bitchiness, general rudeness, AND mean personality overshadow anything she could possibly mention on network TV.

I can’t argue with that.

[HaaCHOO]

3 hours ago, TheGreenKnight said:

I thought it was funny Whoopi decided to zero in on Sunny (and Sherri) for bringing up “friends,” but left out the biggest offenders (Elisabeth and Meghan). They have a friend for every occasion. A gay friend, a black friend, a Southern friend, a poor friend, etc. etc.

And we believed each of them every.freakin'.time.  Didn't we (heh heh)?

[blondiec0332]

1 minute ago, Kenz said:

Then Joy asked her if she had ever heard of hyperbole. Any bets on Meghan knowing the definition of that word?

She did look confused by that.  Meghan can use all the big words she wants. Girl just ain't that smart.

[bannana]

This article does a very thorough recap of that messy hot topic today.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/meghan-mccain-demands-to-be-taken-seriously-by-the-view-co-hosts/ar-AABH03n?li=BBnbfcL

Whoopi was clearly frustrated with Nutmeg's ornery display today.  When Whoopi gently tried to get her back to what they were talking about, NutMeg defensively says she was responding to what Sunny was saying.

When Joy asked her if she was going to vote for a Democrat, NutMeg said she didn't like any of the Democrats, at which point Sunny interjected that she likes Biden.  For some strange reason NutMeg took great offense, and with the upper lip snarling, she sputtered that of course she likes Joe Biden, everyone knows that.  With her head shaking, lip snarling and jerky glances toward the audience, she said that Biden helped her through her father's death, and announced that one only had to read her Instagram to know how much she likes Biden.  WTF made her react negatively to something that required a simple response like, yes, I do like Biden?

She also then corrected Joy about the Ralph Nader point, after someone talked in her ear.  She announced that Bush, a Republican won.  Which was exactly what Joy had said, and Joy told her, that's what I said, but NutMeg continued to correct her.🤦‍♀️

And then the most hilarious disaster was with the fugly View jacket for the AI winner.  She asked him to put it on now, not thinking that he is miked.  So that didn't work and she exuberantly says that she will wear it for him.  Over her leopard print jumpsuit. 🤣

[HaaCHOO]

1 minute ago, blondiec0332 said:

3 minutes ago, Kenz said:

Then Joy asked her if she had ever heard of hyperbole. Any bets on Meghan knowing the definition of that word?

She did look confused by that.  Meghan can use all the big words she wants. Girl just ain't that smart.

It's not part of a large marijuana pipe?

[tinkerbell]

3 hours ago, Lilaclily said:

I will preface my comments with the fact I am Canadian , so have no vested interest in the real politics of the show. I am 60 years old and stared watching the view during breaks in my career during maternity leaves years ago. Was not a fan of soap operas or game shows, so it was a little enjoyable entertainment during those sometimes long days at home with infants and toddlers.

Now retired, I watch again. What Meghan doesn"t get is intelligent people enjoy lively discourse, opinion debate and just general differences of personality, presented in this format., but with respect, clarity, respect and class. When she mentioned people attack her constantly for her thoughts, that truly is not it, it is her they dislike, not her opinions. She is disrespectful in demeanor, delivery and manner when delivering her talking points. She makes personal attacks out of her views, and treats others views as personal attacks on her, which they are not. I wish she could get it, because sadly she is off putting, it makes one want to disagree with her and not take her seriously at all. I wish her the best with the style she has adopted. 

I have to add, I watch much less now.

You and I are from the same era.  When I was home with small kids, taking a break from grad school, just having moved from the city to the suburbs, I watched The View every day.  it was like having coffee with girlfriends who didn't shy away from important topics.  The women disagreed with each other, but they LISTENED to one another and tried to understand others' viewpoints.  It was, at the time a ground-breaking show because it was all women, talking about issues that concerned them.  They tackled issues like abortion, but they never resorted to the extremism that Meghan gravitates to.  Women expressed their own, genuine opinions, not prefaced by "I'm a conservative, so I think...."   Each woman represented herself, not a political party.  They were able to be authentic, have discussions, and even change each others' minds with frank discussions.  

The show has devolved over the years, and now is unrecognizable.   Meghan is the worst thing that has happened to the show because of her screechy, strident "listen to me, I'm John McCain's daughter!" attitude.  

[HaaCHOO]

Bananna...I just took the poll at the end of the "Daily Beast" article you posted.  Check out these SHOCKING results!   We're in for sum trubble....

Which 'View' co-host do you agree with most often?

• 33%  Whoopi Goldberg
• 18%  Joy Behar
• 35%  Meghan McCain
• 6%    Sunny Hostin
• 9%    Abby Huntsman