White House issues intimidating statement about 'The View' being 'pulled off the air' over 'irrelevant loser' Joy Behar (exclusive)
After The View cohosts clocked Donald Trump's potential jealousy meter amid the president's recent criticism of Barack Obama, the White House issued an intimidating statement to Entertainment Weekly referencing the potential for the talk show to be "pulled off the air."
In the aftermath of Trump making a shocking allegation Tuesday that Obama "was trying to lead a coup" in the past — which even prompted a rare response from the former president — Whoopi Goldberg introduced a Hot Topic on Wednesday's episode in observance of the strange development.
Joy Behar then jumped in with a criticism of her own, saying, "First of all, who tried to overthrow the government on Jan. 6. Who was that again? That was not Obama," referencing the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the United States Capitol, which mostly supporters of Trump participated in.
Behar continued, "The thing about him is he's so jealous of Obama, because Obama is everything that he is not: Trim, smart, handsome, happily married, and can sing Al Green's song 'Let's Stay Together' better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It's driving him crazy."
In response, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers tells EW in an email statement that "Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome," and claimed that the show has "hit the lowest ratings" in recent years.
The statement continued, adding that Behar "should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump's historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off air."
When reached for comment, a View spokesperson did not address Rogers' statement, but did respond to claims about the show's ratings, pointing to figures noting that The View "is up in total viewers and women 18-49, versus the comparable weeks last season, to its most-watched in four years" and "season to date, The View is ranking No. 1 in households and total viewers among all network daytime talk shows and news programs for the fifth straight season."
The statement comes amid Stephen Colbert's The Late Show being canceled amid CBS parent company Paramount Global's pending sale to Skydance Media, which needs approval by the Federal Communications Commission to move forward.
FCC chair Brendan Carr later said on X that "the partisan left's ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing," adding that "they're acting like they're losing a loyal DNC spokesperson that was entitled to an exemption from the laws of economics."
Elsewhere on Wednesday's episode of The View, Behar later suggested that Obama should sue Trump, while legal expert Sunny Hostin also weighed in to echo the comedian's sentiment.
"I agree with you on that," Hostin said. "Obama still lives rent-free in his head. I think Michelle Obama still lives rent-free in his head, I think the fact that Malia graduated from Harvard still lives rent-free in his head, and it's just the very swag that Obama has that he will never have."
Following Trump's remarks about a coup, Obama's team issued a statement to the New York Times in which he firmly opposed Trump's words.
'These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,' said Patrick Rodenbush, a spokesman for Obama, to the publication.
Rodenbush added, 'Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes."
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Watch Trump accuse Obama of treason in the video above.
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