Kathy Griffin as soon as had an opportunity to be a everlasting host on the most well-liked daytime speak present on tv and he or she turned it down — together with the $1.4 million that might have include it.
Griffin, 64, shared the story of being provided a spot on The View within the mid-2000s in a video posted to her YouTube channel on Tuesday, June 17.
“So that they made me a proposal and the provide was for $1.4 [million] and I’m simply going to be sincere, I needed to flip it down as a result of on the time between doing My Life on the D-Record and touring, I used to be making about $10 [million] a yr,” she stated.
She added that to take the position, she would have needed to “uproot my entire life,” as she was caring for her dad and mom on the time.
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Although she stated no, Griffin is aware of that The View is among the most influential reveals on daytime TV. It averaged 2.62 million viewers within the first quarter of 2025, up 4 % from the identical quarter final yr, in response to Nielsen. It was the seventh consecutive quarter that viewership grew in comparison with that very same interval the earlier yr.
“I actually respect these girls for happening that present day in and time out as a result of they know there’s blowback,” Griffin continued. “And by the best way, to today, The View is among the most buzzworthy reveals on tv or wherever.”
“Folks nonetheless rise up in arms on-line speaking about who stated what on The View, so it’s at all times been a high-stakes present,” she added.
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Journalist Barbara Walters created The View in 1997 and served as a cohost till her retirement in 2014. She died in 2022 at age 93. Griffin, who has visitor hosted 27 occasions, recalled that Walters didn’t like “one bit” that she turned down the job.
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“I bear in mind once they provided me the job, Barbara Walters stated backstage one time earlier than we have been about to exit and do the stay present, ‘They are saying we now have chemistry, I don’t actually see it however they are saying we do,’” Griffin stated. “And I liked that. I stated, ‘In fact we do Barbara, individuals love once I offer you s***.’ After which she simply rolled her eyes.”
Although Griffin stated she was making more cash than the present provided on the time, she needed to make it clear to Walters that she wasn’t too big-time to take the gig.
“I need you to know why I’m going to say no,” she advised Walters. “It’s not that I believe I’m too good for this present, it’s the alternative: this present is simply too good for me.”