‘The View’ Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin Claims Former Boss Called Her a ‘Pretty Girl,’ But ‘Not Smart’

Alyssa Farah Griffin is opening up about an experience she had with a previous employer.

While speaking about tough bosses on the Thursday, September 17 episode of The View, Griffin, 37, recalled one particular incident where she claims a former boss insulted her intelligence.

Griffin claims that her direct report — whom she did not name — told her, “Alyssa, you’re a pretty girl, you’re a nice girl, but you’re not bleep-ing smart.”

The comment “stuck” in the TV personality’s head for years. And while she wouldn’t get into details about the boss in question, she did insinuate that they are now a host at Fox News, with Griffin telling viewers, “I will not say who it was, but y’all can guess.”

Prior to her time on The View, Griffin served as a staffer under President Donald Trump during his first term, from 2017 until 2020. Griffin ultimately resigned from Trump’s administration near the end of his first term, and in the years since, has spoken out against the 80-year-old president’s behavior and policies.

Before that, Griffin worked for conservative media personality Laura Ingraham on her radio program, The Laura Ingraham Show, from 2010 to 2011.

Whether or not she was referring to Ingram, 63, or someone else at the White House is unclear, but it’s worth noting that Ingraham is currently employed at Fox News and hosts The Ingraham Angle on the network.

The admission prompted a similar story from fellow panelist Sarah Haines, who had recalled a former employer questioning her work in TV.

Haines, who previously worked at NBC prior to her time on The View, claimed that one of her bosses “always told me when I was doing TV work that I was really good in the field, but she never saw me hosting or doing anything at a table.” It wasn’t until she landed a gig on the long-running talk show that she says the same boss called her back with praise.

“She didn’t say, ‘I was wrong,’ she just said, ‘You were amazing,'” Haines, 48, shared, also opting to keep the name of her former boss under wraps.

Moderator Whoopi Goldberg had her own advice for the women and viewers at home to round out the discussion: “Don’t listen to the haters.”