Kathy Griffin Blasts ‘The View’ Alums, Calls Elisabeth Hasselbeck ‘Stupid’ and Meghan McCain ‘Annoying’

Kathy Griffin is reflecting on the women of The View, past and present.

In a YouTube video posted on Tuesday, April 28, the comedian, 65, discussed her recent appearance as a guest on the daytime talk show, which she cohosted from May 2007 to September 2007, after Rosie O’Donnell left.

“I love all the girls, like, this is an easy panel,” Kathy said, referring to current cohosts — Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin — before recalling working with Elisabeth Hasselbeck. 

“When they had Hasselbeck, I had to put up with her stupidity, her indignant stupidity, which is kind of the most amusing,” she remarked.

The Emmy Award winner then took a swing at former The View cohost Meghan McCain, with whom she had never worked on the show.

“Have I been on with Meghan McCain, or does she just come after me? I can’t remember, but you know, she’s an annoying c**t,” the actress declared. “Other than that, fun at a party, I’m sure. I just love to go for her because she takes the bait every time. And now she’s gonna do a post about how I’m not a feminist. And that’s how this works, Meghan. One of these days you’ll pick it up.”

While Kathy is friends with Goldberg, 70, she admitted, “I don’t necessarily know all the girls on there because I’ve been doing the show so long.”

Kathy said she came into her recent appearance wanting to “go for” Alyssa, 36, because she served in President Donald Trump‘s cabinet during his first term, but when she found she recently had a baby, she decided not to.

“I was like, ‘Ah, well, she’s not fair game anymore.’ And she turned out to be the nicest one at the table. Like I’m not saying they’re not all nice,” Kathy noted. “I have to remember I’ve always had lots of Republican friends and it will always be that way even though I’m a big old lefty.”