As Alyssa Farah Griffin prepares to go on maternity leave from The View, she’s has a word of advice for the rotating co-hosts who will fill in for her while she’s gone.
“Authentically be yourself,” she told View producer Brian Teta while chatting on the ‘Behind the Table’ podcast on Monday. “Each of us brings our own view, you’re not here as a Republican party spokesperson, you’re not here as a defender of the current administration, you’re not here as an opponent, you’re there to say authentically what you believe when presented with the issues of the day.”
As for who will be sitting in Griffin’s chair, Teta mentioned that co-hosts including former View panelists Abby Huntsman and Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be filling in as well as TV personalities Savannah Chrisley and Sheryl Underwood, comedian Whitney Cummings, and Amanda Carpenter along with “other names we haven’t announced yet,” Teta said.
And while Huntsman and Hasselbeck have had a seat at The View table before, Griffin still advised the incoming substitutes to be genuine with the show’s savvy viewers.
“It took me time to learn but it comes through more with the audience,” she said of the hosts being themselves. “Like ‘I know [the host is] saying genuinely what they believe rather than what they’re supposed to.'”
Griffin announced she was expecting in October during a segment on the show. Typically, Griffin represents a right-leaning political view point and also weighs in on pop culture news.
And while Tuesday will be her last day at the table before starting leave, she ultimately wants her temporary replacements to work well with her co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines.
“I respect and love my co-hosts so I want people who are going to respect and love them,” she said. “You want to treat it like you’re having coffee or a meal with your girlfriends who have different viewpoints than you [and realize] these are women with different experiences from you and you can learn from them and they can learn from you.”
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