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Daily Mail
8 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
The View co-host Sunny Hostin shares chilling story about how she 'almost DIED' on set
Sunny Hostin revealed she 'almost died' after suffering a medical emergency during an episode of The View this week. The TV personality, 56 — who recently left her fellow co-hosts speechless over comments on the Iran–Israel conflict — opened up about the harrowing incident on the ABC talk show on Friday. Hostin found herself in danger on Wednesday, when guest Debbie Matenopoulos made an appearance to promote her new cookbook titled and also brought along a few meals for the hosts to taste. At one point, Matenopoulos — who previously was a host on The View in the late '90s — described the items she brought, such as an orzo dish. However, Hostin soon found out that she was deathly allergic to one of the ingredients. 'She has this wonderful food, Greek food. And I have a terrible allergy to walnuts. And as I'm eating the food, Alyssa [Griffin] asks, "Are those walnuts in here?" And she says, "Yes."' Sunny shared that she began 'to panic immediately' and penned a 'death note' to Griffin who was sitting directly next to her at the time. While telling the story on Friday, Hostin then held up a blue card which had the words, 'I am allergic to walnuts,' scribbled on the back. Sunny continued, 'And she responds with, "Oh no!" And I'm looking at [executive producer] Brian [Teta] and he's like, "Is everything okay?"' The star had simply responded, 'No, it's not,' by silently shaking her head in his direction. Hostin was able to make it to the end of the segment before receiving medical aid from doctors on the set. 'But what was great was our Disney nurses, man, they are like superheroes. They came in — nurse Jen came in — with an EpiPen. She was testing me. I had Benadryl. I was scared.' Griffin chimed in to explain that she couldn't read the note that Sunny had quickly written down, but added, 'We're glad you made it through.' The TV personality went on to explain that she hadn't had an allergic reaction to that extent in a decade. Hostin has been a co-host on The View since 2016, and currently works alongside Alyssa Farah Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Ana Navarro. Hostin said, 'She has this wonderful food, Greek food. And I have a terrible allergy to walnuts. And as I'm eating the food, Alyssa [Griffin] asks, "Are those walnuts in here?" And she says, "Yes"' Despite her allergy to walnuts, Sunny has talked about some of her favorite snacks during an interview with Us Weekly last year. 'My co-hosts on The View make fun of me, but I eat Funyuns,' the star said, referencing to the onion-flavored chips. 'I think it's kind of a strange thing, but I eat Funyuns. It's not great for the breath, so I have mints.' However, Hostin has a special twist when it comes to munching on the snack and will dip the chips in hot sauce. 'Ana Navarro's right next door and she just looks in at me and she's just like, "Are you eating that again?" I am,' Sunny humorously added. And a few months earlier in March, Hostin got candid about her weight loss journey and discussed using Mounjaro - an injectable medication for adults with type 2 diabetes. She had turned to the drug due to feeling 'shame' for gaining 40 pounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sunny told 'All I did was eat... I love to cook, and I found out, I love to eat. And I was horrified about the fact that I would have to come out on air. So I also took Mounjaro.' And a few months earlier in March, Hostin got candid about her weight loss journey and discussed using Mounjaro - an injectable medication for adults with type 2 diabetes; seen earlier this month in NYC When she stopped taking Mounjaro, Hostin talked about the 'different experience' that she had. 'I feel really great. I don't know what everyone else's experience with it is, but I never gained any weight back.' The media personality further added, 'So, that was kind of weird. Hopefully, nothing bad will happen to me.' The mom-of-two added that her body feels the same following her time taking the medication. 'I was never a big eater, so I just sort of eat to live. I don't live to eat,' Sunny explained, and emphasize she also 'never stopped working out.' The author - who took Mounjaro over the span of four months - added, 'Yeah, I'm just living life and feeling pretty good.' When the talk show host was asked if she would go back on the medication, she replied with, 'If I needed to, sure. Why not?' Back in 2024 during an episode of The View, Hostin first revealed that she had taken Mounjaro. 'During Covid I gained 40 pounds. All I did was eat. I love to cook and I found out I love to eat. And I was horrified by the fact that I would have to come out on air. So I took Mounjaro.' She had also shared some of the negative reaction she received in regards to her weight loss.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sunny Hostin says she 'almost died' from allergic reaction on 'The View': 'I panicked'
The View's Sunny Hostin got more than she expected after sampling food that former co-host Debbie Matenopoulos brought to the show this week. "You mean when I almost died?" Hostin asked on Friday's show, after co-host Joy Behar prompted her to tell their co-hosts that day, including Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro, what had happened. Hostin then explained that Matenopoulos — who hosted the show when it premiered in 1997 until 1999, when the network chose not to renew her contract — had brought eats from her new cookbook, on Wednesday. "She has this wonderful food, Greek food," Hostin explained. "I have a terrible allergy to walnuts. As I'm eating the food, Alyssa asks, 'Are those walnuts in here?' And she says 'yes.' So I panic immediately." Hostin said that she then wrote a "death note" to Griffin telling her about the allergy. "She responds, 'Oh, no!'" Hostin said. "And I'm looking at [executive producer] Brian [Teta] and he's like, 'Is everything OK?' No, it's not." Fortunately, she said, the on-site medical team swooped in to save the day. "What was great was, our Disney nurses are like superheroes," Hostin said. "Nurse Jan came in with an EpiPen. She was testing me. I had Benadryl. I was scared."Griffin admitted she hadn't been able to read the "death note." But Hostin reassured her. "She was great in the moment," Hostin said. "I panicked." Griffin said the team were glad their costar made it through the ordeal. Haines at least had no idea that Hostin was allergic to one of the ingredients in a salad Matenopoulos brought, she said. Having joined the show as a cohost in 2016, Hostin has experienced a number of cooking segments, though few are likely as memorable. Watch the full conversation above. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Lauren Sanchez's surprising trait revealed by ex-best friend ahead of Jeff Bezos wedding
's former colleague Debbie Matenopoulos has heaped praise on the businesswoman as she revealed a glimpse of what the ex-journalist is really like behind closed doors ahead of her wedding to Jeff Bezos. Debbie, who was one of the original co-hosts of The View until she was sensationally fired by ABC in 1999, formed a close friendship with Lauren, 55, in the early 2000s. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail, the journalist revealed that she and Lauren became work friends after she relocated from New York City to Los Angeles for a new job at Fox's Good Day Live. Recalling of their sisterhood, Debbie, 50, voiced admiration for Lauren and shed light on the philanthropist's hard work ethic as they formed their alliance at Fox Television Center. 'Lauren and I go back way back. After The View, I moved to LA and I started doing a show called Good Day Live,' she said. 'Lauren was on Good Day LA, so she was on from 7am to 9am. I was on from 9am to 10am with the same set, same dressing rooms, everything. 'So, when I first moved to LA, Lauren became my good friend from work, and we would go out and have cocktails and we hung out all the time.' 'She is one of the hardest workers,' Debbie said earnestly of Lauren's character. 'She always was prepared. She always looked amazing, and she did her own makeup. I mean, she's really a girl's girl. 'She's somebody that I think you'd always want in your corner. She's a very cool girl. She's super smart.' Lauren is gearing up to marry Amazon CEO Jeff in a luxurious wedding in Venice, Italy, which is rumored to be taking place at the end of June. Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, and even members of the Trump family are amongst the famous faces on the speculated guest list. Despite their once close friendship, Debbie admited that nowadays they have 'lost track of each other' but continue to show support for each other on social media. 'We had the same makeup artist for a long time, so we'd always keep in touch through her. I'd be like, "Tell Lauren I said hello,"' she added. In a surprising twist, Debbie also shared that Lauren auditioned for her position on The View panel after she was fired. 'When they fired me from The View, they had [Lauren] come in as part of the "let's find a new host" [seach],' she spilled. 'So that's kind of how we were connected. When I got to LA, she was like, "I need to tell you something - after they fired you, I went and auditioned for your job," and then we became friends. 'She goes, "Yeah it was a tough spot to be in." I'm like, girl, you don't know [the half of it]!' While Debbie and Lauren's friendship may have drifted from what it used to be, the pair still support each other on social media. Debbie has spent the last year writing her new cookbook, Greek-ish, released in March, which is filled with her favorite Greek and Mediterranean go-to recipes. Dedicated to her mother Efrosini and daughter Alexandra, she told the Daily Mail that the book has been a labor of love. 'My mom taught me everything I know about cooking,' she said. 'Everything. I'm a Greek girl. 'I grew up in a kitchen, you know, so I learned all my recipes from her or my relatives.' The cookbook also contains QR codes for every recipe that lead to videos so that readers can watch Debbie demonstrate each one. 'I pop up and I show you how to cook,' she said. 'So, you're cooking with me in my kitchen.' 'Sometimes I'm barefoot in my kitchen at home, sometimes no makeup on, just a T-shirt and like, you know, pair of shorts. 'I'm like, OK, let me show you how to do this. I think for me, that was the most fun because it's almost like a cooking show.' Additionally, Debbie will be launching her own cooking show, which will see her explore the culinary delights of Greece. 'I'm really excited to go do it in Greece and I've gotten the Greek tourism board on board with us as well,' she shared.
