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Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Alyssa Farah Griffin, who briefly served as the president's director of communications during his first term, says she can't remember him ever 'not doing what they're very vocally asking him to do.'
President Donald Trump's former aide says she's watched in astonishment as her ex-boss has refused to bend to MAGA's will over the 'Epstein files.' 'This is the first time I can really remember that Trump is sidestepping his base and not doing what they're very vocally asking him to do,' Alyssa Farah Griffin, who briefly served as Trump's director of communications in 2020, told CNN. 'If Donald Trump wants all of the information the government has on Jeffrey Epstein to be released, he can make that available—he can direct the attorney general to release it,' she went on. 'So the fact he's not, I think, raises a lot of questions. And this is an issue this White House is not going to be able to make go away overnight.'
Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The View star's secret meltdowns and 'backstage tears' revealed in stunning confession on air
One of The View co-hosts stunned the rest of the panel with a rather shocking admission of backstage meltdowns on set. The revelation happened during the Hot Topics segment of Wednesday's episode, where Whoopi Goldberg brought up a recent article about Gen Z in the workplace. The article revealed that many Gen Z (who are typically born between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s) workers are finding their 'safe space' in workplace bathrooms. Goldberg, 69, insisted that she was her own safe space, while Sunny Hostin, 56, said she has, 'never felt the luxury to cry at work.' 'I just try to get my work done, be as excellent as I can and go home and chill out, but I don't know,' Hostin said. It was then that one of hosts admitted to crying at work, the youngest in The View panel, Alyssa Farah Griffin, 35. 'I cry at work but I hide it, so my bosses will never know,' Griffin said, which clearly stunned Hostin, who asked, 'You cry at work?' 'I have cried at this job at least a half a dozen times, are you kidding me?' Griffin said with a laugh, adding facetiously, 'Have you done this job?' Griffin added that her revelation reminded her of a meme from The Simpsons which she showed to the crowd, where Bart Simpson is showing his friend Milhouse where he goes to cry, adding, 'That's every corner of this building.' Joy Behar then asked, 'What did you cry about? Give me an example,' as Griffin admitted, 'This is a very hard job to do, and I, oftentimes, have the only opinion that's different at a table of five people.' Sara Haines, 47, chimed in and said, 'Let me clarify, it's not just a Gen Z problem,' as Griffin joked that Haines has 'cried on air.' 'Gen Z and maybe the generation before are talking about it because they can call it something. For years and decades and millenia, we have have all channeled it into other places,' Haines added. Haines admitted she does cry at work, and when Hostin asked what she cries about, Haines admitted, 'Every breakup I've ever went through. I try to hide it as well, but I don't hide in bathrooms because I hate bathrooms.' 'Where I camped out was I took a coffee run with a girlfriend and come back very puffy,' Haines admitted. Goldberg chimed in and said, 'The thing that shocks me, it's like, there is nothing that people should be able to do to you to make you cry, because let us support you, because nobody should be crying at this job, nobody,' as the audience applauded Griffin then added, 'I would like to state, for the record, this is a great job, and every time I have cried, (producer) Brian (Teta) gives great hugs.' Goldberg chimed in and said, 'The thing that shocks me, it's like, there is nothing that people should be able to do to you to make you cry, because let us support you, because nobody should be crying at this job, nobody,' as the audience applauded. Griffin joined The View as a permanent host in 2022, after making several guest-hosting appearances in 2021 and 2022. She previously served as the Press Secretary for Vice President Mike Pence, Press Secretary of the Department of Defense and the White House Director of Strategic Communications during the first Donald Trump administration.
Fox News
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'The View' co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin reveals she's cried multiple times from stress as lone conservative
"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed on Wednesday that she has cried over stress and anxiety during her time on the show multiple times as the lone conservative panelist. "I cry at work, but I hide it, my bosses will never know," Griffin said as fellow co-host Sunny Hostin appeared surprised. The co-hosts discussed anxiety and stress levels among Gen Z and a Vice article that said they were dealing with it by spending time in the restroom, which the article calls "bathroom camping." "I have cried at this job at least half a dozen times," Griffin continued. Co-host Joy Behar asked what Griffin cried about, demanding an example. "This is a very hard job to do, and I oftentimes have the only opinion that's different at a table of five people," Griffin said, laughing. The conservative host previously worked in President Donald Trump's White House towards the end of his first term but exited the administration and ultimately became a fierce critic of her former employer, replacing Meghan McCain as the token conservative chair. Griffin has been far less likely to have the on-air spats that marked McCain's time, however. She joined her five co-hosts in voting for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. One of the fellow hosts was Ana Navarro, who is a Republican that now almost soley supports Democrats. "I would like to state, for the record, this is a great job and every time I've cried, Brian gives great hugs," Griffin added, referring to the show's producer, Brian Teta. While Griffin and the co-hosts clash frequently on the show, the conservative co-host also often agrees with her liberal counterparts. "The thing that shocks me, for me, is there is nothing that people should be able to do to you to make you cry," co-host Whoopi Goldberg said. "Let us support you, because nobody should be crying at this job. Nobody," Goldberg added. McCain left the show in 2021. She alleged in her memoir that some of the hosts were "toxic" and purposefully hostile towards her, and she once cried after a segment when Behar said she hadn't missed her while McCain was on maternity leave.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘The View' Texas Flood Debate Gets Heated After Sunny Hostin Points Out This 'Could Have Been Avoided': 'The Floods Don't Care Who You Voted For'
Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines may have 'respectfully' disagreed with Sunny Hostin on The View, but the discussion still took a heated turn as the ladies debated whether now was the 'right time' to be criticizing Texas lawmakers after the tragic floods as the state continues its recovery efforts. 'The floods don't care who you voted for,' Whoopi Goldberg said as she kicked off the segment. But she also noted, 'People in power have had the opportunity to make changes to the grid, to all of these things we are seeing. I'm just wondering, when is the right time to ask the question then?' Hostin responded, 'I think now is the right time to ask the question and I understand that people are grieving.' She explained that she recently sent her children away to camps in Maine and New Hampshire. 'The thought that my kids would not be coming back is unfathomable, and I feel such empathy for these families, but this could have been either mitigated or avoided altogether.' Hostin pointed out that a sirens system could have helped mitigate the tragic loss from the floods, as seen in certain counties where there were no deaths reported. While Haines agreed that 'sirens are the answer,' she felt that the focus should remain on rescuing victims and survivors. 'Right now, I can't help but imagine that if my children were gone right now and I heard someone say, 'It could have been avoided,' I don't know how I'd take my next step,' she said as tears sprung to her eyes. Griffin agreed that the focus should be on first responders and victims. 'Action and reports are really importing but politicizing and pointing fingers is not the answer,' she said. 'I don't think its about pointing fingers. I think it's about assessing how this could have been avoided,' Hostin maintained. 'When we have school shootings, everyone sends their thoughts and prayers but they never want to talk about it and then we forget about it because another school shooting happens.' Goldberg appeared to agree with Hostin as she said the state of Texas has been 'aware' of the necessary safeguards for some time now. 'I'm not pointing a finger at the man in the White House, I'm saying there's a state that is in trouble and has been and it doesn't seem like anything is changing and maybe we need to get on top of that,' Goldberg said. The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hakeem Jeffries tells 'The View' ICE is going after 'law-abiding immigrant families'
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday on "The View" that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was going after "law-abiding immigrant families," and didn't dismiss calls from other members of his party to defund it. "The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pressed Jeffries on whether he supported calls to defund ICE and if it was an effective message for Democrats heading into the 2026 midterms. "Well, I definitely think that we need aggressive oversight as it relates to the overly aggressive behavior that we're seeing from ICE, from the Department of Homeland Security," Jeffries, D-N.Y., told the hosts. "Donald Trump and Republicans promised to go after violent felons, but instead they're going after law-abiding immigrant families. And in fact, in some cases, deporting American citizens and children, some with cancer. And America is better than this, and that's the reality," Jeffries continued. Jeffries Claims Trump Budget Bill Will Steal Food From 'The Mouths Of Babies' While Enriching Billionaires Jeffries also responded to a question from co-host Ana Navarro, who pressed him on what he would say to Latinos who feel hopeless about the Trump administration's immigration policies. Read On The Fox News App "We are seeing sort of an unprecedented flood of extremism being unleashed on the American people, and it's happened from the very beginning," he said of Trump. "But I think we can never lose hope in the resilience of the American people to face turbulence, and this is an incredibly turbulent moment, but to power our way through it and to come out stronger on the other side. It's not to say it's going to be easy. It will be challenging, but I still believe in the fundamental goodness of the American people," Jeffries added. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Jeffries said it was important to secure the border, but also said Congress needed to fix the broken immigration system. He told the co-hosts, "As House Democrats, our view is that while we work on making sure that the border can remain secure, while we work to fix our broken immigration system, we also are going to stand up for dreamers, farm workers and for law-abiding immigrant families at all times."Original article source: Hakeem Jeffries tells 'The View' ICE is going after 'law-abiding immigrant families'
