A “legal note” on “The View” sparked mockery on social media after Sunny Hostin was forced to address claims she made about former Rep. Matt Gaetz.
The leftist co-host of the ABC talk show held nothing back in her trashing of the Florida Republican who President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to serve as attorney general. Hostin had just raged about Trump’s nominees and brought up claims about Gaetz involving his alleged involvement with a 17-year-old girl.
But soon after her rant, Hostin had to eat crow and deliver a statement from Gaetz’s lawyers denying all allegations. Hostin’s pouty and immature attitude as she read the “legal note” went viral.
😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/g52AanhPI4
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) November 20, 2024
NEW: The View host Sunny Hostin fumes as she is forced to read a legal note just minutes after presenting the Matt Gaetz allegations as a “fact.”
Hostin: They discussed the fact that once [Gaetz] finds out that she’s 17, he stops having s*x with her.
Hostin 3 min later: Matt… pic.twitter.com/USvYjnWqKZ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 20, 2024
“Sunny, you have a legal note,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said.
“I do have a legal note. Thank you Whoopi,” Hostin replied with a tone.
“Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations, calling the claims ‘invented’ and saying in a statement to ABC News that ‘this false smear following a 3-year criminal investigation should be viewed with great skepticism. That DOJ investigation was closed with no charges being brought,'” Hostin read.
The reactions on X included mockery and amusement at Hostin’s petulant delivery and the “instant karma” she experienced on the air.
If “cope and seethe” had a face pic.twitter.com/v1SgS2pm5E
— Jε∩∩¡ƒεr ╒rª∩k (@JtheCat3) November 19, 2024
Instant karma.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 20, 2024
The fact that ABC Legal put the hammer down on Sunny so quickly tells me that 1) they know she went too far; and 2) they feel the need to monitor that show because those women are reckless with their cavalier allegations and assumptions.
— Cletus Roscoe (@CletusRoscoe1) November 20, 2024
Sunny Hostin is so sick with TDS that she constantly puts ABC in positions where they might be sued.
She’s really so low IQ. A complete disgrace. The legal statement the network made her read was done so with such disdain.
What a lame person.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) November 20, 2024
Isn’t she supposed to be an lawyer? How did she pass the bar exam?
— Florida Living (JustOh) 🇺🇸 (@myacatt51) November 20, 2024
Sunny who deleted her X account….isn’t happy to report this! 😂😆😅🥳
— Santa Surfing (@SantaSurfing) November 20, 2024
Love this for her 🤣
If they had to do this for every false statement & everyone they defame, they’d have literally NOTHING to say. Great to see 👏🏽
— Paige B (@paige29863) November 20, 2024
Sonny H is a sick, twisted excuse for a human being. That she got called out to read that disclaimer was excellent, but does not excuse the fact that the show itself is constantly making spurious claims and allegations that are blatant falsehoods.
This disgusting person should have been sued instead. She is nothing but a piece of dog crap! All she does is rant about white people, and how racist everyone is. Here she sits on a show that does nothing but spew lies, and she’s a millionaire, but oh, how bad this country is. I think we should send this clown to Iran for a year. Let her see real racism and subjugation. What a useless human being!