‘View’ Co-Hosts Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar Forced To Read Three ‘Legal Notes’ in One Show After Stars’ Remarks About Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and George Santos
One host, Ana Navarro, quipped that ‘This show’s gonna be just legal notes and things we’re selling.’

A co-host of “the View,” Sunny Hostin, couldn’t look more unhappy while reading multiple on-air “legal notes” regarding misconduct accusations against Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and George Santos. The legal notes were designed to shield the “View”, a production of ABC News, from legal liability for comments Ms. Hostin and her co-hosts made about the three men.
“I have a legal note,” Ms. Hostin said, with her co-stars audibly laughing in the background. “Matt Gaetz long denied all allegations and has not been charged with any crime,” she said during Friday’s show, unable to mask her grimace. She then read another disclaimer about President Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Mr. Hegseth, who paid a woman an undisclosed sum after she accused him of sexual assault in 2017: “Pete Hegseth’s lawyer said he paid the woman in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit,” Ms. Hostin added.
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