Whoopi Goldberg Reportedly Pushed For Meghan McCain's Exit From 'The View,' Made It 'Very Clear' She Wanted Conservative Co-Host Gone
July 6 2021, Published 12:09 p.m. ET
Meghan McCain recently announced her departure from The View, and while ABC reportedly begged the conservative co-host to stay, her on-screen colleagues – including "chill" moderator Whoopi Goldberg – were apparently doing the opposite.
"Everyone was at their wits' end – even Whoopi, and she's the chillest of them all," a source told Page Six. "Whoopi is never going to advocate for anyone to get fired. She's not about that, but she was very clear that she no longer wanted to work with Meghan."
The source added that part-time conservative co-host Ana Navarro "probably drank so many goddamn margaritas" to celebrate McCain's departure.
Unsurprisingly, Joy Behar is also said to have wanted the daughter of late Senator John McCain gone.
"It happened as soon as [new ABC News president] Kim [Godwin] came in," one source told the outlet. "It was right after Joy and Meghan's huge [on-air] blow-up [in May] where the network called an emergency meeting. They told new management, 'We don't want to work with her anymore.'"

"Whoopi was clear that she didn't want to work with her either," the source said. "There have been so many well-documented issues, and [Meghan] has not made a good impression on new management."
Another insider added that "[the hosts] all came with complaints to Kim about Meghan."
Multiple sources and insiders told Page Six that the previous network heads and showrunners always had McCain's back, noting that when Meghan and Sunny Hostin were at each other's throats, Hostin was reportedly instructed to "get along with Meghan or get out."
"Meghan hated Sunny and didn't trust her," the first source told the outlet. "She thought she was leaking stories about her and it was a bad situation. [ABC brass] essentially told Sunny, 'Don't make us have to choose between you and Meghan because we're not going to choose you.' And they've had a faux friendship ever since."