Tucker Carlson says he is sorry for helping sell Donald Trump to the public. ‘The View’ cohosts are not interested in giving him any credit for that now.
On Tuesday’s episode, the ABC panel tore into Carlson after he admitted on his podcast that he regretted “misleading people” with his past support for Trump. His apology came as tensions over Iran continue to shake parts of the right, with Carlson now suggesting that those who helped elevate Trump are also partly responsible for the fallout. But for the women of ‘The View’, the timing made the whole thing look less like remorse and more like another performance.
‘The View’ Cohosts Say Tucker Carlson’s Trump Apology Means Very Little Now
Whoopi Goldberg introduced the segment by pointing out that Trump may have just lost one of his biggest media defenders. A clip then played of Carlson saying that people who supported Trump are “implicated” in what is happening now and that he would be “tormented” by it for a long time.
He also said, “I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional.” That did not go over well at the Hot Topics table.
Joy Behar reacted first with a flat, “Oh, please,” and Sunny Hostin quickly made it clear she was not buying any of it either. “Whatever,” Hostin said. “I don’t believe him. He’s not getting a bear hug from me. The world’s on fire, and you can’t just say, ‘Oopsies!’”
Behar then argued Carlson was showing what she called “liar’s remorse,” not real accountability, and said he has lied about too many things for one broad apology to mean much.
Why the Panel Turned Especially Harsh
Sara Haines pushed the criticism further, saying Carlson will “say anything” if it gets him clicks or money. She pointed to his past conduct, including controversial interviews and associations, and argued that none of this looked like a true moral awakening. “That man just needs to disappear,” Haines said.
Former Trump White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin also did not hold back, calling Carlson “vile” and “dangerous” and saying she did not believe his sudden regret was genuine. In her view, it was less about conscience and more about attention.
Behar closed out the conversation by saying Carlson has a “pathological need for relevancy,” making it clear that the panel saw his apology as just another bid to stay in the spotlight.
That is really where the segment landed. Carlson may now be saying he was wrong. But on ‘The View’, the reaction was blunt. Too late, not enough, and not believable.
