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Viewers of ABC’s daytime talk show, The View, have expressed dissatisfaction with the recent choice of guest host, Savannah Chrisley. The backlash intensified after she voiced support for President Donald Trump’s administration during a segment discussing the Epstein Files.
On Monday, February 16, The View announced on its social media that the former Chrisley Knows Best star, 28, would be joining the show for a week as a guest host starting Tuesday. It didn’t take long before fans took to the comment section of the post to voice their displeasure at having her be a panelist.
One viewer commented, “I usually don’t miss an episode with my ladies of The View, but I’m not interested in hearing what Savannah has to say.”
Another echoed the sentiment, questioning, “Whose idea was this? I’m definitely skipping this week’s episodes!”
Additional criticism came from a viewer who stated, “I’m not tuning in. Some individuals shouldn’t be given a platform.”
Savannah Chrisley has become a polarizing figure since the end of her family’s reality TV show. Her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, faced legal troubles and were sentenced to 12 and seven years in federal prison, respectively, for bank and tax fraud. However, both were pardoned by Trump after Savannah advocated for them at the White House.
In her debut on Tuesday, Savannah differed from her fellow panelists on the subject of the release of the Epstein Files by arguing that the Trump administration has been “transparent” in the release of the documents and bashing Bill and Hillary Clinton, alleging they are “in fact, trying to twist things and get sound bites from a public hearing.”
It didn’t take long before people took to the episode’s YouTube comments to further question the decision to include Savannah on the show.
“Why is she on?” one user wrote. “You guys made the biggest mistake.”
“I don’t think the view should be inviting anyone from crime families to cohost,” another wrote.
“Huge fan will always watch, but this was a mistake. Having her on the show while her parents just defrauded, millions upon millions of dollars and got away with it simply because she goes on television and acts as a spokesperson for Trump,” a third user wrote in part.