{"id":1928675,"date":"2023-05-11T04:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threes-company-star-reveals-why-she-turned-down-co-hosting-the-view-with-barbara-walters\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T04:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:59:06","slug":"threes-company-star-reveals-why-she-turned-down-co-hosting-the-view-with-barbara-walters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threes-company-star-reveals-why-she-turned-down-co-hosting-the-view-with-barbara-walters\/","title":{"rendered":"Star of &#8216;Three&#8217;s Company&#8217; explains why she declined to co-host &#8216;The View&#8217; with Barbara Walters."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthrees-company-star-reveals-why-she-turned-down-co-hosting-the-view-with-barbara-walters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Suzanne Somers Reveals Why She Turned Down Co-Hosting \u201cThe View\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3>Barbara Walters Wanted Her as Co-Host<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThree\u2019s Company\u201d star Suzanne Somers recently revealed that the late Barbara Walters had asked her to co-host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mercyme-debuts-new-single-for-crew-member-who-lost-all-four-limbs\/\" title=\"\u2018MercyMe\u2019 Debuts New Single for Crew Member Who Lost All Four Limbs\">early days<\/a> of \u201cThe View.\u201d During an episode of the podcast, \u201cBehind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef,\u201d the 76-year-old actress shared that Walters, who founded the show in 1997, had asked her to relocate to New York to help launch the series.<\/p>\n<h3>Why She Walked Away<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the opportunity, Somers turned down the offer. \u201cI was originally asked to be on the original \u2018View\u2019 with Barbara Walters and whoever else, and I turned it down,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd everyone said, \u2018Why would you turn that down? It is a national show.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I have to live in New York. I don\u2019t really wanna live in New York. I like the weather down here, and I like the vibe down here,\u201d Somers explained. \u201cBut secondly, I don\u2019t do well vying for time. And there, you gotta interrupt and butt in and butt out. It\u2019s just not my personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Former Co-Hosts Speak Out<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe View\u201d has had a variety of co-hosts since it started. Former co-host Rosie O\u2019Donnell recently spoke out about her experience on the show, saying it\u2019s not something she plans to do again. \u201cI know this \u2014 it\u2019s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-something-id-ever-do-again-rosie-odonnell-doesnt-talk-fondly-of-her-time-on-the-view\/\" title=\"\u2018Not Something I\u2019d Ever Do Again\u2019: Rosie O\u2019Donnell Doesn\u2019t Talk Fondly Of Her Time On \u2018The View\u2019\">defend basic principles<\/a> of humanity and kindness,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n<p>Other former co-hosts have also shared their good and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-we-have-some-real-talk-about-ukraine\/\" title=\"Can We Have Some Real Talk About Ukraine?\">bad experiences<\/a> on the show. Barbara Walters was a host on the show for 17 years before she stepped down in 2014 while remaining as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sharon-osborne-slams-costars-cbs-piers-morgan-controversy-was-set-up-osborne-used-as-sacrificial-lamb\/\" title=\"Sharon Osborne Slams Costars, CBS: Piers Morgan Controversy Was \u2018Set Up,\u2019 Osborne Used As \u2018Sacrificial Lamb\u2019\">executive producer<\/a>. In December 2022, she passed away at the age of 93.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suzanne Somers turned down the opportunity to co-host \u201cThe View\u201d with Barbara Walters.<\/li>\n<li>She didn\u2019t want to live in New York and didn\u2019t like the idea of vying for time on the show.<\/li>\n<li>Former co-host Rosie O\u2019Donnell said it\u2019s not something she plans to do again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThree\u2019s Company\u201d star Suzanne Somers revealed that the late Barbara Walters asked her to co-host the early days of \u201cThe View\u201d as she explained why she walked away from that opportunity and has \u201cnever looked back.\u201d During Wednesday\u2019s episode of the podcast, \u201cBehind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef,\u201d the 76-year-old actress said Walters, who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1928676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[26434,6962,12605,13425,5425,13074,4443,5229,5963,12606],"class_list":["post-1928675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-threes","tag-the","tag-barbara","tag-co-host","tag-company","tag-declined","tag-explains","tag-star","tag-view","tag-walters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}