‘The View’ Taps Former Trump Staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin as Conservative Co-Host (EXCLUSIVE)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck said 'I do' for the second time on Saturday in front of their friends and family in Georgia.MORE: Ben Affleck makes huge personal decision after wedding to Jennifer LopezThe couple were a picture of happiness as they walked down the aisle again, joined by their children - Ben's kids Violet, Seraphina and Samuel from his marriage to Jennifer Garner, and J-Lo's twins Emme and Max from her marriage to Marc Anthony.Jennifer looked incredible dressed in a custom-made Ralph Lauren gown, with a show-stopping veil and never-ending train. VIDEO: Jennifer Lopez gives shout-out to Ben Affleck during sweet showbiz momentThe singer, in particular had a lot of ideas and thoughts for the special day, including asking guests to wear all white.READ: Jennifer Lopez's fourth Vegas wedding with Ben Affleck was worlds apart from ex-husbands – detailsMORE: Casey Affeck admits he won't attend brother Ben Affleck's weddingPhotos of the ceremony from Daily Mail showed everyone, including their children, all dressed in white outfits.It's safe to say everyone looked incredible, but the decision is something that many would consider 'risky' or 'rule-breaking', given that it is usually a color that guests avoid wearing in order to not upstage or disrespect the bride.However, as it was Jennifer's decision, it was of course more than okay.

My Chemical Romance kicked off their North American reunion tour last night (August 20) by playing two rarities for the first time in over 15 years.The band played at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City to begin a 25-date tour that takes them through until early October.At the show, they performed the track ‘Bury Me In Black’ for the first time in 19 years as the second song in the set, before going on to play ‘This Is the Best Day Ever‘ for the first time since 2005.Elsewhere, they dedicated ‘The Ghost Of You’ to Doug McKean, the producer who died aged 54 last month, with his most recent work on the band’s comeback single ‘The Foundations Of Decay’. Upon his death, MCR led tributes, writing: “My Chemical Romance lost Doug McKean, a dear friend, a collaborator, a partner, a brother, a problem-solver, a genius, an integral part of our music.

Meghan McCain is discussing her exit from The View.

Meghan McCain said Joy Behar was the reason she walked away from “The View”.

Joy Behar has been on for nearly its entire quarter-century run, and the celebrated TV personality is opening up about the reason she's stayed with the program for as long as she has.The 79-year-old veteran TV personality sat down with ET's Rachel Smith to talk about the show's new co-host, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and she joked about what keeps her coming back to the show each season.«Money,» Behar says with a laugh. «And also geography.

Joy Behar is welcoming a new conservative voice to with open arms! On Thursday, ABC announced that Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House director of strategic communications during President Donald Trump's administration, will be joining the show as a permanent co-host — to the delight of Behar. The 79-year-old veteran TV personality shares with ET's Rachel Smith why she thinks Farah Griffin's time on will run a little «smoother» than that of Meghan McCain, who was a conservative voice on the show when she co-hosted for four seasons, leaving last year.«Alyssa has got a whole different personality. I think it will be smoother, frankly,» Behar admits to ET.

. Still, there was an intimidation factor during her time as a regular guest co-host this past season, and two of her fellow panelists stood out.The 33-year-old revealed to ET's Rachel Smith that debating Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin came with its own set of challenges. For starters, Behar is known for not pulling any punches, especially when it comes to her own convictions.

The View will announce not one, but TWO new co-hosts, one year after the departure of Meghan McCain.

Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin will be named permanent co-hosts of The View, with an announcement expected on the show on Thursday.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent“The View” is adding two new co-hosts: former Trump staffer, Alyssa Farah Griffin, as well as longtime contributor to the show, Ana Navarro, who Variety has learned has signed a multi-year deal as a permanent co-host, though she won’t appear every day on the show.The announcement is expected to come on today’s episode of “The View.”Both women are Republicans and will add conservative commentary to the daytime talk show, though their political brands are vastly different, despite their same party affiliation.Navarro and Farah Griffin will join moderator Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines, resulting in six co-hosts for Season 26.Navarro — a fan-favorite on “The View” who identifies as a Republican, but is a staunch critic of former President Donald Trump —  has appeared as a weekly guest host on the show, but never officially had a permanent spot at the Hot Topics table until now. Over the years, Variety has reported that she had been in discussions to join “The View,” but a full-time deal never materialized.

expected to name CNN political commentator and former Trump White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin as a new co-host for the upcoming season, filling a seat that has been vacant since Meghan McCain exited a year ago.Prior to her time on “The View” and CNN, Farah Griffin served as press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence and Special Assistant to Trump from October 2017 to September 2019. In 2019, she became the Press Secretary for the United States Department of Defense, which she worked as until 2020.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentSunny Hostin is staying put at the most dramatic table on television.Hostin has inked a multiyear, multimillion-dollar deal to continue as co-host on “The View,” Variety has exclusively learned. The renewal deal will take Hostin through Season 28 of the ABC daytime show, which she currently co-hosts with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sara Haines — all of whom will be returning next season.ABC declined to comment on Hostin’s deal.As Variety previously reported, “The View” is expected to cast former Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin as a co-host next season, which begins in September, filling the conservative seat on the panel that has been vacant ever since Meghan McCain left the show in 2021.

Joy Behar is opening up about a near-death experience. On Wednesday's episode of , during a discussion about abortion rights ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, Behar revealed she had an ectopic pregnancy more than four decades ago. «In 1979, I had an ectopic pregnancy… I almost died,» Behar, 79, said, before explaining what an ectopic pregnancy is.«The [embryo] is growing in the fallopian tube.

#TheView … Lord, I'm sick of Elizabeth all ready. You can't force your beliefs on others. And those options she speaks of don't address all circumstances or all individuals.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned to “The View” on Wednesday, Aug. 3 as the daytime talk show marks its 25th season on the air.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned to “The View” on Wednesday and spent most of the first half of the show shaming abortion rights activists and women who get abortions. According to Hasselbeck, these people are “getting caught in the law” too much, rather than adhering to religious guidelines.The discussion on abortion rights resurfaced after voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected the idea of removing a woman’s right to an abortion from the state constitution on Wednesday night, after the reversal of Roe v.

“pray for me” as she steps back into the embattled liberal lion’s den. Hasselbeck was “The View’s” OG conservative co-host during her 10-year tenure on the program, clashing with her co-stars and transforming the daytime show into a pop culture juggernaut. And while her return is currently being billed as “temporary,” fans are already calling for the Nashville-based blonde to be permanently reinstalled in the conservative seat that she singlehandedly created. It’s no secret that “The View” producers have been struggling to find the right Republican to fill said seat after it was vacated by self-proclaimed “mountain mama” Meghan McCain last year. Ratings have been sagging without a right-leaning co-host, compounded by embarrassing missteps from Goldberg and Behar — and Hasselbeck could help bring back eyeballs.‘Hasselbeck walked so Candace Cameron Buré could run so Alyssa Farrah Griffin could fly.’ABC will officially name the new conservative co-host on Thursday, one day after Hasselbeck’s return — and her team is only fueling rumors that she could be a contender. “This is the same woman who threw herself into the middle of the Australian Outback [on “Survivor”], survived 10 years at “The View,” and then joined the Fox News Team,” Hasselbeck’s rep told The Post. “I would say nothing is off the table when it comes to her taking on new adventures.”Meanwhile, an ABC spokesperson refused to be drawn on whether execs are looking to bring back the blonde on a full-time basis.

Will Smith issued a new video on Friday, apologizing directly to Chris Rock for slapping him on stage at the Oscars. But for the hosts of “The View,” it wasn’t really enough.

She’s back, y’all!!

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is making her return to the hot seat. The longtime former “View” co-host will be back at the table in August.

Former cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck is temporarily returning to The View as its resident conservative voice.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is making her return to the hot seat. The longtime former co-host will be back at the table in August. «It will be an honor to cohost , share our bestselling children's book, 'Flashlight Night,' and as always tackle hot topics!» she confirmed to. «Pray for me y'all!»If there were any lingering doubts, she echoed her statement on Instagram, writing, «It's true!»Fortunately for fans, she hasn't stayed away from the daytime panel for long since exiting the show nearly a decade ago in 2013.

Joey Behar recalled her 2013 firing from  and said she was actually «glad» it happened.The 79-year-old comedian and co-panelist of ABC's long-running daytime talk show opened up about the experience in a new interview with  magazine, and she was unapologetic about the ordeal. «I was glad to be fired,» she tells . «I basically was sick of the show at that point for some reason, I don't even remember why.»At that point in her career, Behar's career in television also included her own HLN talk show,, which was canceled after two years in 2011.

in a recent profile for TIME magazine.The controversial talk show emcee noted how her comments are never meant to hurt people. “This whole idea of canceling people for what they say, I’d say the answer to that is, what was your intention?” she said. “Everything that I got into trouble for was not intentional.

to continue to share hosting duties on the Sony Pictures Television-produced Jeopardy! through this coming season, while Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump staffer, is said to be joining ABC’s The View as the panel’s conservative co-host. Griffin served as Trump’s director of strategic communications.  “We do not have a co-host announcement to make at this time.

Well, The View has finally found its full-time replacement for Meghan McCain after nearly a year of rotating guest hosts.

MailOnline.com said Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as former President Donald Trump's White House communications director, will reportedly be named as Meghan's permanent replacement on the ABC show. The news isn't completely surprising, as Alyssa has often contributed to "The View" panel and was considered the frontrunner for the gig.Although ABC said it wasn't prepared to make a decision "at this time," a source told the New York Post that an announcement should come within two weeks.Since appearing on "The View," Alyssa has sometimes clashed with her fellow panelists, much like her predecessor often did. Still, Alyssa has some big shoes to fill, as Meghan became a huge conservative voice during her four seasons on the show.Although Meghan praised the show in announcing her decision to leave in July 2021, she later said she doesn't "miss it at all." "I felt like I was really happy to do it on my own terms because a lot of people get fired from that show," she said in a MailOnline column.

The View, ABC’s long running morning talk show, has found their replacement for Meghan McCain‘s empty seat, nearly a year after she left the show.

Daily Mail. The Post has reached out to reps for the show for confirmation.The Post previously confirmed that the new host was likely to be Farrah, with set insiders telling us that an announcement would be revealed before the show’s current 25th season ends. If the news pans out, Farah Griffin — who now roundly condemns Tump — will have beat out several high-profile contenders for the coveted role, including Republican pundit Tara Setmayer, 46, and former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, 46.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentFood Network continues to cook up its relationship with popular host Guy Fieri, who is gearing up to launch his sixth show with the network.Fieri’s next outing is “Guy’s Ultimate Game Night,” a culinary game show with celebrity guests competing in food-related games and trivia that brings some Hollywood flavor into the TV chef’s ever-growing repertoire.The series — which launches on Aug. 31 at 9 p.m.