“The View” co-host Meghan McCain recently announced she was leaving the show to spend more time with her “family,” but sources tell Page Six that the serial misinformer was forced out by the other co-hosts after Kim Godwin became the new ABC News president in April:
“Everyone was at their wits’ end — even Whoopi, and she’s the chillest of them all. Whoopi is never going to advocate for anyone to get fired. She’s not about that, but she was very clear that she no longer wanted to work with Meghan,” a source told Page Six.
Sources told Page Six that Goldberg, Ana Navarro and Joy Behar all voiced that they no longer wanted to work with McCain. One source said, “It happened as soon as [new ABC News president] Kim [Godwin] came in. It was right after Joy and Meghan’s huge [on-air] blow up [in May] where the network called an emergency meeting. They told new management, ‘We don’t want to work with her anymore.’”
The source added, “Whoopi was clear that she didn’t want to work with her either. There have been so many well-documented issues, and [Meghan] has not made a good impression on new management,” the source said.
Another insider added, “[The hosts] all came with complaints to Kim about Meghan.” …Meanwhile, sources told us McCain has been miserable recently and she is now ready to finally move on.
“It was a difficult decision for her to make, and they got what they wanted. Meghan has been wanting to leave for a long time. She is sick of fighting this fight,” a different insider said.
(Source: Page Six, Photo Credit: ABC-TV)