‘The View’ Is Back After Hosts Tested Positive For Covid

Live television doesn’t always go according to plan – something that Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin know all too well!

On Friday September 25, we witnessed something we never thought we would witness, as The View co-hosts both tested positive for COVID-19 live on-air. Their positive results were aired just minutes ahead of their scheduled interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, resulting in them quickly being rushed off the set. However, on Monday’s show, co-host Joy Behar said that those tests were actually false positives, and confirmed that both Navarro and Hostin, who were sat alongside her, are COVID free following many, many negative tests. It was a chaotic few days, to say the least!

“This is the update: We were all given numerous, numerous COVID tests,” Behar told viewers on Monday. “I am thrilled to report that Sunny and Ana’s Friday results turned out to be false positives, and everyone is safe, healthy and COVID-free. No one’s got it. It was a mistake of some sort.”

Everyone who works on The View – on air and behind the scenes – is tested for COVID-19 multiple times a week, so it’s unclear how Navarro and Hostin were allowed to go on-air without receiving their test results first. The View‘s executive producer, Brian Teta, issued an on-air apology to the ladies for what they went through, adding that “mistakes were made” but health and safety is always the number one priority.

“It was just an unbelievable set of circumstances, and we found out moments before we came back on the air,” Teta said about how their abrupt removal from the set was handled. “And in that moment, all I could think of was that we had to keep the hosts safe, and we had to keep the vice president safe — she could not walk out no matter what.”

“And that led to some really awkward television that I’d like to have back if I could, but I really want to acknowledge and apologize to Sunny and Ana, because in the midst of all this chaos, they were put in this position where they had this information put out on television,” he continued. “It was unfortunate that mistakes were made, but I can confidently say that we have very vigorous safety protocols, that everyone is regularly tested, and I’m just so relieved that you guys are healthy, that everyone is healthy and nobody was ever in danger.”