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Sunny Hostinis using her platform to address racism.
On Saturday,The Viewcohost, 53, penned her thoughts on the subject in an Instagram post, calling attention to the issue and touching on her experience as a person of color.
“Oh yeah, and my pointing out racism, doesn’t make me a racist, a race hustler or a race baiter,” she added.
Holly Robinson Peete, former cohost ofThe Talk,responded in the comment section: “ALL OF THIS.” While former ESPN hostCari Championwrote, “It’s all so easy to understand — if they wanted to listen or better yet — understand.”
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In an interview withThe Cutpublished Thursday, Hostin opened up about finding a replacement for formerViewcohostMeghan McCain, who left the show in July after four years.
She told the outlet that the talk show panel, which consists of herself, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sara Haines, really does “need a really conservative voice,” but not without some parameters.
“Right now,we still do need a really conservative voice,” theSummer on the Bluffsauthor explained. “I also believe it’s really important to not have someone on the panel who spreads misinformation, who adheres to the big lies, who is an anti-vaxxer, because I think that’s dangerous.”
“We need someone that will commit [to independent and/or conservative outlooks] and we don’t have that voice. And we need someone that’s not duplicative of anyone else on the panel,” Hostin added.
McCain, 37,left the showafter she leveled various accusations at her formerViewcohosts, alleging a “toxic” environment in her new Audible memoirBad Republican.
“I think she thinks that people did not like her or treated her a certain way because of her opinions,” Hostin said.
“I certainly don’t share any of her opinions … at all … about anything … but I don’t feel that way about her. I can’t claim to understand her because I think she’s very complicated. Her experience is her experience,” Hostin added.
source: people.com
