EXCLUSIVE: 'Manic McCain!’ That’s what The View producers have branded co-host Meghan McCain after she melts down again calling the executive producer a 'motherf***er' in front of a studio audience
- Meghan McCain had another blow up when cameras weren't rolling on the set of The View Tuesday, a source tells DailyMailTV
- The View co-host lost her cool after mistaking a law professor for a Justice Department lawyer during the live show
- During the commercial break McCain blew up at executive producer Brian Teta for not being briefed, calling him a 'motherf***er' in front of the audience
- 'This is some bullsh*t! What are you producers good for?' she said
- Human Resources came in to meet with McCain following Tuesday's live broadcast because she disrespected an executive
- But sources say her job is safe as top ABC News executive James Goldston is 'Meghan's biggest fan'
- 'At this point, Meghan is starring in the talk show version of How To Get Away With Murder,' explained the source
- Tuesday's profanity-laced blow-up follows McCain's on-air outburst last week when she called her rival co-host Joy Behar a bi**h on live TV
Producers at The View are now calling the show's co-host Meghan McCain 'Manic McCain' after a series of new blow-ups on camera and off, DailyMailTV can reveal.
On Tuesday, the daughter of the late Senator John McCain lost her cool during a commercial break following a segment where she confused Willamette College of Law Professor Warren Binford - who appeared on CNN to describe viewing the horrific immigration conditions for children - with Sarah B. Fabian, a Justice Department lawyer that McCain called a 'holdover from the Obama administration.'
The on-air snafu caused the show's moderator Whoopi Goldberg to restart the segment, and they tried to have the conversation again. But during the commercial break all hell broke loose.
'Meghan became unhinged! She screamed, ''This is some bullsh*t! What are you producers good for?''' a source with the show tells DailyMailTV.
'As usual, a bunch of producers ran to calm her, but before they could she turned to the show's executive producer Brian Teta and said,''You motherf***er, how could you let this happen to me?''
'All of this happened in front of the live studio audience.'
Meghan McCain had another blow up when cameras weren't rolling on the set of The View Tuesday, a source tells DailyMailTV
The View co-host lost her cool after mistaking law professor Warren Binford (left) for Justice Department lawyer Sarah B. Fabian when talking about detained migrant children at the border during Tuesday's live show
Producers worked to get McCain to cool off before the commercial break ended. Though they did not address the mix-up right after they returned, ABC News had co-host Sunny Hostin deliver a legal note of clarity in the final segment of the show.
During the commercial break McCain blew up at executive producer Brian Teta (pictured) for not being properly briefed, calling him a 'motherf***er' in front of the audience
'I want to clarify what we were talking about during Hot Topics,' Hostin said, before identifying both women by their proper name and role. 'Two different women, two different topics.'
Before Hostin could finish, 34-year-old McCain blurted out: 'I screwed up. Thank you for fixing it Sunny.'
Disrespecting the executive producer Teta caused human resources to come in to meet with McCain following Tuesday's live broadcast.
However, sources at the show tell DailyMailTV not to expect any action to be taken against her.
Those behind the scenes at The View know that despite her bad behavior, McCain isn't going to be terminated by ABC News.
'Top ABC News executive James Goldston is Meghan's biggest fan. Despite what she's done to morale behind the scenes at the show and despite the viewer feedback on her being dreadful, he's enamored with her family legacy.
'At this point, Meghan is starring in the talk show version of How To Get Away With Murder,' explained the source.
When contacted about the incident by DailyMailTV, an ABC spokesperson responded: 'Meghan has a great relationship with Executive Producer Brian Teta. Their exchange during the commercial break was playful and nothing more. Making something more of it is completely ridiculous.'
By the time the show wrapped, both The View and McCain respectively were already trending on Twitter and viewers of the show were outraged by both her blunder and dismissing the severity of what the children being separated from their parents are enduring at the border to how her late father was tortured as a prisoner of war.
'Hey @MeghanMcCain, my dad wasn't around for the first seven years of my life because he was kidnapped by terrorists. They did, however, let him brush his teeth and shower occasionally and he says ''torture'' is a fine word to use here,' wrote journalist Sulome Anderson on Twitter.
'In case you were worried that Meghan McCain wouldn't be able to find a way to make the issue of America's child concentration camps actually about our failure to show her and her father the proper respect, this is a big relief!' added journalist Patrick Blanchfield.
Comedian Mohanad Elshieky tweeted: '''My father was tortured too!'' Meghan McCain shouting at a statue of Jesus.'
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'This is insane. On today's episode of the View, Meghan McCain used her dad's time as a prisoner of war to minimize the suffering of imprisoned migrant children. For the millionth time, not everything is about you and your father,' activist and filmmaker Adam Best said.
'People keep making fun of Meghan McCain but she's a diversity hire for an incredibly important demographic, which lacks representation - entitled faildaughters.'- wrote Hasan Piker of the Young Turks.
Even Stormy Daniels' troubled attorney Michael Avenatti chimed in on the matter via Twitter.
He wrote in a post: 'Other than being born as the daughter to John McCain, can someone please again remind me what the hell Meghan McCain has ever accomplished in her life? Especially as it relates to publicly commenting on issues like degrading children in custody?'
Tuesday's profanity-laced blow-up with Teta follows McCain's on-air outburst last week when she called her regular rival and original The View co-host Joy Behar a bi**h on live TV.
During a back and forth over why Trump supporters like him so much, McCain bemoaned: 'I'm the sacrificial Republican every day.'
Behar sarcastically replied, 'Awwww,' which made McCain angry.
'Don't feel bad for me, bi**h,' she lashed back, pointing her finger at Behar as the crowd groaned. 'I'm paid to do this. OK? Don't feel bad for me.'
Hostin immediately interjected and challenged McCain, but the resident conservative claimed that she and Behar call each other that word all the time.
'During the commercial break, producers told them to go on air and fix what happened. Play nice to get the viewers from thinking they all hated each other. Again, they did,' revealed the source.
The View's Joy Behar and Meghan McCain also clashed last week, which ended with the late senator's daughter calling her co-host a 'b****' during the opening of Wednesday's show
Sources say despite McCain's behavior, she isn't going to be terminated by ABC News because ABC News President James Goldston (pictured) is 'Meghan's biggest fan'
Many are hoping that McCain's inability to control her temper and her erratic impulses causes her to up and quit one day. And as one network source told us: 'That day couldn't come soon enough!'
'When Meghan says her prayers at night she should thank God almighty that Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie are no longer the executive producers of this show.
'They would have never tolerated her awful behavior, disrespect of the staff and co-hosts, and more so, they would have listened to the audience. When the audience started hating a co-host, the co-host was let go,' the source concluded.
Regardless of the turmoil at the show, the New York Times magazine just called the daytime talk show 'the Most important political TV show in America' and ratings for the series are averaging about 3million views daily, the closest the show has been in years to its 2008 season when Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd premiered as new hosts.
