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Kathy Griffin’s ‘The View’ Confession Has Producers Scrambling to Appease Talk Show’s Cast
Kathy Griffin just said the unmentionable — that she turned down a whopping $1.4 million to join The View back in the mid-2000s — and it has stirred up a hornet’s nest.
“Kathy said the quiet part out loud,” one source explains. “She exposed how wildly unequal the pay structure has been.”
With Whoopi Goldberg reportedly earning around $8 million a year and Joy Behar close behind at $7 million, there’s still Sunny Hostin at $1 million, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin at $800,000 apiece, and Ana Navarro at $250,000 — and sources say they are now rethinking their worth.
“This isn’t jealousy — it’s justice,” says a production insider.
“These women are doing just as much work, bringing just as much to the table, and making a fraction of what Kathy was offered two decades ago. Kathy lit a fire, and now producers are scrambling to contain the fallout — but it may be too late.”
