‘The View’: Meghan McCain Irate Over Ana Navarro Comment About Trading On Famous Names, Says She’s Consulting Lawyers
deadline.comMeghan McCain is most definitely not amused by a not-so-cryptic suggestion made today by The View co-host Ana Navarro that an (unnamed) former co-host used her famous last name for influence – and the daughter of the late Senator John McCain says she’ll be consulting her lawyers.
Navarro’s comment came during a Hot Topics discussion about Hunter Biden. “Joe Biden’s crime is being Hunter Biden’s father,” Navarro said. “Look, did Hunter Biden influence peddle on his last name?
Yes, he did. So did half of Washington — people sitting at this table did it.” When the other co-hosts expressed shock, Navarro said, “I’m not talking about currently.” The comment prompted laughter and a loud response from the other co-hosts. “We just wanted to clear our names!” said Alyssa Farah Griffin, while Sara Haines said, “I was like, ‘Oh my God, do I have a claim to fame that I’m not using?’” An unsmiling Navarro said, “Can I please go back to my point now that we’ve finally caught on?,” to which moderator Whoopi Goldberg deadpanned, “Now that we’ve cleared it up, yeah.
It took a while.” McCain, the former View co-host, subsequently took to X/Twitter in a “you probably think this song is about you” manner to express outrage and threaten legal action. “I don’t understand why my former colleagues @The View @ABC bring me up and slander me on an almost weekly basis,” she tweeted. “It has been years – move on, I have.
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