Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy Are Out!
ABC's The View is moving in an "exciting new direction" according to ABC themselves. Sherri Shephed is leaving after being on the show for 7 years and Jenny McCarthy after one season. Shepherd has said it's time for her to move on, while Jenny is leaving because of a new creative direction the show is taking.
Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy Leave The View
And they're out! Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy are leaving ABC's The View, the network revealed in a statement to Us Weekly on June 26.
"The View will be moving in an exciting new direction next season and ABC has made decisions to evolve the show creatively," ABC said in the statement. McCarthy and Shepherd's departures leave Whoopi Goldberg as the sole remaining cast member.
"It’s been seven wonderful years on The View and after careful consideration it is time for me to move on," Shepherd said in a personal statement to Deadline. "I am extremely grateful to Barbara Walters and Bill Gedde for giving me the opportunity. I look forward to the business opportunities that lay ahead for me and I am incredibly grateful to my View family and my fans for supporting me on this journey."
"In Sherri's case, there were negotiations but they were unable to reach an agreement," a source tells Us of the longtime co-host's reason for exiting.
As for McCarthy, who only served as co-host for one season, the source says, "Jenny's departure was the result of a decision to move the show in a different direction creatively."
The June 27 episode of the show was pre-taped and The View is then set to be on hiatus next week. Despite announcing their exits, the source adds it's "likely we'll see more of" McCarthy and Shepherd through the remainder of the season.
Barbara Walter's talk show has seen its fair share of co-hosts. Everyone from Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, Joy Behar, Lisa Ling, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O'Donnell have taken on the role. Walters retired herself from the position just last month.
More updates to come.
