The View hosts leave fans bitterly divided after fierce debate over Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. 'affair'

The View hosts near fans divided connected Monday arsenic they debated the 'conflict of interest' surrounding the alleged matter betwixt Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and New York mag writer Olivia Nuzzi.

Washington analogous Nuzzi, 31, precocious admitted that 'the quality of immoderate connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal,' successful a connection to DailyMail.com, and has precocious been placed connected leave.

Alyssa Farah Griffin fiercely defended her 'friend' Nuzzi and said that though she doesn't hold with what the newsman did, she thinks she volition 'acknowledge it and instrumentality responsibility.'

Griffin's cohost Ana Navarro branded RFK Jr., 70, a 'dog and a h**' but claimed that Nuzzi's behaviour was 'unethical' and stressed that the contented is the 'conflict of interest'  due to the fact that she was 'covering the statesmanlike run portion penning pieces.'

Both Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin questioned wherefore the backlash was 'falling' connected conscionable Nuzzi, and not some of them - but their comments near viewers astatine location divided arsenic they took to X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, to stock their thoughts.

Addressing Griffin, 35, directly, 1 idiosyncratic commented: 'Sorry, Alyssa, I disagree (shocker right?). RFK is simply a known cheater. And Olivia Nuzzi was unethical successful covering the campaign.'

Another idiosyncratic posted: 'Waking up to AFG caping for Olivia Nuzzi doesn't astonishment maine 1 bit, but calling her a "world-class journalist" is simply a REACH reach, wouldn't you say, Lyss?'

A 3rd idiosyncratic argued: 'F—RFK and Olivia Nuzzi. They some knew better,' and a 4th added: 'The magnitude of hatred for men astatine this array is astonishing. I don't deliberation RFK Jr. is simply a victim, but neither is Nuzzi.'

Someone other fumed: 'Nuzzi is expected to beryllium a journalist. That's wherefore she is being held to a higher standard. She is 31! She's GROWN AF. Why are [white ellipse emoji] women allowed to beryllium infantilized until menopause? She wrote deed pieces connected Biden portion engaging successful this behaviour with RFK, Jr.'

A antithetic idiosyncratic connected X argued: 'If you nonstop unsolicited thirst trap pictures/videos to a joined man, you are arsenic overmuch to blasted arsenic helium is for accepting them and not blocking you. It takes 2 to tango.'

Goldberg, 68, began the treatment during Monday's amusement and said: 'The question truly is, wherefore is each the fallout hitting her and not him?' arsenic Hostin, 55, explained that it had been reported that Nuzzi 'allegedly sent demure nudes of herself to RFK Jr. during their sexting affair.'

'I besides don't recognize wherefore it's each falling connected her. She's 31-years-old, she's a young newsman - from what I understand, she's a fantastic reporter,' Hostin added.

Griffin was speedy to talk up and said: 'I really see her a friend, she was truly determination for maine successful a portion of my beingness erstwhile she didn't request to be. I'd besides accidental she's a satellite people journalist, she's young but she's considered 1 of the champion illustration writers.

'That portion she wrote connected RFK was scathing. I don't hold with what she did [and] I deliberation she volition admit it and instrumentality responsibility.'

The erstwhile White House adjutant continued: 'But each clip I spot a header that says, "Olivia Nuzzi scandal," no, "RFK scandal." A erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner who is joined for, I wanna say, the 3rd time, who engaged successful this, who's present a top surrogate to the Republican nominee for President, but it goes backmost to conscionable this sexism that we autumn into.

'The world is this, radical privation to marque wealth successful this business. If you enactment up a representation of Olivia, much radical are clicking than if you enactment up a representation of this man. I deliberation that men request to carnivore a small much work successful this, it's truthful predictable.

'And finally, I don't judge in cancel culture. I deliberation she is simply a idiosyncratic who has chopped her teeth successful this industry. She unquestionably made a mistake, but I deliberation if she takes responsibility, she should perfectly person a comeback.' 

Navarro past chimed successful and said: 'Look, I deliberation the crushed she's paying much consequences is due to the fact that RFK, I deliberation everybody knows by now, is simply a canine and a h**. It's benignant of similar with Donald Trump, it's baked in.

'He's had a long, agelong grounds of philandering for galore decades, his woman knows it and seems to beryllium good with it, truthful like, what are the consequences for him? The information is, Olivia - who I besides cognize and deliberation is highly talented - had a batch much to suffer successful this, and she is losing it.'

She continued: 'The mag close present is conducting a reappraisal and an probe of the situation. It was unethical and it benignant of present puts each her writings successful a antithetic position and they're going done them with a good bony comb to spot if they spot immoderate struggle of interest.

'The contented present is the struggle of interest. That she was covering the statesmanlike run portion penning pieces and the question is, due to the fact that she was having this relationship, is determination a struggle of interest? If not for that, listen, you tin beryllium freaky, you tin nonstop pictures, you tin bash immoderate you privation - conscionable not if there's a struggle of involvement successful your job.'

Last week it was revealed that New York mag had placed Nuzzi on permission pursuing her alleged matter with RFK Jr. that reportedly began erstwhile she visited his $7 cardinal California location to constitute a diagnostic article.

While Nuzzi confirmed that 'the quality of immoderate communication' had 'turned personal,' she said that the narration was ne'er physical.

Her editors confirmed that the different enactment was a 'former taxable applicable to the 2024 campaign.'

Status reported that the matter was with the erstwhile statesmanlike hopeful, who is joined to histrion Cheryl Hines.

RFK Jr. has insisted helium lone met the governmental writer erstwhile once she did a illustration connected him past year.

'Mr. Kennedy lone met Olivia Nuzzi erstwhile successful his beingness for an interrogation she requested, which yielded a deed piece,' his spokesperson told CNN. A root added that the quality of the narration was 'emotional and integer successful nature, not physical.'