Perhaps Daytime’s highest-profile job vacancy has been finally filled.
ABC will not discuss a possible addition while it is glancing at The View, with a network spokesperson telling CelebHomes, “We do not have a co-host announcement to make at this time. Stay tuned.” Variety reported July 26 that former Donald TrumpStaffer Alyssa Farah Griffin is taking the open spot on the panel for the show’s 26th season in the fall.
Since then, the spot that was reserved for conservative hosts has been empty Meghan McCainRight The ViewIn July 2021.
In the time since, the seat has seen a rotating roster of guest hosts, including Griffin, Utah congresswoman Mia Love, Carly Fiorina, Condoleezza Rice and former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson.
Former political strategist Ana Navarro, who has served as a guest co-host once a week since 2018, reportedly hoped to make her position permanent, with Deadline reporting she’s “disappointed that she wasn’t selected.”
Griffin will be joining an existing organizationViewPanel of Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny HostinAnd Sara Haines.