Trending Now: Jenny McCarthy says she begged to be fired from The View as she vows to never return – Fans React

Jenny McCarthy candidly spoke about her time on The View and how she would never return to the show as a co-host. The former Playboy model was a co-host for one season

Jenny McCarthy has no plans to ever come back to The View.

The Masked Singer judge was a co-host for the ABC daytime talk show for one season from 2013 to 2014. At the time, the panel consisted of Jenny, Barbara Walters, Sherri Shepherd, and Whoopi Goldberg. Jenny recently reflected on the experience of being apart of season 17 of The View on the Tuesday, January 6, episode of The Katie Miller Podcast.

Katie asked her if she thought she would still be invited to be a co-host on the show “given where they are politically today.” Jenny began by taking it back to when she first got invited to join the show.

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“Well they were that political. If you remember Joy [Behar] and Elisabeth [Hasselbeck], They were hard….The reason why they wanted to bring me on is because they, quote, said it was too polarizing. They thought it was too polarizing back then, you guys,” she began.

Jenny claimed that the show had brought her in as a cast member to give “light, fluffy, and fun” reviews on topics like Dancing with the Stars and The Bachelor.

“Well, that lasted a week. That lasted a whole week,” the 53-year-old actress said. “And back then, I didn’t consider myself to be a political person, which is why I thought I was perfect for the job. After a week, when they said they wanted to get political, I was like, ‘Oh my God, what am I going to do?’

“They’re like, ‘today we’re going to be discussing the hostage situation and whether the United States government should pay the ransom or not. And I was like, ‘What?’ ” Jenny recounted. “I’m like, ‘I just know who won Dancing with the StarsSo getting through that year was really difficult.”

She added that she’s “much more political” currently “in terms of having opinions.” Jenny thanked the Donald Trump’s administration, saying they have “helped so much” with that.

Jenny concluded by answering the initial question and stating she would not come back.

“They’ve asked me to come back for, like, reunion shows. I was like, over my dead body would I ever step foot in that place,” she said.

In July 2025, Jenny shared with SiriusXM’s Radio Andy that she was pleading to get fired from the show and how she didn’t “even want to f—ing be [there]”. She also clarified that she was fired and so were others such as former co-host Sherri.

The Mirror US reached out to representatives of The View for comment.