Alyssa Farah Griffin has officially become the second longest serving “conservative” co-host in the history of The View, behind Elisabeth Hasselbeck. During a live taping of their Behind the Table podcast, the ABC News co-host was asked about the “secret” to her longevity in the so-called “conservative seat.” Her answer was to basically admit that to stay on the show, she had to abandon her conservative beliefs to be more “authentic.”
She also reminisced about essentially being psychologically tortured for a year while she auditioned.
“Alyssa, you are now the second longest tenured host in this conservative seat on the end of the table,” executive producer Brian Teta. “It’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck and you. It's a tough seat. Not everyone can hack it because most don't last more than a season or so. What's the secret?”
According to Farah Griffin, “the best advice” she got was “to be authentic with The View audience.”
But what she described as the way to be “authentic” with the audience sounded more like placating to their extreme liberalism and just abandon your conservative principles:
If you're trying to play a part, if you're on GOP talking points, if you seem like you aren't being sincere and with the audience and what you believe in what you're saying, they see through it. People don't to - Viewers don't tune into our show because they want like punditry, they want to see multifaceted women talking about different aspects of their life; and thinking through, and you can change your opinions on things, you can evolve and you can grow.
Alyssa Farah Griffin is the second-longest running "conservative" co-host in the history of The View.
She says her "secret" for being able to stay so long is abandoning the conservative position and not even trying to argue it in good faith:
BRIAN TETA: Alyssa, you are now the… pic.twitter.com/3w4IZvmEDl— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 22, 2026
“I think my first season I felt like, ‘well I have to hold this seat because of this view’ and then I'm like I'm also now a mom, I'm the youngest at the table, I'm somebody who struggled with fertility on the show. Like, there are so many things to me beyond just like I'm a Republican who worked for Republicans,” she lamented.
With co-host Sunny Hostin literally cackling in the background, Farah Griffin reminisced about how “brutal” and “trauma[tizing]” the year-long selection process was:
TETA: You also had to audition publicly and -
FARAH GRIFFIN: For a year!
TETA: For a year.
FARAH GRIFFIN: So brutal.
TETA: What was that experience like?
FARAH GRIFFIN: It was literally like - You wonder why I have imposter syndrome and like trauma.
HOSTIN: [Laughter]
FARAH GRIFFIN: Like, you would you would go on the show and you'd be like, ‘I really felt like I did a good job.’ And then the next day, they’d announce ‘and then your arch nemesis is guest hosting and auditioning for the same job.’
HOSTIN: [Laughing]
FARAH GRIFFIN: It was brutal.
HOSTIN: That was a long process.
“You have to find your voice in that seat. And some really incredible women auditioned and I'm honored I was chosen,” the pick-me thanked them.
Farah Griffin goes to reminisce about essentially being psychologically tortured for a year as she fought through the audition process.
Executive producer Brian Teta says it was to weed out candidates that didn't fit:
FARAH GRIFFIN: So, I credit it to that and then I credit it… pic.twitter.com/FuISdBqDzy— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 22, 2026
NewsBusters has extensively documented Farah Griffin’s abandonment of the conservative principles she supposedly held before being hired.
Not long after Vice President Kamala Harris took over as the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 2024, Farah Griffin did her part to try to sell Harris by insisting she was a “centrist” now. She also teamed up with two-time presidential failure Hillary Clinton to promote Harris in the election. On the day of the election, the rest of the cast literally cheered when Farah Griffin informed them she was voting for Harris.
Farah Griffin’s conversion had little to do with being more authentic. It have everything to do with her wanting everyone to like her. As Kellyanne Conway called her out in 2022: “we're supposed to think that you've seen the light and not just see your name in lights.”
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s Behind the Table
October 6, 2026 (Recorded)
October 19, 2026 (Aired)
08:18 Timestamp(…)
BRIAN TETA: Alyssa, you are now the second longest tenured host in this conservative seat on the end of the table
SUNNY HOSTIN: Look at that! Look at that!
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I'm coming for you. Elizabeth [sic] Hasselback [sic].
TETA: It’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck and you. It's a tough seat. Not everyone can hack it because most don't last more than a season or so. What's the secret?
FARAH GRIFFIN: I don't know. I think the best advice I got was - It was actually very similar from Abby Huntsman and from Elisabeth Hasselbeck, which is, you have to be authentic with The View audience. If you're trying to play a part, if you're on GOP talking points, if you seem like you aren't being sincere and with the audience and what you believe in what you're saying, they see through it.
People don't to - Viewers don't tune into our show because they want like punditry, they want to see multifaceted women talking about different aspects of their life; and thinking through, and you can change your opinions on things, you can evolve and you can grow.
So, I think the authenticity thing and it took me a little bit to grow into that. I think my first season I felt like, ‘well I have to hold this seat because of this view’ and then I'm like I'm also now a mom, I'm the youngest at the table, I'm somebody who struggled with fertility on the show. Like, there are so many things to me beyond just like I'm a Republican who worked for Republicans.
So, I credit it to that and then I credit it to having an incredible team that I'm with. This show is an ensemble and you can't do it alone.
TETA: You also had to audition publicly and -
FARAH GRIFFIN: For a year!
TETA: For a year.
FARAH GRIFFIN: So brutal.
TETA: What was that experience like?
FARAH GRIFFIN: It was literally like - You wonder why I have imposter syndrome and like trauma.
HOSTIN: [Laughter]
FARAH GRIFFIN: Like, you would you would go on the show and you'd be like, ‘I really felt like I did a good job.’ And then the next day, they’d announce ‘and then your arch nemesis is guest hosting and auditioning for the same job.’
HOSTIN: [Laughing]
FARAH GRIFFIN: It was brutal.
HOSTIN: That was a long process.
FARAH GRIFFIN: But again, it's - You have to - You have to find your voice in that seat. And some really incredible women auditioned and I'm honored I was chosen.
[Applause]
TETA: You did a great job and what part of the process I think was, because in the past, people have sometimes been dropped in the seat without that. And I think the experience of making sure you can do the table over time, it's hard to do. It's - There's so many people that are really brilliant women, smart women, strong women, that can't do this. It's a specific skill and it's something that you have to have thick skin and a certain strength. I don't know. It's hard to do.
(…)
