Former Playboy model Jenny McCarthy: I wasn’t fired from ‘The View,’ it was ‘mutual’

Former Playboy model Jenny McCarthy insists that she wasn’t fired from ABC’s The View.

“When I originally came on, I was elated. It was Barbara Walters’ last year, I was her last hire. I studied with her and watched her every move and I was brought on to change the views perspective and make it lighter and more pop culture fun,” McCarthy told Access Hollywood. “It was very polarizing, the audience thought, and very political. And it kind of drove people away.”

Compared, however, to past match-ups, such as Rosie O’Donnell and Elizabeth Hasselbeck, McCarthy was a breath of fresh air. O’Donnell and Hasselbeck famously got into a tiff on camera over America’s involvement in the Iraq War.

“Midway through the season they realized they needed to replace Barbara. Those are big shoes to fill. In order to fill those kind of shoes you need to bring a heavy lifter in,” McCarthy said. “The idea was talked about around that time that Rosie might be coming back. And it’s just obvious after being a part of the table they want more conflict and debate.”


“You can’t really have five democrats sitting around a table,” she added. “It was mutual. I can’t be a part of this and they agreed. They want a right wing tough badass in there.”

McCarthy and fellow co-host Sherri Shepherd will be exiting the long-running talk show in August when their contracts expire.

When McCarthy leaves the show, she won’t be out of work. She’s set to start hosting a weekly Sirius/XM radio show on Wednesday nights. Dirty, Sexy, Funny with Jenny McCarthy will premiere on July 16.

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