Mitt Romney agrees to return to "The View"
after calling the show "high risk" because four of its hosts are "not
conservative." The former Governor of Massachusetts, who has visited the
ABC daytime program three times in the past, will appear as a guest in
an October episode.
"The Governor has been to 'The View' and we have had a wonderful visit," co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck
read a statement from the politician campaign on air Wednesday,
September 19. "And his team confirms this morning that the Romneys would
once again love to join the sharp-tongued chatter in October."
In his leaked speech from a private fundraiser in May, Romney said, "
'The View' is fine. Although 'The View' is high risk because of the five
women on it, only one is conservative, and four are sharp-tongued and
not conservative. Whoopi Goldberg
in particular." He added, "Although last time I was on the show, she
said, 'You know what? I think I could vote for you.' And I said, I must
have done something really wrong."
The "View" ladies discussed the GOP presidential candidate's statement
on the show Wednesday morning. "If you can't handle four sharp-tongued
women, how are you going to handle the country," Sherri Shepherd asked. Barbara Walters, however, said she thought Romney could handle their questions.
Also in the leaked video, Romney claimed David Letterman "hates me" because he has been on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" more often than "Late Show with David Letterman". "They're very jealous of each other, as you know," he went on arguing.
Letterman later said on his show, "I don't hate Mitt," and invited the
65-year-old politician as well as his wife to stop by his late-night
talk show. "I certainly don't hate Mitt because he's done - because he's
been on Leno's show more. I mean, why hate a guy who's suffered through
that?" the host quipped.
His comments on "The View" and David Letterman, however, were not as
controversial as the one he made on Barack Obama's supporters. At one
point in his speech, he claimed that 47 percent of voters who would vote
for the reigning president didn't pay tax. He later addressed his
statement in a press conference, which has been spoofed by Jimmy Fallon.
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