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Rob Schneider plans on giving The View a run for their money.
The controversial comedian, 61, announced his plans to launch his own womens’ talk show to compete with The View during his Monday, December 9 appearance on Fox News. “It’s not gonna be drowning people in politics, it’s not going to shaming people and making people wince,” he told Fox’s Trace Gallagher.
He claimed his show would be “the opposite” of The View, because it will be “entertaining.” The Hot Chick star continued, “It’ll be funny. We’re going to have funny women on it that are gonna tell jokes and have funny stories — and health and wellness.”
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Schneider claimed his talk show would “compete” with the ABC series — which has been on the air since 1997, and currently features Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, Sara Haines, and Alyssa Farah Griffin — calling it “as interesting as a Hunter Biden painting made of his own feces.”
“People are sick of it,” he said, before continuing to slam The View. “People don’t want to have the politics. We’re going to have an entertaining show with people for entertaining people all over America. We’re not trying to just bring people who are angry and bitter and reinforcing their political echo chamber.”
The announcement from Schneider comes after he’s faced a host of criticism himself for his outspoken political views. In June, he was reportedly booed off stage at The Hospitals of Regina Foundation charity event for making “transphobic, misogynistic, and anti-vax jokes,” per The Wrap. The hospital issued an apology.
In July, the Little Nicky actor faced backlash for announcing his boycott of the Olympics after being upset by the opening ceremony. He said the performance, which featured drag queens, “disrespects Christianity and openly celebrates Satan.” (Schneider himself has appeared in drag for TV and movie roles.)
In August, his daughter, country singer Elle King, called him out on the Dumb Blonde podcast for criticizing her appearance and sending her to “fat camp” as a child. She also made it clear that she does not agree with his political stances, sharing, “I do not agree with what he says,” and “I do not want to be associated with him.”
Her comments went viral, leading to a public apology from her father on former Fox News host’s Tucker Carlson’s podcast. However, she rebuked his apology in an interview with People, saying, “I think an apology on Tucker Carlson is like a double negative, right? Means nothing.”
The Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo found himself in hot water again that October, after claiming NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo’s death from brain cancer was actually connected to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Schneider’s as yet untitled series will reportedly begin filming in January. He and his No Apologies Media company took to X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, December 10 to seek suggestions for the title.
