Sage Steele criticized The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin for “leaping” ship after former President Donald Trump misplaced the 2020 election.
Throughout an episode of Fox News’ Gutfeld! on Wednesday, Might 29, host Greg Gutfeld and Steele mentioned how Griffin’s profession has modified within the years since working as a Trump aide within the White Home.
“Can I simply actual fast be actually imply? I have to,” Steele, 51, mentioned throughout the broadcast. “I don’t wish to give Alyssa an excessive amount of credit score, as a result of how usually have we been capable of say she’s proper? She labored within the Trump White Home. Her whole profession is due to the Trump White Home, and she or he was behind all people there. After which abruptly, he loses the election, and what did she do? She jumps to CNN and now to The View, she’s an opportunist. And in order that’s it, you’re one and carried out.”
Gutfeld chimed in, “Alyssa is a poor man’s Omarosa,” earlier than ending the phase.
The feedback got here after Griffin, 34, mentioned her latest journey to Florida and the upcoming presidential election throughout an episode of The View on Tuesday, Might 28.
“The time is operating out. We’re six months out. We have now to be trustworthy,” the political strategist mentioned. “There’s a likelihood this man might win if we don’t begin preventing more durable.”
Griffin joined CNN as a political contributor in 2021 earlier than becoming a member of The View as a everlasting cohost the next yr. Only recently, she joined her colleagues in interviewing first woman Jill Biden on The View on Wednesday, Might 29.
In her early days at The View, she mirrored on how issues might get a bit heated with her colleagues whereas discussing sure matters on the present.
“I’ve gotten to visitor host greater than two dozen instances now, so I’ve actually gotten to know the ladies and also you’ll watch,” Griffin mentioned throughout a Good Morning America look in September 2022. “We can have a heated Sizzling Subject phase, however as quickly as we begin panning out for business, Pleasure [Behar] is cracking a joke, Sunny [Hostin] is exhibiting me footage of her canines.”
This wasn’t the primary time Steele voiced robust opinions about The View, by which she appeared as a visitor on this system prior to now. She as soon as opened up about why she would by no means wish to host the present.
“I’ve been on The View, and it didn’t go so nicely. As a result of at The View, they don’t need your view, they solely need theirs — and so they’re bulls–t,” the previous ESPN anchor mentioned throughout an episode of Invoice Maher’s “Membership Random” podcast in October 2023.
“The issue is that they’ve by no means had anyone who’s truly good sufficient to say it the best way you’re saying it,” Maher replied.
“I did The View 4 instances, after which they made me audition after they have been making modifications once more, and they’re 100% filled with it,” Steele fired again. “They don’t wish to hear your view in case you assume in a different way than they do. They’re fantastic telling lies on that stage and set. And so they know that if somebody calls them on it, they’re simply going to speak over them, have the viewers clap, and go to interrupt. So, the present to me is despicable and it makes me unhappy. Its potential for over 20 years has been unbelievable, and so they ruined it.”
