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Meghan McCain Announces Departure From "The View" | The View
Meghan McCain announces her departure from "The View" at the end of the show’s season, saying “this was not an easy decision.”
“I’m just eternally grateful to have had this opportunity here so, seriously, thank you from the absolute bottom of my heart.”
"I am just going to rip the band-aid off. I am here to tell all of you, my wonderful co-hosts and the viewers at home, that this is going to be my last season here at 'The View.' I will be here through the end of July to finish out the season with all of you, which I am grateful for," McCain said at the top of the show. "This was not an easy decision. It took a lot of thought and counsel and prayer and talking to my family and my close friends."
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 22, 2020, McCain shared the news that she was pregnant with her first child, Liberty Sage McCain Domenech, on the show.
"COVID has changed the world for all of us, and it changed the way -- at least for me -- the way I am looking at life, the way I'm living my life, the way I want my life to look like," she said on Thursday. "When I said goodbye to all of you in the studio over a year-and-a-half ago, I had just found out I was pregnant. I left [New York City] very quickly because my OB-GYN wanted me to leave because he wasn't sure about how COVID could possibly impact pregnant women."
McCain then moved to the Washington D.C. area with her husband, Ben Domenech.
"We have this incredible life here. We're surrounded by my family, his family, by friends, by this incredible support," she said. "As any new mom knows, when I think about where I want Liberty to have her first steps and her first words, I just have this really wonderful life here that ultimately I felt like I didn't want to leave."
"On a professional note, this show is one of the hands-down greatest, most exhilarating, wonderful privileges of my entire life, and I have had so many amazing experiences in my life, and this is definitely one of the top," McCain said. "It is a privilege to work alongside such strong, brilliant, intelligent, incredible broadcasters like the four of you. You are the most talented women on all of television, hands-down, and it has been so incredible to be able to do this with you."