Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the five cohosts of ABC’s daytime talk show The View will not be returning next season, a source told magazine Us Weekly.
According to the source, Hasselback, who is the show’s “extremely conservative voice”, is being has been asked to leave after market research revealed that she isn’t popular with TV audiences.
The source told Us Weekly magazine:
The viewers they polled all said she was too extreme and right wing. People did not watch the show because of Elisabeth. So they told her yesterday her contract would not be renewed.
Since joining the cast in November 2003, she has gotten into numerous arguments with her co-hosts, including a heated argument with Rosie O’Donnell in 2007 over the War in Afghanistan and with Barbara Walters over Mitt Romney in 2012.
Earlier this week, Joy Behar announced her own departure from the show after over 16 years and currently hosts Joy Behar: Say Anything! on Current TV.
