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Friday 5 august 2022
Alyssa Farah Griffin, Ana Navarro join ‘The View’ as cohosts

By DAVID BAUDER during national campaigns.
AP Media Writer Yet it’s also a target: Florida
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office
“The View” has named two recently turned down an
Republicans — Alyssa Far- invitation to appear on the
ah Griffin and Ana Navarro show, and publicly pointed
as regular panelists on the to hostile comments made
daytime talk show, and by the show’s hosts about
neither are fans of former him.
President Donald Trump. Led by veterans Whoopi
Farah Griffin fills the chair Goldberg and Joy Behar,
left empty when Meghan the show is generally domi-
McCain quit last summer nated by its liberal hosts.
after four years on the Goldberg refuses to even
show. Farah Griffin is a com- say Trump’s name.
munications strategist who Farah Griffin told her co-
worked as a spokesperson hosts, who also include Sun-
at the Pentagon and for ny Hostin and Sarah Haines,
Trump and Vice President that she knew it was “going
Mike Pence during the last to get sporting sometimes.”
administration. “It’s going to get more than
Navarro, a familiar face as sporting,” Hostin replied.
a frequent guest host at Navarro has worked for
“The View” since 2015, was GOP figures John McCain
also officially named as and Jeb Bush. She had a
an addition to the show’s Twitter tiff with the former
group of five hosts on Thurs- president’s son last Septem-
day. ber; after Donald Trump Jr.
McCain was a magnet for This combination of images shows Alyssa Farah Griffin, left, and Ana Navarro, newly named co- made an online comment
controversy and attention hosts for “The View.” about Navarro’s weight,
during her time at “The Associated Press she called him a dimwit.
View,” where she often demonstrate at this table insurrection at the U.S. bers, but I have to say this: I Navarro has worked for
fought onscreen with her what our elected leaders Capitol and spoke to the am so proud to have found GOP figures John McCain
more liberal co-hosts, and often can’t, which is dis- House committee investi- my voice.” and Jeb Bush.
complained after she left of agreeing but doing so re- gating the event. Not everyone has been She had a Twitter tiff with
a toxic work environment. spectfully and doing so in She said the last two years quick to turn the page, Donald Trump Jr. last Sep-
“The View” took its time a fact-based manner. We have been turbulent for and there’s a social me- tember; after he made an
replacing her, spending don’t need any of these her, including dealing with dia campaign to boycott online comment about Na-
a year with conservative conspiracies and lies that death threats. “The View” because of her varro’s weight, she called
guest hosts in informal on- have taken up so much of “I worked for an administra- hiring, with some fans un- him a dimwit.
air tryouts. Farah Griffin ap- news.” tion that I ended up speak- willing to forgive the new She said she was pleased
peared 29 times. Farah Griffin, who is also a ing out against fervently host’s service to Trump. to be joining the show of-
“If there’s one thing that CNN contributor, quit the and continue to do so dai- “The View” discusses the ficially, even if it means a
I believe, it’s that there’s Trump administration in De- ly,” she said. “It changes a day’s “hot topics” on its commute from her home in
more that unites this coun- cember 2020. She publicly lot in your life. show and is seen by many Miami.
try than divides it,” Farah turned against her old boss I lost a lot of friends. I’m es- politicians as an important “We’re finally putting a ring
Griffin said. “I think we can following the Jan. 6, 2021, tranged from family mem- conduit to women voters on it,” she said.q

Ellen Pompeo cutting back on her ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ episodes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. “Grey’s Anatomy.” an email request for com-
Meredith Grey will be cut- Series star Ellen Pompeo is ment.
ting back her workload on set to appear in eight epi- There will be newcomers
ARUBA about a third of the usual fictional Grey Sloan Memo-
sodes of the hospital drama to help pick up the slack at
per-season number when rial Hospital in Seattle. Alexis

CLEAN the ABC show returns for its Floyd, Niko Terho and Har-
19th season on Oct. 6.
ry Shum Jr. will be among
Pompeo is reducing her those joining the show as
commitment as she pre- interns.
pares to star in an untitled, Pompeo is one among
limited series based on the the few original remaining
real-life story of a tangled cast members, which in-
2010 adoption involving clude Chandra Wilson and
a U.S. couple. It’s for the James Pickens Jr. The series
streaming service Hulu, a was created by producer- This image released by ABC shows Ellen Pompeo as Meredith
Disney corporate sibling to writer Shonda Rhimes, a TV Grey in a scene from “Grey’s Anatomy.”
ABC. powerhouse whose credits Associated Press
IS MORE The network declined com- include “Bridgerton” and ties as an executive pro- Deadline Hollywood,
DUSHI ment. Pompeo’s spokes- “Scandal.” ducer and narrator for which reported the story
woman didn’t respond to Pompeo will retain her du-
“Grey’s Anatomy,” said Wednesday.q