James Goldston, president of ABC News, who oversees the day’s programming, shocked staff across the network’s news department on Thursday by announcing his resignation. But sources tell us no one has relied on him more than McCain, 36.
Despite the notoriously high turnover of the presenters on the show, the aggressive McCain has kept her seat at the table despite being with lead host Whoopi Goldberg and the Twitterverse regularly asked for her overthrow.
Meanwhile, co-host Joy Behar has made her displeasure so evident that when McCain returned from maternity leave, Behar said to her on the air, “I haven’t missed you. Zero! «
» [Goldston] has been seen as an apologist by Meghan McCain for years. She used him as a lever against other talent, « an ABC insider told us. » He was Meghan’s voice in the room. He’s got Whoopi Taken in defense of Meghan McCain. «
They added that when people complained about McCain’s behavior they would tell them, » Get over it, it’s television. «
Another ABC source denied the friendly relationship between Goldston and McCain. « He’s certainly not their defender. Ally would not be the right word. Things are happening and there are continued steps to be taken to resolve them. Problems are being fixed, » the source said.
An ABC spokesman told us McCain did now that Goldston is no longer there, nothing to fear. « That is ridiculous. In this combination of co-hosts, “The View” delivers our best numbers for seven years. Meghan is a valued member of the team and nobody talks about changes to the table.
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