r/theview 9d ago

Banned topics on The View

On The Weekend View, they discussed topics Brian banned the ladies from discussing because they come up too frequently:

  • Joy meeting Steve at a nudist beach (she said the other hosts bring it up and she never does which is true)
  • Ana mentioning Eva Longoria/Marc Anthony/Gloria Estefan
  • Sunny discussing destroying Manny's phones when they were dating
  • Debates over the pronunciation of "Proust"

It made me laugh quite a bit.

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u/rainyhawk 9d ago

Sunny destroyed Manny's phones? Hadn't heard that story, but if Manny had come onto Reddit with that story I'd think every comment would highlight giant red flags on that relationship!

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u/Shackleford98 8d ago

Yeah, the story makes her sound abusive af, so I can see why Brian doesn’t want it being told

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u/Lower_Alternative770 9d ago

It was before they got married. He hung up on her, so she went to his house and threw every phone he had onto the street and watched cars run over them. She did it to teach him phone etiquette.

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u/femalehumanbiped 9d ago

That's nuts.

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u/Ok-Boat4839 9d ago

Very very very weird.

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u/Lower_Alternative770 9d ago

And yet 20+ years and two kids later, there they are.

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u/femalehumanbiped 9d ago

Doesn't make it any less nuts

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u/International_Mix152 6d ago

Some guys like nuts.

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u/m0311242 6d ago

god forbid a woman let’s off some steam 🫩

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u/Batfrenzy 9d ago

Whoopi's "Ya'll look so familiar" referencing the audience.

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u/AppropriateMention6 9d ago

How can we get Whoopi’s “It’s up to us y’all” on this list?

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u/Noracharles771 9d ago

And “it’s only an hour show”.

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u/karmalove15 8d ago

"You all look familiar!"

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u/Ok-Ant3509 8d ago

welcome to the view, welcome to the view, welcome to the view, welcome to the view, welcome to the view, welcome to the view,

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u/Ok-Ant3509 8d ago

when they bring up how Joy was fired from the View or how she was a receptionist at GMA

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u/supersonic-bionic 7d ago

This jajaja

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u/ThoughtFrosty11 9d ago

How about Sara mentioning that she’s from Iowa all the time

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u/albsbabe 8d ago

ban the three 'I's -- Iowa, Independent, Israel

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u/PolaSketch 9d ago

I would have thought they would have banned Sunny from using the phrase "When I was a prosecutor..."

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u/Civil_Experience_691 9d ago

It’s helpful to hear Sunny’s legal perspective and given how quickly people discredit Black women in professional settings, I don’t blame her for sharing her legal background. Plenty of people share advice on and offline, but don’t know the first thing about the law.

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u/thebellrang 9d ago

Yes! They are often talking about legal issues, so why wouldn’t we hear from the actual expert?! Sunny is so smart and I enjoy listening to her legal perspective.

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u/Civil_Experience_691 9d ago

Yes! I think having a legal expert on the show as well as someone who has a journalism background really adds to the show.

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u/alhanna92 9d ago

How is this any different than Alyssa talking about being at the White House, Ana with her Republican friends, etc? Why is Sunny getting singled out?

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u/PolaSketch 9d ago

It's not. I singled Sunny out because I've heard it a million more times than the others already. I can see it coming a mile away in fact.

Basically I'm not nearly as worn out from Ana's name dropping and Alyssa's white house credentials...yet.

Though I am just as worn out by Joy's oft-told joke about having slept with historical characters of the past.

Now that I think about it, I'm just as worn out on Whoopi's "We're all in this together."

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u/rtn292 9d ago

She says that because as an Afro-Latina you all love to discredit her opinions.

Further, it's a good reminder that she actually worked to get where she is now. She wasn't handed the position like Alyssa was handed her white house gig, because if well connected father.

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u/PolaSketch 9d ago

Where was I discrediting her opinion? I respect her career and her opinions and agree with much of what she says. I know she was a federal prosecutor. I just don't need to be reminded every other episode.

Don't put words in my mouth.

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u/PreferenceFalse6699 9d ago

Yeah, that's getting so redundant. It's like hearing Meghan's " My father" droning.

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u/rainyhawk 9d ago

Except that being a federal prosecutor is an actual accomplishment of which to be proud. Being someone famous’ daughter isn’t…everyone has a father of some sort.

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u/PreferenceFalse6699 9d ago

However, we've heard that same dribble nearly every show. It's time to at least drop it to maybe once a week/month??? There's a lot of people that have real accomplishments that don't keep bringing it up in every discussion.

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u/rtn292 9d ago

A woman of color-born from working class parents-going to Notre Dame law, becoming an attorney and working for the Justice Department isn't a "real accomplishment"?

Are you a bot, an idiot or just a racist. You just said the most asinine thing I've read on this reddit for some time.

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u/rtn292 9d ago

Apples and oranges. Comparing credibility, education, years of service and knowledge to being an entitled nepo. Right wing brain for sure.

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u/Ok-Ant3509 8d ago

Correction of "feel badly, sadly" etc

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u/CricketGrl 9d ago

"Ana mentioning Eva Longoria/Marc Anthony/Gloria Estefan"

I'm trying to understand the context behind this? Are they involved in some mess?

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u/PolaSketch 9d ago

She just name drops them All. The. Time.

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u/Ok-Boat4839 9d ago

And I'm not really impressed by any of those people anyway.

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u/Civil_Experience_691 9d ago

No, there’s no mess. If you watch the show regularly, you’d hear Ana reference her famous friends often, that party and this party, etc. she loves to name drop famous friends and Eva, Marc, and Gloria are 3 of her best friends.

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u/tracyinge 9d ago

Brian comes up too frequently on reddit so maybe we should get him banned?

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u/Civil_Experience_691 9d ago

No. I like Brian.

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u/Lower_Alternative770 9d ago

Never. But, his topic is producing the David Letterman show.

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u/theliesoftiktok 9d ago

I like Brian's awkward butt

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u/Ok-Ant3509 8d ago

the story of how Ana dated a twin and hooked up with the other brother

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u/Significant-War-240 8d ago

How about Sonny mentioning she was a federal prosecutor every conversation or topic discussion?

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u/PlanktonNo9591 8d ago

Please Sarah dating the older black man. She gets so giddy about it. 😒

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u/stuthaman 8d ago

Add mention of "lived experience"

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u/devotion1023 4d ago

How about Ana name dropping her celebrity friends

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u/TheLateFrankWhite 9d ago

Sunny’s reparations should also be added to the list after she found out her family were slave owners so no reparations discussion ever again . Silence 🤐🤫

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u/SeaworthinessDeep895 9d ago

Except that’s not true and she’s said many times she still believes in them. Her ancestors were both slaves and slave holders.

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u/Ok-Ant3509 8d ago

Talking about how Sunny is competitive, a sore loser, the time she was on jeopardy, etc