With news breaking during their Monday show that Tucker Carlson was out at Fox News, the liberal and faux-conservative cast members of ABC’s The View celebrated the development by doing the wave and leading the audience in singing goodbye. One of the ladies even praised God.
As they were coming back from a commercial break late in the show, moderator Whoopi Goldberg broke the news. “Welcome back. Word has just come down that Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” she said as the audience erupted into cheers and applause.
“They thanked him for his service to the network as a host and as a prior contributor,” she read from the Fox News Media statement as she stood up and instructed the rest of the cast to do the wave with her.
With Goldberg noting they were going to continue the conversation about Carlson on Tuesday, co-host Ana Navarro was eager to celebrate and led the liberal audience in singing goodbye to him:
NAVARRO: Well, can I ask the audience if they'll help me do something?
[Laughter]
Come on folks.
NAVARRO & AUDIENCE: Sha na na na, sha na na na, hey hey hey, good bye.
[Applause]
NAVARRO: Sigha Nora.
Racist co-host Sunny Hostin then sarcastically gloated that, “I don’t think anyone likes to celebrate the demise of someone’s career” and quickly suggested Carlson was singularly “responsible for the degradation that we see somewhat of our democracy in this country.”
Then, speaking “as a faithful person,” the self-proclaimed devout Catholic thanked God for Carlson no longer having his gig at Fox News. “Look at God! Look at God!” she proclaimed.
For her part, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin declared it “a good day for the Ukrainians” because Carlson was “the biggest purveyor of pro-Russian talking points” and “Russian propaganda hardest hit” by the departure.
“Karma doesn't lose anyone's address,” Hostin bragged, with Goldberg adding: “No. Well, it may misplace the address, but it doesn't lose it.”
The View’s celebration of Tucker Carlson’s sudden departure from Fox News was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Dawn and Ensure. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
April 24, 2023
11:47:01 a.m. EasternWHOOPI GOLDBERG: Welcome back. Word has just come down that Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways.
[Cheers and applause]
They thanked him for his service to the network as a host and as a prior contributor.
Wave.
[Cast does the wave]
[Cheers and applause]
SUNNY HOSTIN: You know.
GOLDBERG: We'll talk more about it tomorrow, because – But we wanted to make sure that we let you know what was going on.
ANA NAVARRO: Well, can I ask the audience if they'll help me do something?
[Laughter]
Come on folks.
NAVARRO & AUDIENCE: Sha na na na, sha na na na, hey hey hey, good bye.
[Applause]
NAVARRO: Sigha Nora.
HOSTIN: I don’t think anyone likes to celebrate the demise of someone’s career.
GOLDBERG: But he’s not dead.
HOSTIN: No, the demise someone’s career. But – but, he is responsible for the degradation that we see somewhat of our democracy in this country. And I just think, as a faithful person, look at God! Look at God!
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, Russian propaganda hardest hit. I mean, he’s been the biggest purveyor of pro-Russian talking points. So, it’s a good day for the Ukrainians.
HOSTIN: Karma doesn't lose anyone's address.
GOLDBERG: No. Well, it may misplace the address, but it doesn't lose it.
(…)
