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Sunny Hostin re-visits 'problematic' Kamala Harris answer on 'The View' as hosts question her 2028 potential

20 October 2026 at 18:02

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin revisited her widely-discussed 2024 question to former Vice President Kamala Harris during an event on Monday, calling the former Democratic presidential nominee's answer and refusal to distance herself from former President Joe Biden at the time "problematic."

Brian Teta, the talk show's executive producer and host of its "Behind the Table" podcast, selected the moment as Hostin's most memorable on the show. He said it was a "seminal moment" in the 2024 election cycle.

Hostin described the question as a "gift" and said she thought Harris would have to distance herself from Biden because of his approval ratings at the time. She also said "The View" was the perfect venue to ask the question, calling the liberal show's audience "her people."

"I actually thought the answer was going to be, you know, ‘We had a lot of wins in this administration. I was there for those wins, but I, as a woman of color, as a child of immigrants, as I have a different lived experience, and I intend to bring that lived experience with me into the White House. I will do this. I will do that. I will do this. I will do that. I will do that.’ That was what I was expecting. I was not expecting, 'Not a single thing comes to mind.' And I knew honestly when she said it that it was really problematic," Hostin said. 

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The co-hosts noted that the moment was discussed in books published after the 2024 election, including Harris' memoir, "107 Days," and was also featured in a political ad for President Donald Trump.

In "107 Days," Harris wrote that she had no idea she had just "pulled the pin on a hand grenade," with her answer to Hostin's question. She wrote that her staff was beside themselves.

"Stationed at various places around the set, my staff were beside themselves. Political operatives have an eye to see a moment, and I could kick myself for giving the other side that moment. During the commercial break, while I was having a bit of fun with some young students I’d noticed in the audience who were obviously playing hooky, offering to write notes to their teachers after the show, Opal [Vadhan] passed me a note from our team, telling me to return to that question and mention that a big difference would be that I would put a Republican in my cabinet," she wrote in her book.

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Teta and the co-hosts said they all knew her response was going to be a problem.

Co-host Ana Navarro said Harris' staff "ran" because staff members knew immediately that Harris needed to return to the question and address her answer.

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During the show on Friday, both Navarro and Haines said they wouldn't tell Harris not to run, but questioned if she would be the best option for the Democratic Party.

"If the Democrats want to win, I don't think she's the right candidate because I think the Democrats have been screaming for new energy. They've been saying we need something new to combat this. This would be her third time on this ballot. From the first time when she didn't ... she was out really early when she ran, and then the time with Biden, this would be the third time. People are clamoring for fresh energy, and there's a lot of candidates," Haines said.

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Co-host Joy Behar has said on several occasions that she doesn't think the U.S. would elect a woman as president, citing Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's losses to Trump. She has said the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee should be a man if the party wants to win.

Hostin questioned whether president would be the right position for Harris during an April episode of "The View" and said she wished Harris had pursued a run for California governor.

"This goes right to the heart of what the Media Research Center has been arguing to the FCC about for months now. The View knowingly operates as a propaganda arm for the Democratic Party and for Democratic candidates," NewsBusters associate editor Nicholas Fondacaro told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Sunny openly admitted that her intention with the question was to help Kamala with what she felt was a layup question that would lead to a slam-dunk answer. This incident was an abuse of ABC's privileged access to the public broadcast spectrum."

Kamala Harris is a Pilates girlie

17 October 2026 at 08:37
Kamala Harris laughs while holding a purple microphone during an indoor seated event.
Kamala Harris is aboard the Pilates train.

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  • Kamala Harris says she's loving reformer Pilates right now.
  • The former vice president told Keke Palmer she loves how it works all the smaller muscles in her body.
  • Harris said Pilates helps her feel empowered in her daily life.

First she was Brat, now she's a Pilates girlie.

"You know what I've been doing though recently is Pilates," former vice president Kamala Harris told actor Keke Palmer on an episode of the "Baby, This is Keke Palmer" podcast, posted October 15.

Harris said that, along with a walk with her husband Doug Emhoff, time to cook, and a family dinner, the workout would be part of her perfect Sunday. Harris, who is 61, has no biological children, but she helped co-parent Cole, 32, and Ella, 27, Emhoff's kids from his previous marriage.

Harris said Pilates gives her "an overall feeling of well-being" and helps her feel empowered in her daily life.

"There's so much about empowerment that is about knowing your strength and recognizing it," she said. Through Pilates, which emphasizes the brain-body connection, she said she feels more connected to her physical strength.

"I'm just realizing that there are all of these muscles and areas that I have not been exercising," Harris said.

Originally popular among dancers, models, and celebrities, Pilates has become the workout du jour. It was the most-booked workout on ClassPass globally last year, with bookings up 66% from 2024, beating both strength training and running. And luxury hotels, including some Ritz-Carlton and St Regis locations, have installed Pilates studios as a buzzy luxury amenity.

Harris is in good company — celebs including Jennifer Aniston, Miley Cyrus, and Hailey Bieber have all professed to love it, too.

The longevity boom might also be partially to thank for the spike in Pilates' popularity.

The low-impact form of strength and mobility training uses controlled, precise movements to strengthen the core and the deep muscles that stabilize the joints. It can improve functional strength, posture, and balance — all things that keep a person mobile and independent as they age. A 2021 systematic review published in the journal Physiotherapy found that among the 1,650 participants age 60 or older, those who did Pilates had a significantly lower risk of falling, a serious risk factor for hip fracture, inactivity, and muscle loss.

Harris told Palmer, who qualified as a Pilates instructor earlier this year, that she prefers reformer, where exercises are done on a sliding carriage attached to weighted springs, to mat Pilates.

Harris didn't say how many times a week she does Pilates, but based off her excitement talking about it, she could be on her way to full Pilates girlie status.

Someone get this woman a matching set and iced matcha latte stat.

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