Disney CEO Told Hosts of 'The View' to Tone Down Trump-Bashing

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated May 22 2025 3:25AM EDT
Published May 21 2025 8:26PM EDT


Disney and ABC News have asked the hosts of The View to tone down their political rhetoric, multiple sources told the Daily Beast. Since President Donald Trump’s election in 2024, the panel of co-hosts on The View—Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin—have consistently criticized Trump administration officials and policies.

But its constant focus on Trump and politics seems to have roiled the network’s top bosses, including Disney CEO Bob Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic.

Karamehmedovic convened a meeting with The View‘s executive producer Brian Teta and its hosts, and suggested the panel needed to broaden its conversations beyond its predominant focus on politics, two sources familiar with the meeting said. Karamehmedovic highlighted episodes with celebrity guests that he said were highly rated, one source said, and encouraged them to lean into such coverage moving forward.

The move was not framed as an edict, one source said, but the suggestion alone rankled the hosts. The group pushed back forcefully, with hosts like Navarro noting the show’s audience routinely seeks out its perspective on politics, especially when the administration’s radical attempts to upend the government can potentially affect their daily lives.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-view-told-to-tone-down-trump-bashing-by-abc-news-boss/

[twodogsbarking]

1. Well fuck that. See what the ladies say.

They can't say they were told to shut up or say that they weren't told to shut up. I cannot picture them being silent on this. If so, that defeats the entire show. It isn't about the person, it is about the shit the person does.

[Wiz Imp]

2. I could see them spending less time on discussing politics.

But no way will Whoopi, Joy & Ana Navarro (those 3 for certain) "tone down" their criticism of Trump. I can see all of them quitting or being fired before any one of them would agree to "tone down" their criticism of Trump.

Also, Iger is a lying jackass. From the article:

Another source familiar with the matter said ABC will “constantly have conversations with talent based on viewer feedback, and this instance was no different,” suggesting the show’s viewers have indicated that they want the show to be less political.

No way is that true.

Despite suggestions otherwise by ABC’s top brass, the political coverage appears not to have affected the show’s ratings. The show was the No. 1 among daytime network talk shows and news programs during 2025’s first quarter, according to TheWrap, beating time slot competitor The Faulkner Focus on Fox News in both total viewers and women ages 25-54, its chief advertiser-focused demographic, throughout the quarter.

Kinda contradicts the previous claim doesn't it?

[murielm99]

3. I Tivo this show and watch

the first twenty minutes or so, the political part. The ladies are not stupid!

Usually, do not care about the rest of the show. I don't care who is making movies or releasing new music. Sometimes I pay attention to that, mostly not.

I will stop watching if the ladies have to shut up.

[riversedge]

4. The View being told to tone down the "trump bashing" ha ha. It is the only

reason I tune in once in a while.





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Being silenced. The Disney CEO and ABC News president have told “The View” co-hosts to tone down their political rhetoric and “Trump-bashing”. (Daily Beast)

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[Aristus]

5. Trump is such a pathetic wimp.

Sending his buddies to tell everyone to stop being mean to him. If Presidents Obama or Biden had done that, the reich-wingers would be shitting!

[Wednesdays]

6. I noticed that this week.

Fewer segments during "Hot Topics" were spent talking about TSF so far this week.

[maxsolomon]

7. MFer wants to dominate the conversation 360 degrees/24/7/365.

What else is there to discuss? Everything was going well; now it's absolute shit.

[ificandream]

8. Would have loved to have seen the reaction of the hosts at that meeting.

Whoopi and Joy, especially ...

[SupportSanity]

9. Keep an eye on the view. Someone will step over a line and get fired, maybe for a made up reason.

The edict may come down more formally. If it does, some will take a stand on the show and leave.

This is just the initial "request" to tone it down. It will escalate.

The ratings don't matter so much anymore. There are now other things to consider.

Sad........

[mdbl]

10. Who told them? Was it Mickey or Minnie?

Oh, it was probably Goofy.