Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View"

Author: Setoodeh, RaminBrand: Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's GriffinEdition: ReprintBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 336Release Date: 14-04-2020Details: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist, Best Non-Fiction Book The gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show. When Barbara Walters launched The View, network executives told her that hosting it would tarnish her reputation. Instead, within ten years, she’d revolutionized morning TV and made household names of her co-hosts: Joy Behar, Star Jones, Meredith Vieira and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. But the daily chatfest didn’t just comment on the news. It became the news. And the headlines barely scratched the surface. Based on unprecedented access, including stunning interviews with nearly every host, award-winning journalist Ramin Setoodeh takes you backstage where the stars really spoke their minds. Here's the full story of how Star, then Rosi