"Sunny Likes To Make It Personal With Me": Sunny Hostin And Alyssa Farah Got In A Heated Spat On "The View"

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This week, things got pretty heated between The View hosts Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah.

For those of you who don't know, Alyssa used to work under the Trump administration as the White House Director of Strategic Communications until 2019. She was then the youngest-ever Press Secretary at The Pentagon.

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And Sunny is a no-nonsense former prosecutor and renowned pundit who always comes with facts and research. Basically, they're both forces in daytime TV.

Closeup of Alyssa Farah and Sunny Hostin
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While the panel was discussing the prospect of former Vice President Mike Pence running for president, Alyssa said she still needs to hear what Pence is going to spearhead.

Closeup of Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah

"What scares me, Alyssa, is that you are incapable of defending a man that you worked for — you said you 'Need to hear more from him.'"

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"I don't need to hear more from Pence," Sunny stated.

Closeup of Sunny Hostin

"You just accused me of something, so why don't you let me answer," Alyssa said.

Closeup of Alyssa Farah

"Nope, I'm gonna finish what I'm gonna say," Sunny replied. Sunny then listed her issues with Pence — his mishandling of the AIDS crisis, the COVID crisis, and his relationship with former President Donald Trump.

Closeup of Sunny Hostin

Joy Behar then chimed in telling Sunny not to bring up Alyssa's work history and "make things personal."

Closeup of Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin

"Sunny likes to make it personal with me," Alyssa said. "Are you gonna give me the chance to answer or no?" She turned to the audience, dumbfounded. "This is not what the show is about — let a woman speak."

Closeup of Alyssa Farah

Sunny replied, "It's everybody's 'view,'" to which Alyssa replied, "It's not everyone's 'view,' it's Sunny Hostin's 'view.'"

Closeup of Sunny Hostin

Sunny continued to speak, as Joy urged her to let Alyssa chime in.

Closeup of Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah

Ultimately, the back-and-forth spat was halted by Whoopi Goldberg, who went to commercial break.

Closeup of Whoopi Goldberg

You can watch the TV moment here.