Savannah Chrisley shares verdict on The View stars after divisive guest hosting spot

Savannah Chrisley is reflecting connected her arguable week arsenic a impermanent big connected The View.

The MAGA-supporting reality star, 28, stepped successful to capable co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin’s maternity time off spot arsenic nan blimpish sound connected ABC’s talk show sheet past week.

Her quality connected nan show sparked backlash crossed societal media owed to her support of President Donald Trump, pinch her stance going connected to substance an on-air conflict pinch her co-host, Sunny Hostin.

But contempt tense interactions and online criticism, Chrisley admitted that her acquisition connected nan show went much smoothly than she expected.

“I came into this pinch immoderate ideas of what was going to happen,” Chrisley said connected nan show’s Behind nan Table podcast. “I thought Whoopi [Goldberg] and Joy [Behar] were going to beryllium a symptom successful my ass and conscionable these mean women. And I was wrong... Yes, I was wrong, and I went into this, and it goes to show: extremity judging.”

Chrisley said that she sewage on pinch Behar much easy than she anticipated, saying: “Joy and I had a blast disconnected camera. I mean, she’s hysterical, and she was asking maine astir my parents. She was like, ‘What did they spell to situation for?’ I go, ‘Joy, you should know. You called them taxation cheats.’”

She added, “It’s nan funniest thing, though. Like, you virtually show her something, and she talks astir it, and past she forgets it.”

The Chrisleys were known for their Chrisley Knows Best bid connected USA Network, which followed nan tight-knit family’s able lifestyle. However, parents Todd and Julie were indicted connected charges of slope fraud, ligament fraud and taxation evasion in 2022 and went connected to beryllium recovered blameworthy and sentenced to years successful prison.

Trump pardoned Todd and Julie successful May 2025, resulting successful nan family’s adoration and outspoken support of nan president.

Although she sewage on pinch Behar, Chrisley said that her narration pinch Hostin, a erstwhile national prosecutor, was not arsenic amicable.

“I’m nan only 1 astatine nan array who believes differently,” Chrisley explained connected nan podcast. “I thought location was going to beryllium immoderate contention.

“Day 1 was a small iffy. Sunny and I, we didn’t person words, but during a commercialized break it was speech astir my parents, and she was like, ‘Well, didn’t a assemblage convict them?’ And I was like, ‘Did you cognize that prosecutors were spewing mendacious accusation and location was Fourth Amendment violations, Brady violations?’”

She continued: “So location was a small hostility there. She’s a prosecutor, truthful I was like, ‘I’m not a instrumentality of hers.’ But past coming she and I had a speech disconnected camera. She was like, ‘Well, I didn’t understand this.’ And I was like, ‘I americium sorry if I came disconnected arsenic defensive. It’s evidently my family and I’m ever going to take sides them.’”

Chrisley said to her co-hosts connected her past time connected The View: “I want to convey you each for giving maine a sound and allowing maine to beryllium astatine nan array and judge wholly differently, but person conversations that are difficult and respectful.”

She past called retired nan show’s assemblage for sending her “hateful messages” online passim her clip connected nan show.

After Chrisley’s impermanent hosting stint, blimpish commentator Amanda Carpenter will beryllium nan adjacent female stepping successful for Griffin while she remains connected maternity leave.