Meghan McCain is leaving 'The View,' will stay on air through July

Meghan McCain is calling it quits at “The View.” The controversial conservative, who has spent most of her four years on the daytime talk show being mocked or scolded by her co-stars, announced Thursday that she’ll be leaving the program at the end of the month.

Late Sen. John McCain’s daughter said that the COVID-19 pandemic, during which she left New York and went to Washington, D.C., with her husband, Ben Domenech, changed her perspective on life. Now, she said, she wants to raise daughter Liberty, who was born in September, at home. “This was not an easy decision,” McCain said at the top of the show Thursday. “It took a lot of thought and counsel and prayer and talking to my family and my co-stars.”

McCain joined “The View” in October 2017, replacing Jedediah Bila as the show’s conservative voice, and she has filled that role loudly, frequently facing off with the left-leaning hosts including Joy Behar and Goldberg. While the sparring matches have often gone viral online, even the ABC bosses seemed to have gotten sick of the antagonistic nature the show has taken on. In late May, Kim Goodwin, the newly named president of ABC News, reportedly warned McCain and Behar to stay away from personal attacks on air ...

In a statement, ABC News said they “wish the best for Meghan as she plans her next chapter, and thank her for the passion and unique voice that she shared with us and our viewers each day.”

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