Ungrateful: Ana Navarro Whines About VP Vance Appearing on The View

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 12th, 2026 3:21 PM

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Vice President J.D. Vance was slotted to be a special guest on ABC’s The View next Tuesday, but in an appearance on their Behind the Table podcast on Thursday, co-host Ana Navarro was ungrateful that he was taking time out of his schedule to speak with them. She huffed about him there to only sell his book and didn’t what him to be able to create a viral “moment” when he was there.

After a quick introduction to the show, host and The View’s executive producer, Brian Teta noted that Vance was “the third sitting vice president that we've had on The View. The first Republican.”

Teta then looked to Navarro hoping to get an idea of what she wanted to talk about with Vance. Instead, she went off about how he was only showing up to help sell books. Without evidence, she suggested everyone knew they were really good at selling books for people:

TETA: What do you want to hear from him? I think people are kind of surprised he's coming actually. So -

NAVARRO: Well, it shouldn't be surprising. He's got a book.

TETA: Right.

NAVARRO: And I think that everybody, including Republicans, know that at The View, we are really good at selling books.

 

 

Navarro eventually pivoted to sharing the topics she wanted to hit with him. Of course, she was hoping to drive a wedge between Vance and President Trump:

NAVARRO: I think it's a very relevant time. And I want to ask him questions about Epstein. I want to ask him questions where - There's several issues where there's sunlight between him and Donald Trump, right? The war going into military action, all of these new wars. He seems to me to be a lot more tuned into the MAGA, man-o-sphere than Trump is, actually.

TETA: I think that’s right.

NAVARRO: And really works those relationships far more than practically anybody else in the White House.

Echoing comments made by fellow View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin on the podcast in November 2025, Navarro was fearful that Vance was going to try to create a viral “moment” with his appearance:

So I don't know. I just, you know, I hope we get to have a constructive conversation about the issues that Americans care about and are on American's minds. And that it doesn't turn into some free for all for the sake of creating a moment for him so that he can go out and sell books, which is what often happens with Republicans.

Just as with Farah Griffin, what they were actually concerned about was a guest that was going to embarrass them by calling them out on their nonsense, hypocrisy, lies, and conspiracy theories. You know, face actual push back and counter points.

Seemingly sensing the need to do some damage control, Teta reiterated how much they appreciated Vance giving them his time and his hope for “passionate debate that's respectful”:

I mean, there's obviously a lot of issues that you and other hosts of The View and the Vice President disagree on, but let's hear what he has to say about them. Let's hear his arguments for why they're right and you guys are wrong and back forth. Hopefully, it's passionate debate that's respectful.

“And, you know, it's the Vice President. It's a big deal. So we're, we're excited to do it,” he concluded before abruptly shifting the conversation to Maine Democratic Party Nazi Graham Platner.

NewsBusters will be covering the Vice President’s appearance live.

The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:

ABC’s Behind the Table
June 11, 2026

BRIAN TETA: All right. So we had a big announcement on the show today. We announced that Vice President J.D. Vance is going to be on the show next Tuesday. This is the third sitting vice president that we've had on The View. The first Republican.

What do you want to hear from him? I think people are kind of surprised he's coming actually. So -

ANA NAVARRO: Well, it shouldn't be surprising. He's got a book.

TETA: Right.

NAVARRO: And I think that everybody, including Republicans, know that at The View, we are really good at selling books.

TETA: Yes.

NAVARRO: I think it's a very relevant time. And I want to ask him questions about Epstein. I want to ask him questions where - There's several issues where there's sunlight between him and Donald Trump, right? The war going into military action, all of these new wars.

He seems to me to be a lot more tuned into the MAGA, man-o-sphere than Trump is, actually.

TETA: I think that’s right.

NAVARRO: And really works those relationships far more than practically anybody else in the White House.

So I don't know. I just, you know, I hope we get to have a constructive conversation about the issues that Americans care about and are on American's minds. And that it doesn't turn into some free for all for the sake of creating a moment for him so that he can go out and sell books, which is what often happens with Republicans.

TETA: I mean, there's obviously a lot of issues that you and other hosts of The View and the Vice President disagree on, but let's hear what he has to say about them. Let's hear his arguments for why they're right and you guys are wrong and back forth. Hopefully, it's passionate debate that's respectful.

And, you know, it's the Vice President. It's a big deal. So we're, we're excited to do it.

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