Barbara Walters Really Wants Monica Lewinsky On The View

"Could Monica Lewinsky join ABC’s The View?

There’s some degree of interest there. Lewinsky has been invited to be a guest on an upcoming episode to promote her anti-bullying campaign. Beyond that, a person close to the ABC daytime chat show says the production would “love” to have the former White House intern as a guest co-host. Such gigs can often serve as tryouts for more permanent positions on the series.

The View has been wounded in the last year by cast shake-ups, slipping ratings, and reports of backstage fighting. With the recent departure of Rosie O’Donnell, The View currently only has three co-hosts—actress Rosie Perez, analyst Nicolle Wallace, and comic actress Whoopi Goldberg. That leaves two seats vacant. Meanwhile, Lewinsky has re-emerged into the public eye over the last year by embracing an anti-cyber-bullying message, including penning a Vanity Fair essay about her affiar with Bill Clinton and giving a TED Talk.

But as Deadline pointed out, since The View is produced by ABC News, having Lewinsky as a permanent part of the show could make it tougher for the news division to get access to presumed Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton."

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Cenk Uygur () and Ana Kasparian () break it down on The Young Turks.