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Meghan McCain QUITS The View on-air after being ‘done’ with co-star clashes & jokes they have ‘4 weeks of fighting left’
MEGHAN McCain quit The View live on-air after saying she's "done" with her co-star clashes, and joked they have "four weeks of fighting left."
The host will on the daytime talk show at the end of July, despite reportedly having two years left on her contract.
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McCain made the announcement at the beginning of Thursday morning's show, telling viewers "I'm just going to rip the bandaid off."
"This was not an easy decision, it took a lot of thought and counsel and prayer and talking to ," she said.
called her co-stars - , , and - the "four most talented women on television" and the "best in the business."
However, while concluding her announcement, she took a swipe at the renowned fights that had with the hosts.
"If you guys want to fight a little bit more, we've got four more weeks," she quipped.
McCain's resignation comes after:
- She slammed Olympian Gwen Perry for
- She slammed that is "doing grave harm to US"
- McCain was for saying Biden "embarrassed himself"
- She called
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However, according to , ABC begged to stay at the show, but a source told them that she said "No, I'm done! I'm not staying anymore."
"They even offered a contributor role on ABC News, which she turned down," the source added. "She's just had enough. She doesn’t need it anymore — she really doesn’t need it."
Meghan joined the cast of in October of 2017 and has been on the air for a total of four seasons.
The TV personality has been a leading stance in the media over the last few years, following in the footsteps of her father, the late Senator .
Despite her longevity on the show, the politician's daughter has been clashing with her co-hosts of late.
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Last month, while meeting .
The two ladies got into a heated debate after the native claimed
"The thing that I never saw do was apologize to anybody," Whoopi shot back, leading to interrupt: "With all due respect, I don't care if he's apologizing, he just embarrassed him."
"I don't care if you don't care, just hear what I'm saying," Whoopi complained while Meghan interjected: "I don't care if you don't care that I don't care."
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"Well then good Meghan," the 65-year-old replied, adding: "Then you can be how you always are."
"You'll be how you always are," Meghan finished.
This was not the first time the two hosts have faced conflict, as their differing views have clashed frequently over the past several months.
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In May, with ABC executives, saying she felt "attacked."
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The network claimed to have been inundated with phone calls suggesting they fire the conservative columnist due to what some believed to be anti-Semitic comments directed at her other co-host Joy Behar.
Meghan married her husband Ben Domenech in 2017 and the couple welcomed their first daughter Liberty in September of 2020.
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