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‘The View’ Extends Apology to Co-hosts Following False COVID-19 Results

Sep 29, 2021

08:20 A.M.

ABC's morning show apologized to Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin after being told to leave the set live on-air following positive COVID-19 tests last week.

“The View” co-hosts Ana Navarro, 49, and Sunny Hostin, 52, were pulled from Friday’s episode live on-air due to reported positive COVID-19 tests.

The show's producer asked the pair to leave the set just as Vice President Kamala Harris was heading to the studio for an in-person interview. However, her appearance occurred remotely from a separate room.

The daytime talk show panel along with Mimi Haleyi and Gloria Allred as guests on ABC's "The View" on February 25, 2020 | Photo: Getty Images

There have been new developments since that debacle as Navarro came forward and revealed the results were, in fact, false positives during an interview with Anderson Cooper recently.

Navarro said the panel was excited to have Harris on the show until things took a twisted turn and referred to the incident as surreal.

"The View" panel hosts welcome Meghan McCain to the Hot Topics table as the newest co-host during Season 20 | Photo: Getty Images

While waiting behind the scenes in her dressing room, she said the multiple tests she took came back negative after being ushered out of the studio.

In addition, Navarro shared that she could not discuss Hostin's results during her virtual interview with Cooper in terms of privacy.

Notably, both she and Hostin are fully vaccinated. On Monday’s episode, Joy Behar told the audience that both tests were false positives. She said:

"I am thrilled to report that Sunny and Ana's Friday results turned out to be false positives, and everyone is safe."

Executive producer Brian Teta then chimed in and apologized to Navarro and Hostin for the entire situation stating it was an immediate decision that led to awkwardness on television, saying:

"I want to acknowledge and apologize to Sunny and Ana, in the midst of all this chaos, they were put in this position where they had this information put out on television."

As of Sunday, journalist Hostin and Navarro were cleared to return to the studio, ABC sources confirmed to Page Six. One insider added there would be no quarantining necessary for the ladies.

One source stressed that both hosts were relatively upset that their COVID-19 results were revealed on national TV allegedly without their consent.