Julie Chen shared her feelings about "The View" adding Jenny McCarthy to its cast.
While appearing on Howard Stern's radio show Wednesday, the talk show host did not hold back in giving her true opinions about McCarthy joining the cast of the ABC morning show, calling it a mistake.
"What made 'The View' so popular and so good was that it was five different women from five different walks of life discussion politics," Chen, a co-host on "The Talk," said. "What put them on the map and made them good and famous, they don't do that anymore."
The 43-year-old host said she believes ABC was trying to "lighten the mood" of the show by getting McCarty involved and added that no one wanted to hear what the former porn star had to say about politics.
"No one wants to hear Jenny McCarthy talk about the New York mayoral race or politics," Chen said. "They don't. That's not what you put Jenny McCarthy on for."
Chen, who called McCarthy "beautiful and talented," said the new host would be better on "The Talk," and questioned the network's decision in hiring McCarthy.
"I'm not telling ABC anything they're not wondering themselves," she told Stern.
In an interview with "Extra," Chen added to her comments about McCarthy.
"Jenny's personality is more suited for a show like 'The Talk,'" she said. "It seems like they don't know what to do with her talent, and the show has lost its way."
McCarthy joined "The View" on Sept. 9 for season 17. The 41-year-old replaced host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who left the show early this summer.
"I'm so grateful to be here. I'm grateful to have a job; I'm a single mother," the mother of one said on her debut show. "This is the greatest show in the world. Thanks to the fans who supported me to get here. I hope I do you justice."
Weeks before Chen's co-host Sharon Osbourne gave her opinions on "The View's" cast during an appearance on "The Arsenio Hall Show."
"Barbara, [I] idolize her, divine, she is super-human. I love Barbara Walters. The rest can go [expletive] themselves!" Osborne said.
Osbourne later took back her remarks.
"I want to apologize to Jenny, Sherri and Whoopi, who are all accomplished, self-made women who have amazing careers," Osbourne said on her show. "They have achieved so much. Please understand it was irreverent behavior and no disrespect meant. I'm not a person that is mean and I apologize."
