Sunny Hostin And Ana Navarro Were Pulled Mid-Show From “The View” After Testing Positive For COVID-19
Meghan McCain may be gone from The View but a more terrifying virus hit the set today when hosts, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro, were told they tested positive for COVID-19 and had to leave the show immediately. This was right before they were about to interview Vice President Kamala Harris,. Surprisingly they weren’t escorted off the stage by people in Hazmat suits yelling incoherently and spraying them down with an aerosol sanitizer. This would be a change from people in Hazmat suits turning the hose on the co-hosts after they get in one of their signature fights.
Whoopi Goldberg was not on the show today since she’s dealing with Sciatica issues. Joy Behar was filling in as moderator and was about to bring out the VP. But it was not to be. After Sunny and Ana were told to exit the stage, Joy and Sara were the last two co-hosts sitting and Joy later explained that Ana and Sunny were both vaccinated and may have caught breakthrough cases of COVID.
BREAKING: Sunny and Ana have been asked to leave the ABC studio because they tested positive for COVID.#TheView pic.twitter.com/DMIYrjHjid
— The Chat (@LiveOnTheChat) September 24, 2021
Joy said that they sanitized the set and were going to bring out Kamala, but it was later decided that the risk was too great so Kamala never made it out. Instead, the interview was done remotely during the last part of the show. Kamala did talk about Sunny and Ana testing positive.
.@VP Harris: "Sunny [Hostin] and Ana [Navarro] are strong women and I know they're fine, but it really also does speak to the fact that they're vaccinated and vaccines really make all the difference because otherwise we would be concerned about hospitalization and worse." pic.twitter.com/m5NMwT5dk8
— The View (@TheView) September 24, 2021
BUT WAIT! TMZ gave an update, saying that Sunny and Ana took rapid tests backstage and the results were negative.
A source connected to the show tells us both Sunny and Ana took additional rapid tests backstage that came back negative. We’re told both will need to submit to further testing before being able to return to work.
Hopefully, Sunny and Ana will be fine. I’m sure they will be. If The View can survive Elisabeth Hasselbeck AND Meghan Mccain, it can survive anything.
Pic: Twitter