{"id":303844,"date":"2025-10-14T23:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/303844\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T23:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:14:11","slug":"the-view-host-sunny-hostin-rips-least-qualified-rfk-jr-during-cheryl-hines-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/303844\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The View&#8217; host Sunny Hostin rips &#8216;least qualified&#8217; RFK Jr. during Cheryl Hines interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe View\u201d co-host Sunny Hostin tore into Cheryl Hines on Tuesday, slamming the actor\u2019s husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the \u201cleast qualified\u201d health secretary in history.<\/p>\n<p>Hostin, a left-leaning legal analyst and co-host of ABC\u2019s daytime talk show, blasted Hines\u2019 hubby over his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/09\/us-news\/tylenol-used-after-circumcision-highly-likely-linked-to-autism-rfk-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent controversial claims linking autism to circumcisions and Tylenol use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespectfully, your husband is the least qualified Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] head that we\u2019ve had in history. I think that\u2019s very, very dangerous,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W1ibpQs3fts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Hostin told Hines<\/a>, who is known for her role as Larry David\u2019s wife in \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Hines defended her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during her appearance on \u201cThe View\u201d on Tuesday. ABC\/The View<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe View\u201d co-host Sunny Hostin (right) called Hines\u2019 husband the \u201cleast qualified\u201d health secretary in history. ABC\/The View<\/p>\n<p>Medical experts previously told The Post that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/10\/health\/rfk-jr-says-circumcisions-lead-to-autism-heres-the-truth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy\u2019s claims about autism<\/a> were misleading and lacked solid evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Hines questioned how her husband is any \u201cless qualified than an economist\u201d \u2013 an apparent nod to Sylvia Burwell, an economist and political campaign staffer who led HHS under former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has spent his career studying toxins, studying people\u2019s health, fighting for one guy who was using Roundup for his job,\u201d Hines continued, referring to Kennedy\u2019s work as a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. represented a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/08\/11\/monsanto-ordered-to-pay-289m-to-cancer-patient-in-roundup-trial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former school groundskeeper who was awarded $289 million<\/a> in 2018 after he alleged his use of the weed killer Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has also spread a lot of misinformation, a lot of chaos, a lot of confusion. And I think it\u2019s just a very dangerous thing. I say it with the utmost respect,\u201d Hostin retorted.<\/p>\n<p>Joy Behar, another co-host of \u201cThe View,\u201d jumped in: \u201cSome of it\u2019s good and some of it is not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Hines and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, we all have different views here. Yes. And when you say misinformation, disinformation, we could go back to COVID when \u2026\u201d Hines said.<\/p>\n<p>A frustrated Hostin cut her off, saying: \u201cHe\u2019s connecting circumcision to autism!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay I finish?\u201d Hines asked.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharlie Gasparino has his finger on the pulse of where business, politics and finance meet\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up to receive On The Money by Charlie Gasparino in your inbox every Thursday.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked the guest to continue, Hines argued that Dr. Anthony Fauci \u2013 who headed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under former President Joe Biden \u2013 had spread misinformation about COVID vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were also still learning about it. It was a novel virus we\u2019ve never encountered before,\u201d co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin objected.<\/p>\n<p>Hostin chimed in: \u201cAnd Dr. Fauci has a medical degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hines argued that her husband\u2019s vaccine skepticism was challenged during the peak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBobby said, Where\u2019s the science to show us this? And there wasn\u2019t any. But people attacked him and said, you\u2019re wrong,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s take a step back. I know. That\u2019s your opinion, and that\u2019s okay,\u201d Hines continued, speaking to Hostin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe View\u201d co-host Sunny Hostin tore into Cheryl Hines on Tuesday, slamming the actor\u2019s husband, Robert F. 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