On Monday, “The View” co-host Sara Haines announced that she is leaving the show and heading to “Good Morning America” to co-host alongside former NFL star Michael Strahan. “This has been a dream I’ve always had to be on this show. Every day I walk out here, I’ve never taken it for granted,” she said Monday.
The new GMA gig officially kicks off on September 10 for Haines.
With Haines’ forthcoming departure, Fox News anchor Abby Huntsman might be the one pulling up the vacant seat at the famous roundtable, according to multiple sources at The Huffington Post.
“Fox & Friends weekend anchor co-anchor Abby Huntsman is in talks to jump ship from Fox News and take over for Haines on the high-profile ABC daytime show. Huntsman’s hire, if completed, would give The View a second conservative alongside Meghan McCain — which would undoubtedly change the dynamic of the show,” reports Mediaite.
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An anonymous source from Fox told HuffPo that Hunstsman would be “in breach of the contract and is not even in the appropriate time window to shop Abby to another network.”
Huntsman, a 32-year-old new mom, previously served as an MSNBC host and currently co-hosts “Fox & Friends Weekend.” Her father, Jon Huntsman, serves in the Trump Administration as Ambassador of the United States to Russia.