Alyssa Farah Griffin returned to The View following a three-day absence amid her pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Griffin previously gave a health update on social media.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
“I missed you,” the 36-year-old former Donald Trump White House staffer said on the air.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Former Donald Trump White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/a> has returned to The View<\/a> following a three-day absence<\/a>, and gave audiences an explanation on her condition after previously sharing a health update during her hiatus.<\/p>\n After the cohosts \u2014 including 36-year-old Griffin \u2014 walked out Thursday to a set decorated with Christmas trimmings, moderator Whoopi Goldberg<\/a> addressed Griffin’s return to the Hot Topics table.<\/p>\n “Welcome to The View!” Goldberg repeated over and over as the audience cheered. “Yeah, so, first of all, welcome back, Alyssa!”<\/p>\n ABC<\/p>\n Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on ‘The View’<\/p>\n The audience cheered before Griffin spoke about why she’d missed several live broadcasts of the long-running talk show.<\/p>\n “Thank you, I missed you guys!” Griffin replied, before Goldberg inquired about how she was feeling after contracting a stomach virus.<\/p>\n Griffin elaborated, telling her colleagues, “I’m feeling totally better, but getting sick while you’re pregnant is no joke. Everyone, wash, do your whole thing!”<\/p>\n “No Tylenol for you,” Joy Behar<\/a> joked, apparently referencing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s previously expressed controversial views<\/a> on pregnant people taking Tylenol.<\/p>\n Still, Griffin maintained, “I’m feeling great, I’m not contagious, and I missed you.” Behar added, “I’m really excited we’re going to have a baby on the show” in the near future, as Griffin is about seven months pregnant.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Griffin shared an update on her health to her Instagram Story, revealing that she’s “been down with a stomach virus” and that it’s “not fun being sick” during pregnancy.<\/p>\n “Remember it\u2019s that time of year \u2014 be smart, use hand sanitizer, stay home if you\u2019re sick!” the conservative advised.<\/p>\n ABC\/Michael Le Brecht II<\/p>\n Alyssa Farah Griffin for ‘The View’<\/p>\n In October,\u00a0Griffin revealed on the show that she and husband Justin Griffin<\/a>\u00a0were finally pregnant, after she had long been open about undergoing multiple IVF treatments in an attempt to become a mom.<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n “I’m so overjoyed,” Griffin said on the celebratory broadcast. “I went through IVF, it was hard, it took us about a year, it took us five rounds, but he’s here, he’s coming!”<\/p>\n The View\u00a0airs weekdays on ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"ABC](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4baa82195c3714c8b994eab4b427a11b.jpeg\"\/)
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