The View's Sunny Hostin managed to squeeze two spectacularly false claims into a single segment this week, insisting that the BLM riots caused "very limited destruction of property and violence" and that eggs cost $10 a dozen. That's impressive, even for a show that treats facts like optional accessories.
Two lies in under a minute. The View isn't a talk show anymore — it's a disinformation factory with a studio audience. Here's Sunny's argument so you can see for yourself the level of delusion ABC News feels comfortable platforming:
Let's start with Lie Number One. Hostin told the panel, "I just think we need to make it clear that there can be no comparison between the Black Lives Matter movement and what we saw on January 6th." She then doubled down, claiming there were "very limited destruction of property and violence during the uprising." She actually used the word "uprising" like she was narrating a Ken Burns documentary about noble revolutionaries.
Here's the problem, Sunny. The BLM riots of 2020 caused an estimated $1 to $2 billion in insured property damage, according to Axios. That's billion with a B. Entire city blocks torched. Small businesses — many of them minority-owned, by the way — reduced to rubble. But sure, "very limited."
Then came Lie Number Two. In the same breath, Hostin declared, "It costs like $10 to buy eggs!" This woman is a licensed attorney, and she can't read a grocery receipt. The USDA's most recent report puts the average price of a dozen eggs at $2.21. Even at their peak in early 2025, eggs hit $6.22 per dozen — still nowhere near Hostin's fever-dream number. The Federal Reserve has tracked egg prices for 46 years, and at no point have they ever approached $10.
Four times the actual price. That's not rounding up — that's hallucinating.
Billionaire Kevin O'Leary, who was guest-hosting, tried to inject some reality into the proceedings. He pointed out the absurdity of people spending $15 on a sandwich when they could make lunch for 99 cents. "You go to work, you spend 15 bucks on a sandwich. What, are you an idiot," O'Leary said, noting that someone making $60,000 a year could be wasting $15,000 annually on that kind of spending. Practical advice from a guy who sold his software company to Mattel for $4.2 billion back in 1999.
Naturally, the panel didn't want to hear it. Whoopi Goldberg fired back with, "I don't know what kind of stupid stuff you're talking about." Classic Whoopi — when the facts don't cooperate, just call them stupid.
As NewsBusters' Nicholas Fondacaro documented, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin sat through the whole thing while Joy Behar nodded along. Nobody on that panel bothered to correct either claim. Not the BLM damage figure. Not the egg price. Nothing.
This is The View in 2026. A show where you can claim $2 billion in riot damage "didn't destroy much" and eggs cost five times their actual price, and the only person who pushes back is the guest they'll never invite again. ABC should be embarrassed, but embarrassment requires self-awareness, and that ship sailed from The View's set a long time ago.
