The White Home was not proud of a few of Pleasure Behar‘s newest feedback on The View.
In the course of the Wednesday, July 23, episode of the ABC speak present, the hosts mentioned how President Donald Trump just lately accused former president Barack Obama of treasonous conduct. Pleasure Behar, for her half, flipped the script by stating Trump’s personal seditious actions.
“To start with, who tried to overthrow the federal government on Jan. 6? Who was that once more? That was not Obama,” she stated, referring to the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, which many Trump supporters led. “The factor about him is he’s so jealous of Obama, as a result of Obama is all the pieces that he’s not: trim, good, good-looking, fortunately married, and might sing Al Inexperienced’s music ‘Let’s Keep Collectively’ higher than Al Inexperienced. And Trump can not stand it. It’s driving him loopy.”
Following the episode, White Home spokesperson Taylor Rogers slammed Behar in an announcement to Leisure Weekly. “Pleasure Behar is an irrelevant loser affected by a extreme case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” she stated earlier than claiming The View has its “lowest scores” lately.
Rogers went on to state that Behar “ought to self-reflect on her personal jealousy of President Trump’s historic recognition earlier than her present is the subsequent to be pulled off air.”
A spokesperson for The View didn’t reply to Rogers’ feedback about Behar to EW, however did dismiss her allegations that the present is experiencing a decline in viewership. “[The View] is up in complete viewers and ladies 18-49, versus the comparable weeks final season, to its most-watched in 4 years,” they informed the outlet, including, “Season to this point, The View is rating No. 1 in households and complete viewers amongst all community daytime speak exhibits and information applications for the fifth straight season.”
Patrick Rodenbush, a spokesperson for Obama, additionally responded to Trump’s accusations towards the previous president. “These weird allegations are ridiculous and a weak try at distraction,” he stated in an announcement to a number of retailers.
Referring to Trump’s accusations that Obama tried to rig the outcomes of the 2016 presidential election, Rodenbush added, “Nothing within the doc issued final week undercuts the extensively accepted conclusion that Russia labored to affect the 2016 presidential election however didn’t efficiently manipulate any votes. These findings had been affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.”
The View‘s political drama comes days after Trump celebrated the cancellation of The Late Present With Stephen Colbert. “I completely love that Colbert obtained fired. His expertise was even lower than his scores,” he wrote through Fact Social on Friday, July 18. “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is subsequent. Has even much less expertise than Colbert!”
Trump went on to state that Fox Information’ Greg Gutfeld “is healthier than all of them mixed, together with the Moron [Jimmy Fallon] on NBC who ruined the as soon as nice Tonight Present.”
Although CBS has acknowledged that The Late Present‘s cancellation was purely a monetary resolution, many followers had been fast to level out that the cancellation got here shortly after Paramount settled a $16 million lawsuit with Trump, who previously accused the corporate of closely enhancing a 2024 60 Minutes interview that includes former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Stephen Colbert poked enjoyable at Trump’s feedback on the high of The Late Present‘s Monday, July 21, episode. “How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be capable of compose the next satirical witticism? Go f*** your self!” he quipped.
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