“The View” has been on television for over 25 years, and has evolved into a top-rated, politically charged, headline-making bastion of opinions by women of various backgrounds.
But according to one of its original co-hosts, that was never the plan.
Debbie Matenopoulos, who appeared during its first two years, says the Emmy Award-winning Barbara Walters-created talk show was “just have a bunch of women sitting around, from different generations, different backgrounds, and different views, that would talk about topics of the day.”
