McCain details why she left ‘View’
Meghan McCain says she decided to leave “The View” following her second day back from maternity leave in January when frequent foil Joy Behar said, “I did not miss you,” during a political argument.
McCain, who left this summer after four years as the ABC daytime talk show’s conservative voice, told that and other backstage stories in a new book, “Bad Republican,” and a subsequent interview with Variety.
During the Jan. 5 show, McCain interrupted Behar to say, “Are you kidding me?” when her colleague said the Republican Party is in more trouble than the Democrats. Behar was clearly angered, saying, “Excuse me, am I done? I’m not done.”
McCain pressed on with her response, and Behar referenced the interruption again when she was finished.
“You missed me so much, Joy,” McCain replied. “You missed me so much when I was on maternity leave ... You missed fighting with me.”
Behar replied: “I did not. I did not miss you. Zero.”
“It is one of the most singular feelings of loneliness and anguish I have felt in my entire life,” McCain wrote. “It was a perfect storm of hormones, postpartum anxiety and a lot of demons on ‘The View’ coming out to bite me.”
A spokeswoman for “The View” said Tuesday that Behar had no plans to comment.
Adele to appear in Winfrey special:
Days after singersongwriter Adele released her first single in six years, CBS announced Monday that the “Hello” hit-maker will preview her forthcoming album with a concert performance and TV interview with Oprah Winfrey during a two-hour primetime special.
“Adele One Night Only” — airing Nov. 14 on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ — will see the Grammy winner perform a mix of her greatest hits, as well as “several neverbefore-heard songs” from her fourth studio album, “30.” The vocalist, 33, will also visit Winfrey’s rose garden for a conversation about the record, “the stories behind the songs, life after divorce, weight loss and raising her son.”
Dion delays shows: Celine Dion is delaying the opening of her new Las Vegas show due to muscle spasms that have kept her from performing.
A statement posted Tuesday on her website said the singer has been having severe and persistent muscle spasms, and she is being evaluated and treated by a medical team.
Shows Nov. 5 to Nov. 20 and Jan. 19 to Feb. 5 are being canceled.
West’s name changed to Ye:
A Los Angeles judge Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name from Kanye Omari West to just Ye, with no middle or last name.
“There being no objections, the petition for change of name is granted,” Judge Michelle Williams Court said in court documents.
The petition filed
Aug. 24 cited “personal reasons.”
He has called himself Ye on his social media pages for years. He tweeted in 2018 that he wanted the change saying, “the being formally known as Kanye West. I am YE.”
He has said in interviews that, along with being a shortening of his first name he likes, that it’s a word used throughout the Bible.