The occupant of the so-called “conservative” seat of ABC’s The View, Alyssa Farah Griffin utterly embarrassed herself during Wednesday’s episode when she admitted on-air that she “cried at this job at least a half-a-dozen times.” Her reasoning? Because it’s “a very hard job” and she’s often the only one who voiced some form right-leaning opinions, which she rarely did a good job with normally.
The cast was discussing a Vice article about Gen-Zers crying at work when Farah Griffin, a Millennial, admitted that she cried at work, and goes and hides in “every corner of this building”:
FARAH GRIFFIN: I cry at work but I hide it, so my bosses will never know.
SUNNY HOSTIN: You cry at work?!
FARAH GRIFFIN: I have cried at this job at least a half-a-dozen times. Are you kidding?! Have you done this job?
HOSTIN: I have! I’ve done it for years!
Co-host Joy Behar pressured her to spill the beans, meanly demanding: “What did you cry about? Give me an example.”
“This is a very hard job to do and I oftentimes have the only opinion that's different at a table of five people,” Farah Griffin bellyached.
Shortly thereafter, Farah Griffin tried to walk it back by saying she loved her job and their executive producer produced good hugs:
FARAH GRIFFIN: I would like to state for the record, this is a great job and every time I've cried Brian gives great hugs.
SARA HAINES: Oh, Brian’s listened to too much crying.
FARAH GRIFFIN: I know.
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg took on a matriarchal role with Farah Griffin as she tried to comfort her and let her know she could confide in them.
“You know, the thing that shocks me - For me, is there is nothing that people should be able to do to you to make you cry,” Goldberg said. “Let us support you. Let us support you because nobody should be crying at this job. Nobody.”
As for some of the other co-hosts, Sunny Hostin opined: “I have a never felt the luxury to be able to cry at work. I just try to get my work done, be as excellent as I can, and go home and chill out. I don't know.” Sara Haines quipped about crying both on and off-air and how she doesn’t like to cry in the bathroom. And Goldberg said she was her own safe space.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
July 9, 2025
11:27:19 a.m. Eastern(…)
SUNNY HOSTIN: This crying at work thing -- some of the article is about crying at work. I don't know, I have a never felt the luxury to be able to cry at work. I just try to get my work done, be as excellent as I can, and go home and chill out. I don't know. You know, but I'm --
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I cry at work but I hide it, so my bosses will never know.
HOSTIN: You cry at work?!
FARAH GRIFFIN: I have cried at this job at least a half-a-dozen times. Are you kidding?! Have you done this job?
HOSTIN: I have! I’ve done it for years!
FARAH GRIFFIN: Reminds me of The Simpsons meme with Bart Simpson, I think I have it.
[Screen shows Simpsons meme]
“This is where I come to cry. Cool” That's like every corner of this building.
JOY BEHAR: What did you cry about? Give me an example.
FARAH GRIFFIN: This is a very hard job to do and I oftentimes have the only opinion that's different at a table of five people.
(…)
11:28:39 a.m. Eastern
FARAH GRIFFIN: I would like to state for the record, this is a great job and every time I've cried Brian gives great hugs.
SARA HAINES: Oh, Brian’s listened to too much crying.
FARAH GRIFFIN: I know.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: You know, the thing that shocks me - For me, is there is nothing that people should be able to do to you -
HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: - to make you cry. And if you feel -
HAINES: Oh, I got stuff to tell you.
GOLDBERG: Yes, you do. You should, because let us support you.
HAINES: You support me.
GOLDBERG: Let us support you. Let us support you because nobody should be crying at this job. Nobody.
We'll be right back.
