Kathy Griffin slams “The View” alum Elisabeth Hasselbeck's 'indignant stupidity,' calls Meghan McCain 'annoying c---'
Kathy Griffin slams “The View” alum Elisabeth Hasselbeck's 'indignant stupidity,' calls Meghan McCain 'annoying c---'
Joey NolfiWed, April 29, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTC
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Kathy Griffin; Meghan McCainCredit: Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty; by Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content/GettyKey Points -
Kathy Griffin has slammed The View alums Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Meghan McCain.
The comedian called out Hasselbeck's "indignant stupidity" and labeled McCain an "annoying c---."
Griffin said she planned "to go for" ex-Donald Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin on a recent appearance, but explains why she held back.
Kathy Griffin has added a few more colorful words to her career-spanning commentary on daytime talk show The View.
Following the comedian's pre-taped View appearance that aired Friday, Griffin reflected in a new YouTube video on returning to the program that she has long maintained she was previously "banned" from, after she regularly included behind-the-scenes stories about the program in her various stand-up comedy acts.
"I love all the girls. This is an easy panel," Griffin said in the clip, before setting her sights on past conservative cohosts she's clashed with in various ways. "When they had [Elisabeth] Hasselbeck, I had to put up with her stupid... or, indignant stupidity, which is kind of the most amusing."
Griffin famously sparred with Hasselbeck on the air in a 2010 episode, which saw the Survivor alum call out Griffin's past jokes about the cohosts that she felt were "untrue" and "not so funny."
Barbara Walters and Kathy Griffin on 'The View'Credit: Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
In her new YouTube video, the comedian moved on to criticizing ex-panelist and controversial commentator Meghan McCain, whom Griffin bluntly labeled an "annoying c---" who regularly comes for her online. (A representative for McCain had no comment when reached by Entertainment Weekly.)
Now, Griffin admitted that she doesn't "necessarily know all the gals on there, because I've been doing the show so long," before praising current cohosts Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ana Navarro, though she admitted she couldn't remember former Donald Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin's name.
When she finally recalled, she revealed that, last week, she planned to come after the Republican cohost over her past work with Trump at the White House.
"Just so you know, Alyssa, in my mind, I was going to go for you, because of course when you were the press secretary for Trump, I didn't always see eye-to-eye with your presentation," Griffin said (it should be noted, however, that the View star wasn't Trump's press secretary, but rather the director of strategic communications).
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Griffin continued: "Just as I was about to get all my Alyssa jokes in a row, somebody goes, 'She had a baby yesterday.' Okay, maybe not yesterday, because I don't have kids, I don't know anything about them."
The comedian admitted that the news made her realize "she's not fair game anymore," and that the 36-year-old ended up being "the nicest one at the table" the day they filmed her episode.
"I have to remember, I've always had lots of Republican friends, and it will always be that way, even though I'm a big old leftie," Griffin said, before discussing the "pre-interview" process for The View, because "they won't even let me do the live shows anymore," so she had to do the show's pre-taped Friday broadcast instead.
'The View' cohostsCredit: Jeff Lipsky/ABC
"They won't let me cohost anymore, which is a bummer because I love to cohost," Griffin added, before ending the video minutes later with a plea: "Please let me cohost again! I promise I'll behave," she implored.
She also praised The View for being "the only daytime show that actually talks about political issues, especially how they affect women," and reiterated that she enjoyed the warmth of the cohosts on the current panel.
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EW has reached out to representatives for The View and Hasselbeck for comment.
On last week's episode of The View, Griffin spoke about her ongoing New Face, New Tour stand-up act, and reflected on her late mother, Maggie Griffin, disapproving of the jokes she made about View creator Barbara Walters.
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