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'The View' Host Meghan McCain Gets Trashed For Unloading On Kathy Griffin Hours After Comedian Reveals She's Been Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

Aug. 2 2021, Published 3:47 p.m. ET

Meghan McCain really doesn't give any f---s now that she's leaving The View.

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The 36-year-old talk show co-host is catching major backlash for unloading on Kathy Griffin only hours after the comedian revealed she's been diagnosed with lung cancer and has to get half of her lung removed.

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Griffin's scary diagnosis was a topic of conversation among the women on Monday's episode of The View, and while many sent the funny gal well wishes, McCain chose to bring up beef she has with the actress.

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While she started out strong by stating “Well first, I just wanna say it’s terrible and very scary to be diagnosed with cancer, and it’s very tragic to hear of her having an opioid addiction," the conservative television personality took a hard left.

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Bringing up her friend, singer Clay Aiken, who she calls a "brother, McCain demanded Griffin apologize for the homophobic jokes she's made about him in the past.

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“My issue with Kathy Griffin is — I’m gonna name drop — Clay Aiken is one of my closest friends in the entire world. He’s ostensibly my brother. She made very, very, very cruel and homophobic jokes about him before he was out of the closet,” McCain stated when asked by Whoopi Goldberg what she thought after hearing Griffin is battling lung cancer.

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