‘The View’ host Alyssa Farrah Griffin welcomes first child
“The View” co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin has welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with husband Justin Griffin.
Whitney Cummings is using her role as guest host on “The View” to break into politics.
The comedian and actress, 43, criticized FBI Director Kash Patel on air Monday, March 30, and poked fun at reports that her personal email had been hacked.
“So if Kash didn’t want his emails published, he should have CC’d Jeffrey Epstein,” Cummings quipped during the show, referring to the cache of redacted and yet-to-be-released emails to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s legacy. The joke drew laughs from the audience, with co-host Sunny Hostin agreeing, “So right,” and Whoopi Goldberg adding, “Well said.”
Cummings is one of several guest hosts scheduled to fill in for series regular Alyssa Farrah Griffin, who gave birth to a baby earlier this year. ABC has not yet announced when Griffin, the show’s current conservative commentator and former Trump White House staffer, will return from maternity leave.
Cummings will appear on “The View” for a full week, along with Goldberg, Hostin, Joy Behar, Sarah Haines and Ana Navarro. Previous guest panelists include Savannah Chrisley and Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
Cummings, a stand-up comic best known for his appearances on the sitcom “Two Broke Girls” and several Comedy Central roasts, has been controversial in recent years for his participation in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival, where he criticized the country’s strict censorship rules and made jokes that some considered transphobic.
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