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

[CynicalGirl]

1 hour ago, athousandclowns said:

She’s going to be even more insufferable now they’ve been named most influential political show on the New Yorker magazine.  I won’t be able to tolerate her. She thinks she’s responsible for it I’m sure. 

After reading the article, I'm pretty much convinced Meghan won't be going anywhere. Unless she decides to leave on her own.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/the-view-politics-tv.html

[athousandclowns]

Incredible that she blathers on about Dr Ben how he should be working on developing things that would help with what her father died from” that’s from a personal level”  then seconds later when Sunny said he could help families  like hers , MM pops up to say I don’t make it personal. STFU . Thank goodness Whoopi and the others stopped her from making it sound like it’s all come together since she joined. 

[tinkerbell]

1 hour ago, ari333 said:

I see your point, but why not pretend that she is horrified by Stern? You know, to keep up the facade. I find him disgusting for the reasons mentioned already

Whoopi and Joy seem to be the only two with the same hair everyday. I'm ok with it. MM's hair is.... IDK what

I suspect that Meghan's "I LOVE howard Stern!"  is actually more based on her husband being a fan, and telling her Stern was cool.  

Sara and Paula talking about , or really alluding to sex with their husbands is "trashy", but Stern talking about anal sex, asking guests about their sexual habits and pasts, is OK?   

[HaaCHOO]

1 hour ago, ari333 said:

I see your point, but why not pretend that she is horrified by Stern? You know, to keep up the facade.

Starstruck?  He was right there and she completely forgot her Church Lady persona.

[PradaKitty]

I swear that Meghan HAS to be bipolar. Each day we get a different personality. (All unbearable, but still...)

[HaaCHOO]

11 minutes ago, tinkerbell said:

I suspect that Meghan's "I LOVE howard Stern!"  is actually more based on her husband being a fan, and telling her Stern was cool.

She was a fan decades before she heard of her husband.

[blondiec0332]

17 minutes ago, athousandclowns said:

Incredible that she blathers on about Dr Ben how he should be working on developing things that would help with what her father died from” that’s from a personal level”  then seconds later when Sunny said he could help families  like hers , MM pops up to say I don’t make it personal. STFU . Thank goodness Whoopi and the others stopped her from making it sound like it’s all come together since she joined. 

Isn't Carson a brain surgeon?  Meghan's dad died of brain cancer.

[RealHousewife]

15 minutes ago, tinkerbell said:

I suspect that Meghan's "I LOVE howard Stern!"  is actually more based on her husband being a fan, and telling her Stern was cool.  

Sara and Paula talking about , or really alluding to sex with their husbands is "trashy", but Stern talking about anal sex, asking guests about their sexual habits and pasts, is OK?   

Exactly. It’s like how some people in her tribe were offended by Michelle Obama’s bare arms but Melania’s provocative, fake boobied, nudie modeling self epitomizes class. Give me a break! 

No offense to Republicans/fake boobs.

😉

Edited May 22, 2019 by RealHousewife

[HaaCHOO]

52 minutes ago, CynicalGirl said:

After reading the article, I'm pretty much convinced Meghan won't be going anywhere. Unless she decides to leave on her own.

I read it.  You're right.  Heartbreaking.

[athousandclowns]

13 minutes ago, blondiec0332 said:

Isn't Carson a brain surgeon?  Meghan's dad died of brain cancer.

Yep, she said he’d been working on brain stem tumors and it’s a shame he’s not helping families like  hers. 

Edited May 22, 2019 by athousandclowns

[HaaCHOO]

Dear Sunny,

I will assume that you don't do your family's laundry.  You probably have "people" to do things like that.  First, applause for giving employment to those professionals.  Secondly, if you HAD done laundry, you would understand skid marks (you may need a slang dictionary).

This is merely one reason why you wouldn't want one of your employees* being nekkid in your home.  Think of your nice (no doubt expen$ive) designer chairs and sofas ...perhaps side tables, office chairs, a pool table!, barstools in the kitchen, your bed linens--even your carpeting...all the places someone might need to plant a bare bottom while spending time where you live.  I ask you to rethink your opinion.

*Dear Dog-Walker Employer.  Please invest in a black light gadget and check all the surfaces in your home.

[ching5411]

2 hours ago, Coffeewinewater said:

Yes she does. She has said as much. 

As much as many don’t want to admit, Meghan probably IS the reason. What else has changed on the show in the last two years besides Meghan?

[blondiec0332]

3 minutes ago, ching5411 said:

As much as many don’t want to admit, Meghan probably IS the reason. What else has changed on the show in the last two years besides Meghan?

This country has become very political.  There is so many more political things to talk about.  They also had great ratings in 2008 when that election was happening.

[RealHousewife]

5 minutes ago, ching5411 said:

As much as many don’t want to admit, Meghan probably IS the reason. What else has changed on the show in the last two years besides Meghan?

The guy in the White House! 😉

[HaaCHOO]

re·duc·tive

adjective    tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form

One of Meghan's new words.  I think she meant to use it in a negative sense, but it was spot on when describing all the news/Internet coverage of the people dropping off and delivering OREOS to HUD Secretary Ben Carson's office.  He won't forget THIS appearance before Congress.

In the case of Trump's Administration choices, I think this one was well planned.  He wants HUD to fail.

[Haleth]

40 minutes ago, HaaCHOO said:

Dear Sunny,

I will assume that you don't do your family's laundry.  You probably have "people" to do things like that.  First, applause for giving employment to those professionals.  Secondly, if you HAD done laundry, you would understand skid marks (you may need a slang dictionary).

This is merely one reason why you wouldn't want one of your employees* being nekkid in your home.  Think of your nice (no doubt expen$ive) designer chairs and sofas ...perhaps side tables, office chairs, a pool table!, barstools in the kitchen, your bed linens--even your carpeting...all the places someone might need to plant a bare bottom while spending time where you live.  I ask you to rethink your opinion.

*Dear Dog-Walker Employer.  Please invest in a black light gadget and check all the surfaces in your home.

Her nonchalance about this was gross. A contracted employee is there to do a job. Frolic on your own time in your own house. 

[bannana]

3 hours ago, Coffeewinewater said:

Then when sunny said something about he could help people like my family growing up in public housing,  I heard Meghan say "I'm not making this personal." Huh? What?

That was so bizarre, and she kept talking, throwing out random words and looking to the audience. The entire panel ignored her.

[CynicalGirl]

47 minutes ago, ching5411 said:

As much as many don’t want to admit, Meghan probably IS the reason. What else has changed on the show in the last two years besides Meghan?

43 minutes ago, blondiec0332 said:

This country has become very political.  There is so many more political things to talk about.  They also had great ratings in 2008 when that election was happening.

42 minutes ago, RealHousewife said:

The guy in the White House! 😉

I stopped watching after they fired Joy, and started watching Wendy Williams. Then came back during election season, when Jedidiah was still there. Couldn't stand her, but little did I know it was going to get worse lol. I also started watching MSNBC for the first time in my life.

I'd say I'm still watching now in spite of Meghan. 

(WW is still on opposite the View, so I dvr them both, watch WW Hot Topics, then switch to dvr version of the View. Then I can FF through all the commercials and still be done by 11 a.m. 😊 )

[Coffeewinewater]

59 minutes ago, ching5411 said:

As much as many don’t want to admit, Meghan probably IS the reason. What else has changed on the show in the last two years besides Meghan?

The View has always talked politics.  The hosts all had strong opinions and they all had no problem speaking their mind. According to the princess of Arizona,  she is the first host on the View that tells it like it is (or whatever the hell she said, ) and alot of people had to get used to that. She said this a few weeks ago and Ms. Goldberg wasn't thrilled. 

Meghan didnt bring politics to the View. She's not the first host to hold strong opinions.  She is one of a few hosts that spews BS as fact.  So she's not even original with that.

[HaaCHOO]

46 minutes ago, Coffeewinewater said:

she is the first host on the View that tells it like it is

A good joke...she oughta go on tour!   She also needs to add that she often tells it like it ISN'T !    She's going to annoy Whoopi one time too many.

[GiveMeSpace]

Just now, HaaCHOO said:

She's going to annoy Whoopi one time too many.

From your mouth to God's ear.

[ari333]

I am getting tired. I left after Bits ran me off and I am feeling it again with MM

[HaaCHOO]

1 hour ago, ching5411 said:

As much as many don’t want to admit, Meghan probably IS the reason. What else has changed on the show in the last two years besides Meghan?

I won't admit it because I don't believe it.  Many things on the show have changed (we lost Sara), but more things of interest to all the panelists on the show--and the viewers--have occurred in last two years.  Reporting on these...

• The vastly overstated number of people who attended President Trump's inauguration and all the laughs that brought
• Meghan Markel married a prince.
• Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House
• President's Trump's lies
• The number of people who left the Administration
• 2017 Women's March (Pussyhat Project)
• 34 freshmen WOMEN elected to Congress (32 of whom are Dems)
• The Mueller Report
• Abby: pregnant with twins
• Whoopi's near-death experience
• They didn't win an Emmy

Your turn...

[maggiemae]

The over 10,000 Trump lies that Joy often mentions.....

[Natalie68]

9 hours ago, Tosia said:

Where in the hell did Nutmeg get the idea that she was supposed to change the minds of her Co hosts regarding her worries over the Dems?  

She spouted this inane nugget after  they were reacting to her irrational rally numbers that Nutmeg herself read off of her blue cards. Hubbie needs to check his stats more carefully.  More proof that MM doesn't think for herself, I mean, think in general. Or prep for a halfway sane discussion. She's the joke.  

It was funny. 10,000 show up in a town of 4,000. 🙂 Sure, right. 6, 000 drive in, sure, (not 9,000) .  Hyper-bowl? Maybe.  Like the inaugural crowd, I mean smattering.  Guess math is another of MM's skills that was lost amid her vast political acumen incubated in the womb.   

God, Mehgun is stupid. 

I was glad she shut up and pouted cuz it was a million times better than her screeching on Monday.  Why doesn't one of the other cohosts say, "Stop yelling! We're  right here.  We can hear you! "  She must have been insufferable at the dinner table.  

Surely for a town of 4000 they had issues with parking an extra 3000 cars at least 🙄.  People are really bad at guestimating crowd size.  Unless that comes out of a Fire Marshal's mouth I call bullshit.

[fishsanwitt]

The irony is rich when the trashy Princess of Arizona has the nerve to call two former hosts who (even if I didn't always agree with them) were *always* polite, always willing to listen and discuss calmly and rationally the day's issues and who were *never* trashy* - not in their words or in the way they dressed. Paula and Sara are lovely, classy women. Meghan is slime.

[falltime]

I was shocked when Sunny said that she wouldn't have a problem with the dog sitter walking around her house naked. I would totally have a problem with that and them bringing in people into my home.

[tinkerbell]

3 hours ago, athousandclowns said:

Yep, she said he’d been working on brain stem tumors and it’s a shame he’s not helping families like  hers. 

Yes, because nobody should EVER again die of the particular cancer that her father died of!  

It might seem cynical of me, but I will never understand her view on this.   If we live to be past 80, we WILL, at some point (80's, 90's or 100+)  face something like cancer, heart attack, stroke, dementia, accident, organ failure,   SOMETHING that will kill us..  Because we are mortal.  My mother died of a brain hemorrhage after a fall.   Was that more or less tragic than dying of brain cancer?  No, it was just different.   It's as if Meghan believes that if brain cancer was eradicated, her dad would be around forever.   Meghan believes that brain cancer is the absolute worst way to die.  But in reality, her dad had the advantage of knowing the end was coming, and being able to accomplish the few things he wanted to before he went.  Not everybody gets that opportunity. 

To put it in another perspective, my dad is past 90.  I know that he will die in the next 10 years, probably in the next 3-5 years.  He knows it too.  he might have another stroke, or succumb to his COPD, or to his kidney disease, or something else,  we don't know.  But is one of those options better or worse than the others?  not really.  HE could even get brain cancer.  But if he died of brain cancer, it wouldn't be better or worse or more tragic than any other possibilities?  No.  

[Haleth]

I don't begrudge Meghan her grief. Losing a parent at any age, under any circumstances is a life altering event that you never recover from. However the time is past for her to be reminding us daily that she is grieving. It's now self serving, meant to evoke sympathy and to deflect criticism of the ridiculous things she says.  It's time for her to recognize that constantly bringing this up is tedious. She's entitled to her feelings but during the broadcast is no longer the right time. 

[GoldenGirl90]

Look at what TYT is covering today, lol (BTW this is a screen shot because the show is live and I’m sure someone will link the segment here after they post the clips online). They’re making some excellent points...

Edited May 23, 2019 by Alexis2291

[SPinCA]

I would call Sunny a progressive Catholic. She’s the most interesting host to me because you can’t always predict what her view will be. 

[Picture It. Sicily]

2 hours ago, HaaCHOO said:

A good joke...she oughta go on tour!   She also needs to add that she often tells it like it ISN'T !    She's going to annoy Whoopi one time too many.

She just needs to continue calling women who have abortions babykillers. The rhetoric has already clearly been annoying whoopi. She can only stand to have the buffoon on the other side of the table call her a murderer so many times. 

[debbie311]

I had never heard of people hiring someone to stay in their house all day, to walk their dog.  I remember in Mad About You, they had someone to come in to take Murray the dog for a walk and then leave, but they didn't STAY there all day.  Does the dog sitter do other things, like house cleaning, or do they just sit around (in this case naked) all day except for the times the dog needs to go out?  I have heard of people taking their dog to doggie daycare, but not this.  And the naked part.  I'm sorry, but anyone who would strip down naked at work, at someone else's home, has a screw loose and I would be quite concerned what other extremely odd things they might be doing.  How weird that Sunny was ok with it.  LOL I remember the episode on Sex and the City where Charlotte does not like Harry sitting naked on her white couch.  Can we say ... unsanitary?

[SPinCA]

I assumed the doggy sitter was staying overnight while the owner was out of town and that’s why the boyfriend showed up. I have a friend who had an Airbnb with a camera in the common area and at the front entrance. The camera locations were disclosed to people and still the things people did smh. Lots of nudity, stealing her food, one guy peed in her kitchen sink! About half of her guests snuck in extra guests. A single lady booked and there she was on camera later bringing in her entire family- about 11 people with their luggage. Nothing surprises me. 

TMI: But one of my fav positions does involve my guy sitting on my couch or in my chair. He’s such a neat freak he irons his swimming trunks, so I have no worries about staining or anything but it does make me suspicious of other people. I assume some other people are like me so I sideeye the chair in hotel rooms. 

[cinsays]

2 hours ago, Natalie68 said:

Surely for a town of 4000 they had issues with parking an extra 3000 cars at least 🙄.  People are really bad at guestimating crowd size.  Unless that comes out of a Fire Marshal's mouth I call bullshit.

Well, frump probably had them bussed in, so didn't need that many parking spaces

[CynicalGirl]

1 hour ago, tinkerbell said:

Yes, because nobody should EVER again die of the particular cancer that her father died of!  

It might seem cynical of me, but I will never understand her view on this.   If we live to be past 80, we WILL, at some point (80's, 90's or 100+)  face something like cancer, heart attack, stroke, dementia, accident, organ failure,   SOMETHING that will kill us..  Because we are mortal.  My mother died of a brain hemorrhage after a fall.   Was that more or less tragic than dying of brain cancer?  No, it was just different.   It's as if Meghan believes that if brain cancer was eradicated, her dad would be around forever.   Meghan believes that brain cancer is the absolute worst way to die.  But in reality, her dad had the advantage of knowing the end was coming, and being able to accomplish the few things he wanted to before he went.  Not everybody gets that opportunity. 

To put it in another perspective, my dad is past 90.  I know that he will die in the next 10 years, probably in the next 3-5 years.  He knows it too.  he might have another stroke, or succumb to his COPD, or to his kidney disease, or something else,  we don't know.  But is one of those options better or worse than the others?  not really.  HE could even get brain cancer.  But if he died of brain cancer, it wouldn't be better or worse or more tragic than any other possibilities?  No.  

I agree with every word. To me, it's much more tragic that Joe Biden lost his son to that disease, a man in his 40's with small children. But, people die every day. Life isn't fair, death isn't fair. I lost my mom to lung cancer. She wasn't diagnosed until stage 4, and was gone in 2 months. She was a few weeks shy of 82. Do I wish she had lived longer? Of course. Do I miss her and grieve her? Of course. But I am also grateful I had her until almost 82. And glad her suffering wasn't prolonged. 

[Tammee]

5 hours ago, HaaCHOO said:

Starstruck?  He was right there and she completely forgot her Church Lady persona.

She sure didnt forget to screech 'bababoey' MANY times, louder each time.  Annoying.

[Medicine Crow]

3 hours ago, debbie311 said:

 I remember the episode on Sex and the City where Charlotte does not like Harry sitting naked on her white couch.  Can we say ... unsanitary?

That was one of the few times I agreed with Charlotte!!!  (LOL)

[Kenz]

I'm sure that the New York Times story will make Meghan think that she is probably responsible for the View's label of most important political talk show. That means she will be even more strident, shrill, and rude. I'm getting very weary of listening to her and seeing her grim, unpleasant face and her dumb mannerisms. I'd hate to give up watching the View after all of these years, but my threshold for this ditz is reaching the breaking point.

[HaaCHOO]

5 hours ago, Tammee said:

She sure didnt forget to screech 'bababoey' MANY times, louder each time.  Annoying.

Like she's in the IN crowd, one of the COOL CHICKS.  Arrested development. 

[HaaCHOO]

15 hours ago, debbie311 said:

How weird that Sunny was ok with it.

Sunny was thinking of sprightly little Tinkerbell types, flitting around the house doing good deeds...so cute that they were not wearing one silly thing. Just part of her fantasy life.  She didn't stop to think; she was trying to be cool.  If my adult son weren't living with me, I'd probably be nude at all times...in my house and back yard, wishing I had a pool.  Of course, I'd put down some sort of barrier (a simple towel works) between my butt and where it parks itself.

Edited May 23, 2019 by HaaCHOO

[ching5411]

19 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

The guy in the White House! 😉

No. I asked what has changed on the show? It’s only Meghan. Yes, she is annoying and childish at times, but that’s why people tune in. We want to see her and her fellow panelists have meltdowns when they disagree with each other. The liberal echo chamber that exists in most media outlets is disrupted by Meghan on a daily basis. That’s not cool for Sunny, Joy and Whoopi. People on both sides live in their own political bubble and when that bubble is broken all hell breaks out. This is the reason that people watch The View.

Edited May 23, 2019 by ching5411
Typo

[HaaCHOO]

1 minute ago, ching5411 said:

No. I asked what has changed on the show? It’s only Meghan. Yes, she is annoying and childish at times, but that’s why people tune in.

And that's why it's called "The View."   My view is much different from yours.  I do not tune in to see her. 

[ching5411]

10 minutes ago, HaaCHOO said:

And that's why it's called "The View."   My view is much different from yours.  I do not tune in to see her. 

This is true. I’m sure that there is a core audience (like you) that has always watched. However, I do think that the INCREASE in ratings is due primarily to the addition of Meghan. 

[ari333]

I would watch the View without MM

I also like when the guests are already seated without all the hugging. The segments are short enough as it is

[RealHousewife]

32 minutes ago, HaaCHOO said:

And that's why it's called "The View."   My view is much different from yours.  I do not tune in to see her. 

Me neither. 

39 minutes ago, ching5411 said:

No. I asked what has changed on the show? It’s only Meghan. Yes, she is annoying and childish at times, but that’s why people tune in. We want to see her and her fellow panelists have meltdowns when they disagree with each other. The liberal echo chamber that exists in most media outlets is disrupted by Meghan on a daily basis. That’s not cool for Sunny, Joy and Whoopi. People on both sides live in their own political bubble and when that bubble is broken all hell breaks out. This is the reason that people watch The View.

I watched prior to MM joining and got more into it due to the political climate. I’m not saying there aren’t folks who tune in to watch her, but I respectfully disagree that all that has changed is the addition of MM. She isn’t the only thing that has changed on the show. The political climate has to be a factor imo, even if it’s not literally sitting there as a host. It affects the topics every single day. I know MM gets people talking, but I think the ratings would have still gotten higher without her. Whether or not they’d be exactly as high, I don’t know. I’m not saying you’re wrong with her being a factor. 

[GoldenGirl90]

6 minutes ago, RealHousewife said:

I watched prior to MM joining and got more into it due to the political climate. I’m not saying there aren’t folks who tune in to watch her, but I respectfully disagree that all that has changed is the addition of MM. She isn’t the only thing that has changed on the show. The political climate has to be a factor imo, even if it’s not literally sitting there as a host. It affects the topics every single day. I know MM gets people talking, but I think the ratings would have still gotten higher without her. Whether or not they’d be exactly as high, I don’t know. I’m not saying you’re wrong with her being a factor. 

I agree with you. I've also watched long before Meghan was on the show. Meghan has all but said she believes she's the reason for the increase in ratings. I'm glad Whoopi mentioned how they've always talked about politics on yesterday's show, because it's true. And you're right about the political climate being a factor in the ratings. I don't believe Meghan had much of anything to do with it, at least not as much as she appears to believe.

[Jewell2]

20 hours ago, ching5411 said:

As much as many don’t want to admit, Meghan probably IS the reason. What else has changed on the show in the last two years besides Meghan?

Trump talk

[Ladyrain]

Listening to Nutmeg waxing poetic over Harriet Tubman was making me gag.   She probably never even heard that name before today's morning meeting.   And she probably thinks the Underground Railroad is the subway - and that Harriet Tubman invented it.

Oh - and did you know MM is a republican??   She IS!!!  She just said so!!!!  I had no idea!

Edited May 23, 2019 by Ladyrain

[GoldenGirl90]

Did you all see Meghan and Joy when Whoopi cut to commercial break? Meghan was rolling her neck so hard at Joy I'm surprised she didn't break it.

Meghan, you're not in Republican leadership. You're not in Congress. Once again, when Sunny or Joy say they want to hear from Republicans about something, they're talking about people who are in office. It's not that difficult to understand.