The View host 'out in cold after SCOLDING ABC boss over Trump'
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The View co-host Ana Navarro could face backlash from her colleagues for confronting the show’s executive, Bob Iger, over his suggestion to reduce political content and focus more on entertainment segments. Iger, the CEO of Disney’s ABC network, reportedly advocated for a shift in programming to attract a broader audience, as per the Daily Beast .

Navarro’s decision to challenge Iger, a prominent media figure, and defend the show’s political commentary as engaging and resonating with viewers may have strained her relationship with fellow hosts on The View.

Iger’s preference for lighter, more entertainment-focused content led to tensions behind the scenes, with Navarro reportedly advocating for the continued inclusion of critical discussions about topics like Donald Trump and resistance efforts on the show.

But the anti-Trump Republican may have made a very dangerous error.

Fox News is now reporting that Navarro’s co-hosts actually ‘agree’ with Iger and that they’re happy to change the direction of the show.

The stars are also said to fear that ‘ignoring Bob Iger seems like a terrible decision.’  

”The View’ is a daytime network talk show and needs to do more than just politics and Trump bashing. This was a welcome direction for many of us,’ the source added. 

The internal clashes over the show’s direction come as it has become increasingly focused on fighting Donald Trump’s actions in the White House, which led to a hostile on-air spat between the hosts weeks ago. 

The View hosts have gone to war with Anna Navarro after she reportedly scolded top executives for telling the hosts their uber-woke political takes are driving away viewers - which the other hosts allegedly 'agree with'

The View hosts have gone to war with Anna Navarro after she reportedly scolded top executives for telling the hosts their uber-woke political takes are driving away viewers – which the other hosts allegedly ‘agree with’

When The View hosts were confronted by top brass, Navarro in particular argued against the pushback and felt that viewers enjoy hearing the panel's political segments, sources said

When The View hosts were confronted by top brass, Navarro in particular argued against the pushback and felt that viewers enjoy hearing the panel’s political segments, sources said 

Iger speaks at the Atlantic Festival in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2019

Karamehmedovic attends the 2025 Paley Honors at The Ziegfeld Ballroom earlier this week in Manhattan

Disney CEO Bob Iger (left) and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic (right) each reportedly made requests to The View hosts for them to tone down their political content 

Iger is a self-made CEO who worked his way to the top from his first job as a laborer on TV sets and has a strong television background.

His apparent discomfort over The View’s predictable political content was reportedly echoed by ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic, who separately told the hosts that they should tone down their bias. 

Karamehmedovic, who was named ABC News president in August, had suggested the women needed to broaden their conversations, highlighting episodes with celebrity guests that he said earned high ratings. 

Hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar and Sara Haines are all proud Democrats. Navarro is a never-Trump Republican, while Alyssa Farrah Griffin is a former Trump White House aide who has since shunned the MAGA faction of the GOP.  

Insiders told Fox that such conversations are routine in the company, and the executives were focused on bringing ‘balance’ to the show rather than thinking of axing it. 

ABC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment on sources saying the hosts disagreed with Navarro, however a source previously told DailyMail.com that the hosts’ meeting with Karamehmedovic was merely business as usual.

‘We constantly have conversations with talent based on viewer feedback and this instance was no different,’ the source told DailyMail.com.

Sources within the show said that Navarro's co-hosts 'agree with the top brass' that the show became too political, and cautioned that 'ignoring Bob Iger seems like a terrible decision'

Sources within the show said that Navarro’s co-hosts ‘agree with the top brass’ that the show became too political, and cautioned that ‘ignoring Bob Iger seems like a terrible decision’ 

The Daily Beast previously reported that after facing a grilling from the top brass, the hosts insisted on keeping ‘doing their thing’, and worried it would ‘look kinda bad’ if they abruptly stopped talking about politics. 

It comes as The View has hardly shied away from politics in recent episodes, including a car-crash interview with former President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden earlier this month. 

The liberal-leaning hosts offered softball questions to Biden until lone conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin stepped up to confront the former president on his ‘cognitive decline.’ 

Biden fumbled for an answer before interrupting himself with ‘I’ve spoken enough’, before Jill, who was sat beside her husband, picked up the answer without a beat, sparking theories she may have nudged him or kicked him under the table to shut him up. 

The request to step back from politics comes as media companies continue to look for ways to avoid Trump’s wrath.

The president filed a $20billion lawsuit against CBS News over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris last year that he claims was deceptively edited.

It comes as The View has hardly shied away from politics in recent episodes, including a car-crash interview with former President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden earlier this month

It comes as The View has hardly shied away from politics in recent episodes, including a car-crash interview with former President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden earlier this month

Shari Redstone, the heiress of CBS parent company Paramount Global, has sought to settle the suit while pursuing a media merger with Skydance.

The Trump administration must approve the deal, which won’t happen until a settlement between CBS News and Trump is reached.

ABC settled a defamation suit filed by Trump in December of last year, agreeing to a $16 million settlement over George Stephanopoulos saying on-air that the president was found ‘liable for rape.’

He had actually been found liable of the sexual abuse of writer E. Jean Carroll. 

Ratings for The View remain relatively impressive.

The show was the No. 1 among daytime network talk shows and news programs during the first quarter of 2025, beating rival broadcasts on Fox, NBC, and CBS.

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