'The View' Producers Apologize To Ana Navarro & Sunny Hostin For Disclosing False Positive Covid Results And Pulling Them Off Stage During Live Episode
Sept. 27 2021, Published 2:42 p.m. ET
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, The View’s frequent guest co-host Ana Navarro and panelist Sunny Hostin had to be asked to leave the show's set last week – even though the episode was filming live on the air – after allegedly testing positive for COVID-19. Now, the producers of The View are reportedly apologizing to the pair because their COVID-19 tests were, in fact, false positives.
"I am thrilled to report that Sunny and Ana's Friday results turned out to be false positives, and everyone is safe, healthy and COVID-free," Behar said during the show. "No one's got it. It was a mistake of some sort."
After Behar made the announcement regarding the false-positive tests, she turned to the show’s executive producer Brian Teta, who personally apologized to Navarro and Hostin for the incident during Friday’s show.
"It was just an unbelievable set of circumstances, and we found out moments before we came back on the air," Teta told the audience and viewers watching at home. "And in that moment, all I could think of was that we had to keep the hosts safe, and we had to keep the vice president safe — she could not walk out no matter what."
Teta was referencing Vice President Kamala Harris, who was backstage preparing to make her guest appearance on the show when the Covid false-positive chaos started.
"And that led to some really awkward television that I'd like to have back if I could,” Teta continued with his apology to Navarro and Hostin. “But I really want to acknowledge and apologize to Sunny and Ana, because in the midst of all this chaos, they were put in this position where they had this information put out on television.”
