The hosts of The View were full of compliments for John Cena after he openly talked about undergoing a hair transplant. However, they didn’t miss the chance to criticize President Donald Trump for managing his own appearance.
During a discussion prompted by Joy Behar about whether Cena’s admission indicates that men can feel as insecure as women at times, Alyssa Farrah Griffin shared her thoughts.
Griffin kicked off by debunking the myth that men are immune to insecurities about their looks, stating, “It’s a misconception that men aren’t affected by appearance-related insecurities. Despite the immense societal pressure and unrealistic beauty standards imposed on women, we have resources like makeup and hair extensions to help boost our confidence. Conversely, straight men often lack these options. They have to face their natural looks every day.”
Griffin’s comment made The View audience and her co-hosts cackle with laughter. But Ana Navarro wasn’t buying it.
“Wait a minute, has anybody met Donald Trump? They don’t put on makeup?” she pointed out.
The hosts of The View have been open critics of President Trump and his policies since he took office. Griffin, who previously served in Trump’s first White House administration, recently clashed with Whoopi Goldberg after Goldberg criticized Trump’s proposal to offer new mothers $5,000 to boost birth rates.
“I am incredibly insulted by this because clearly they don’t know how women’s bodies work and they don’t know what it costs to raise a child or just have a child,” Goldberg said. “I don’t know what $5,000 is supposed to do.” She then refuted Griffin’s point that Trump’s proposal was “better than nothing.”
But Griffin believed the criticism was unjust. “I feel like if [Joe] Biden proposed this we would all be saying it’s groundbreaking and a great idea,” she said.
Host Sunny Hostin also added that the proposal felt “very Handmaid’s Tale.“
The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
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