The Women of The View Often Disagree. And Then Savannah Chrisley Joined the Panel
By design, The View is designed to dig up controversy. The spirited discussions that define the long-running ABC show (which sometimes bubble over into full on arguments) are a huge part of its appeal, and its hosts are all aware of that. Which is why it’s kind of big news that last week they all agreed on something — the permanent hosts, anyway.
Due to long-term host Alyssa Farah Griffin recently giving birth, the influencer, former reality television star, and daughter of pardoned criminals, Savannah Chrisley, has joined as an interim host. Chrisley is best known for, well, she isn’t that known. But she is rich, Christian, and Republican, so because she wants to be television, she gets to be. However, she was in for a rude awakening when she tried to broadcast a known falsehood about democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, perhaps because she forgot she wasn’t on Fox and actually needed to back up the things she was saying with evidence.
The Chrisley Knows Best star turned to the MAGA crowd when it came to freeing her parents. Todd and Julie Chrisley were both in prison for 12 counts, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion. They barely served their sentence and a lot of their time was spent with their daughter defending them and complaining about their treatment in prison. Now, she is a talking head on The View and a controversial one at that.
The AOC conversation that shocked viewers
Her first big controversy started with the hosts discussing an incident at the Munich Security Conference on 13 February, where the usually eloquent AOC gave an uncharacteristically scattered reply. Although falling short of her usually high standard of public speaking, it was still more understandable than the vast majority of Donald Trump speeches, something The View co-host Joy Behar pointed out.
Chrisey countered that Trump would at least “recover” from his mishaps, which is true in the same way going under the guillotine would help someone recover from a headache. At that point Whoopi Goldberg, who was playing moderator in the discussion, noted that Trump was the president, so should always be held to a higher standard, to which Chrisey’s conservative training kicked in and the mistruths began.
“AOC, though, is also the Democrats’ pick for next election,” she claimed, despite AOC confirming she had no desire to run in 2028. This was picked up on by the other four women on screen, leading to the rare mass-agreement between the hosts. It’s not quite a sign of the apocalypse, but it’s definitely not something you see every day, and long may it continue.
Chrisley is vastly unqualified for her temporary hosting job and it doesn’t seem to be starting off too well.
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