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ABC’s Behind the Table November 3, 2025 BRIAN TETA: Actress Jennifer Lawrence, who I'm a big fan of. ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Me too. TETA: She was on the Interview podcast from The New York Times and after being vocal during Trump's first term. She says she really doesn't know if she should continue to speak out on politics anymore. Let's listen to what she had to say. [Cuts to video] JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for. And so then what am I doing? I'm just sharing my opinion on something that's going to just add fuel to a fire that's ripping the country apart. [Cuts back] TETA: So she goes on and she continues to say that she doesn't want to turn people off from her work because of her political beliefs. What's your take on that? It's very um introspective, I think in a way that a lot of celebrities aren't always. TETA: It's so interesting because of our show. I mean, you know, we have a show that talks about politics more than most talk shows, daytime or late night, frankly. And You know, I think there's a feeling out there that if you're on The View, you're gonna talk about Hot Topics, you're gonna talk about current events and the truth is that's always up to the guest. FARAH GRIFFIN: It totally is. TETA: I mean, it's not something we push them to do. If they're interested in doing it, of course, we're interested in having those conversations, but it's never something where. FARAH GRIFFIN: That they’re obligated. TETA: Absolutely not. FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, I also, because I don't know if I realized that when I first started on the show and then producers shared that with me. I am impressed though how often when given the opportunity, celebrities want to take the time to say something political and to make a statement. TETA: Right. FARAH GRIFFIN: But I like giving them that option because at the same time like. They're there to do a job and I don't think we should force them into something. TETA: Of course, and there are examples of conservative celebrities that we have on the show and we say to them, do you want to talk politics? Do you want to talk about this in the same way? And, and if they don't, they don't. And so – And there's plenty of liberals that don't want to either. It's totally fine and frankly sometimes it's a relief to just talk about someone's movie or their kids or anything else. November 4, 2025 TETA: I give her a lot of respect for coming here and having a conversation. JOY BEHAR: I give her, give her props for that for sure. TETA: I do too. I mean – BEHAR: And I think that Johnson should come on here and TETA: Yeah, absolutely. BEHAR: - we can have a conversation with him. We're asking people to come on now. I think Ted Cruz should come on. TETA: Well, two weeks ago you – after we had Cheryl Hines on – you said on TV - BEHAR: That Republicans don’t want to come. TETA: That Republicans are afraid to come. Then the world went – everyone got very worked up and a lot of people you've never heard of kept saying like, ‘Well, I tried to get on and we can't get on the show.’ BEHAR: We’re talking about people who are actually in the center of Washington politics right now. TETA: Yeah, people that we talk about in Hot Topics, people that are – BEHAR: Not some Harry Fiduche who has a little business going in Sheboygan and he happens to be a Republican. That’s not what we’re looking for. TETA: Right. No, it's not that we can't have any Republican to come on, it's the people that are in power that we want to talk to. Um, but, uh, yeah, but yeah, every time you say something I get 400 calls. November 5, 2025 TETA: The way you understand or try to understand how they can do those things and how they can exist in those dichotomies is to have somebody come on the show and have a real conversation. SUNNY HOSTIN: Absolutely. SARA HAINES: Yes. TETA: And I think that was good and hopefully we'll have more of them. HOSTIN: I hope so. I mean, if Marjorie Taylor Green can sit with all of us, anyone can. TETA: And it’s not like – Listen, people like to say, you know, we don't have other people on. When you go through the names we've had on - HAINES: Oh wait, but Brian, first, one of the things after we talked about having other voices on. What made me laugh is there were people that you mentioned and then I'd mention, and you'd go "Who?" And you're like "That's the point." The View still has a certain caliber of guest. Just because you're conservative and you have some podcast and people listen to you, does not mean you're going to be invited to sit at the table. TETA: No, of course. We have people that mean something to our audience and are part of the hot topics we're talking about. HOSTIN: Sure. HAINES: Or politicians. TETA: Yes. We want to have conversations with the people that we're talking about.
