Meghan McCain is ripping her successor on ABC’s “The View” as a “joke” — blasting current co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin as not a real conservative.
“I’m gonna say something that’s a little nasty,” McCain said Tuesday on her podcast, “Citizen McCain.”
“The person they replaced me with is a joke. She is in no way representative of conservative women.”
The former co-host didn’t hold back as she took aim at Griffin, the Trump White House alum who took her seat on the daytime talk show.
At one point, McCain appeared to intentionally forget her name, calling Griffin “whatever.” She then repeated her past criticisms of “The View.”
“It’s been a wildly disappointing experience for me to see what legacy I helped do during the four years there while my dad battled brain cancer and I had not one, but two miscarriages while I worked there,” she added.
McCain is the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
McCain also blasted show’s track record, claiming: “The show has only won an Emmy twice in its history — one time is when I was there, for Best Political Show.”
McCain’s claim is incorrect. “The View” has won more than two dozen Daytime Emmy Awards since its debut in 1997.
Despite her criticism of her successor, McCain praised former co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, saying: “She was great, and she was really strong, and she fought for a lot of the things that I fight for.”
A spokesperson for McCain declined to comment. The Post has sought comment from Griffin and ABC.
McCain joined “The View” as a permanent co-host in October 2017 and remained on the panel until August 2021, a nearly four-year run that coincided with the Trump presidency and positioned her as the show’s primary conservative voice.
Her tenure was marked by frequent on-air clashes, most notably with Joy Behar, including a heated January 2021 exchange in which Behar told her, “I did not miss you. Zero.”
McCain later cited the moment — along with broader tensions and what she described as a “toxic work environment” — as a turning point that contributed to her decision to leave.
Griffin rrived at “The View” with a markedly different résumé than her predecessor, coming out of Republican politics rather than media.
She worked on Capitol Hill before serving as press secretary to then-Vice President Mike Pence, then as a spokesperson at the Pentagon.
Griffin eventually transitioned to the role of White House communications director during the first Trump administration.
After leaving government, Griffin took up a career in media, including a role as a political commentator for CNN, before joining “The View” full-time in 2022 following a series of guest appearances.
Politically, Griffin has positioned herself as a conservative but one willing to break with Trump and elements of the GOP.
She publicly criticized Trump after the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and later said she voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
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