“This show needs to be canceled” — Greg Gutfeld TORCHES The View and ABC execs for creating ‘TOXIC’ work environment after Republican co-host admits she’s cried BACKSTAGE multiple times just to survive the chaos

Greg Gutfeld isn’t holding back anymore. The Fox News firebrand launched a brutal takedown of The View, calling it a “psychological war zone disguised as daytime TV” after reports surfaced that one of the show’s Republican co-hosts broke down backstage in tears—multiple times. According to insiders, the pressure to stay quiet, endure daily on-air ambushes, and walk a political tightrope became unbearable. Gutfeld directly blamed ABC’s leadership, accusing them of enabling a culture of hostility masked as empowerment. Who else is breaking behind the scenes—and how much longer can this charade go on?

Read the full story behind the cracks forming inside daytime’s most explosive show.

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Fox News host Greg Gutfeld has officially had enough.

In a scathing on-air rant, Gutfeld took a blowtorch to The View, calling it a “psychological war zone disguised as daytime TV” following the explosive revelation that one of its Republican co-hosts, Alyssa Farah Griffin, has broken down in tears backstage—not once, but at least half a dozen times—due to the emotional toll of working on the show. The admission has sent shockwaves through the television industry, raising serious questions about the culture behind the scenes of one of daytime’s most volatile programs.

Gutfeld didn’t mince words. “This show needs to be canceled,” he declared. “Not retooled, not rebranded—canceled. It’s not a talk show anymore, it’s a televised gauntlet. And ABC is either too cowardly or too complicit to admit it.”

The revelation has thrown fresh fuel on long-standing rumors about The View’s behind-the-scenes atmosphere—allegations of bullying, ideological isolation, and producers quietly tolerating a culture of silencing dissent for the sake of ratings.

Griffin and Hostin have been known to have their disagreements.

Tears Behind the Table

The bombshell moment came during a Wednesday episode of The View, when Griffin, the show’s lone openly conservative voice, made a candid and stunning confession during a discussion about crying in the workplace.

“I’ve cried at work,” she said. “At least half a dozen times. I try to hide it so my bosses won’t know.”

The admission stunned her co-hosts. Whoopi Goldberg, visibly taken aback, responded with concern: “Nobody should be crying at this job. Let us support you.”

But the emotion in Griffin’s voice told its own story—one that couldn’t be softened by hugs from producers or playful Simpson’s clips. Despite laughing off the pain with a joke—referencing a Simpsons scene where a character reveals a secret cave where he goes to cry—her confession laid bare what critics like Gutfeld have long suspected: The View is not a safe space for ideological diversity. It’s a battleground.

The Smile Behind the Strain

Griffin, 36, who was hired in 2022 as part of an effort to balance out the panel with a Republican voice, has often found herself in the crosshairs of the show’s more liberal-leaning hosts. While the debates are often framed as healthy discourse, Wednesday’s revelation suggested something deeper—a pattern of isolation, exhaustion, and quiet suffering.

She told the audience, “This is a very hard job to do. I find it especially difficult to have the only opinion that’s different at a table of five people.”

That statement sent a chill through viewers who had long noticed the strain in Griffin’s face during certain segments. The show’s regular verbal pile-ons—packaged as “Hot Topics”—have drawn criticism for years. But now, with Griffin confirming the emotional toll, what was once a behind-the-scenes rumor has become a glaring public concern.

Gutfeld’s Fury: “This Isn’t Empowerment. This Is Abuse.”

Greg Gutfeld, who has never shied away from skewering The View, said the moment confirmed his worst suspicions about the show’s environment.

“Daytime TV has always walked a fine line between spirited debate and outright bullying. But The View crossed that line a long time ago,” he said. “When a co-host admits she’s crying backstage just to survive the chaos, that’s not empowerment—that’s emotional abuse.”

He didn’t stop there. Gutfeld called out ABC executives directly, accusing them of enabling the culture for ratings.

“They’re propping up this circus under the guise of progressive dialogue, but what they’re really selling is manufactured conflict. And the cost is real people’s mental health,” he said.

He also questioned why producers hadn’t intervened more aggressively if a co-host was regularly breaking down.

“Where is the network accountability? If this were happening at any other job, HR would’ve been involved a long time ago.”

Between the Applause Lines, a Cry for Help

While Griffin was quick to add, “This is a great job,” and thanked producer Brian Teta for his “great hugs,” the damage had already been done. Her tearful truth pierced through the show’s well-rehearsed facade of camaraderie and open dialogue.

Even legal analyst Sunny Hostin, who has often sparred with Griffin on-air, admitted she had never cried at work and found it unimaginable. “I’ve never felt the luxury to cry at work. I just try to get through it.”

That comment only deepened the divide—suggesting that while Hostin sees tears as weakness, for Griffin, they’ve become a survival mechanism.

The emotional confession came during what was supposed to be a light segment about how younger generations are more open to expressing vulnerability at work. But it quickly unraveled into something much darker.

Alyssa Farah Griffin was previously a U.S. political strategist and the White House Director of Strategic Communications for the first Trump administration. / Drew Angerer/AFP

The Show That Eats Its Own

Insiders say Griffin is not the only one feeling the heat.

Former staffers have spoken anonymously about the show’s “pressure cooker” culture, where off-air arguments continue in green rooms and where conservative views are often quietly “discouraged” before showtime.

“You’re walking into a lion’s den every morning,” one former producer revealed. “They want the argument for ratings, but they don’t protect the people caught in the crossfire.”

And now, with Griffin confirming the emotional toll publicly, the carefully crafted image of The View as a forum for respectful disagreement has taken a critical blow.

Final Word: How Much Longer Can It Survive?

The View may pride itself on being “where women have real conversations,” but Wednesday’s confession stripped away that branding. What was revealed instead was a stage where disagreement becomes isolation, and where shedding tears in private is the only way to keep smiling in public.

Greg Gutfeld’s demand for cancellation may be dramatic—but with a co-host openly crying backstage, and a network still banking on conflict to carry the show, the real question might not be if The View survives.

It’s how many more tears it will cost before someone finally says: Enough.