If there’s one thing The View watchers can count on, it’s the hosts’ capriciousness and hypocrisy. Monday morning’s episode of the ABC News show saw the co-hosts seemingly forget their colleague Sunny Hostin’s racist comments against WNBA star Caitlin Clark, which she spouted less than two weeks prior. Instead, they changed tunes and championed Clark’s cause, praising her sportsmanship and various successes.
The topic in question was a recent incident during a game between WNBA teams Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky. Sky guard Chennedy Carter fouled Clark with a shove, prompting the WNBA to upgrade the technical foul to a Flagrant 1, defined as “unnecessary contact committed by a player against an opponent.”
Hostin, who sits on the board of advocates for the WNBA’s Players Association, and moderator Whoopi Goldberg first downplayed the foul in a back-and-forth,…
