New York, NY – In a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, media firebrands Greg Gutfeld and Bill Maher joined rhetorical forces this week to deliver a blistering critique of ABC’s “The View”, calling the popular daytime show a “smug echo chamber” that’s lost touch with the real spirit of open conversation.
In separate monologues that have now gone viral, the Fox News late-night host and the liberal Real Time provocateur united across ideological lines to criticize what they see as the show’s performative outrage, lack of intellectual diversity, and resistance to dissenting viewpoints.
“The View isn’t a debate. It’s five people shouting in unison and pretending it’s a symphony,” Gutfeld quipped, describing the show as “group therapy with a camera crew.”
Maher, for his part, called the panel’s allergy to nuance “a warning sign for democracy,” blasting what he called the show’s “tribal theater with coffee mugs.”
Roast Highlights: Humor with a Bite
Gutfeld, never one to hold back, took aim at Joy Behar’s past controversial comments and Sunny Hostin’s tendency to conflate emotion with evidence. Maher, meanwhile, critiqued the hosts’ fixation on political purity and their quickness to brand alternative viewpoints as “problematic.”
Their takedown wasn’t just scathing — it was smart, satirical, and surprisingly aligned. Maher, a longtime critic of right-wing extremism, made it clear that his frustrations lie with “performative progressivism”, not with progress itself.
The View Responds… or Doesn’t
In response to the growing media storm, The View remained largely silent. While a few vague on-air remarks alluded to the criticism, the show avoided addressing it directly — a move some viewers saw as telling.
“If your whole brand is ‘tough conversations,’ why duck the tough feedback?” another commentator tweeted.
Why It Matters
This rare bipartisan roast wasn’t just a viral media moment — it served as a commentary on the current state of televised discourse. When two public figures from opposite sides of the political spectrum call out the same flaws, it raises real questions about the role of echo chambers in American media.
As Gutfeld and Maher demonstrated, satire can still unite, even in divided times. And while “The View” may continue to dominate daytime ratings, this public roasting suggests that its grip on credibility is far more fragile.
