Ana Navarro Can’t Mention ‘The View’ While Hosting at DNC
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Ana Navarro is known best these days as a co-host on ABC’s “The View,” but she isn’t likely to bring up the connection when she hosts an evening of the Democratic National Convention this week.
Although “The View” operates under the aegis of ABC News, Navarro is not held to the same standards as its full-time journalists, because she is an opinion-focused contributor to the program, according to a person familiar with the matter, not a traditional journalist who is expected to avoid any potential appearance of bias.
ABC News declined to make executives available for comment, but her role at “The View” is not expected to be referenced publicly.
Her appearance at the convention this week has generated some scrutiny on social media as well as stories by outlets such as Fox News and Entertainment Weekly. “I can’t tell you how much it means to me,” Navarro said in a video she posted via Instagarm. “I’m a little refugee girl who fled communism, who fled Nicaragua at the age of eight, found freedom, found opportunity, found a home in America, and for me to have the chance to stand on that stage and help my girl, Kamala, make history and become the Democratic nominee, it’s just such a mind-blowing moment.” Navarro also works for Warner Bros.
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