Actor Rob Schneider has announced his intentions to launch a new women’s programme “that won’t be like The View” while taking a swipe at the popular ABC talk show.
The comedian, who is a Republican and has expressed controversial views in the past, shared the idea for the new show during a recent appearance on Fox News.
The View, which is hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin, is one of the most popular daytime shows in the United States, with its post-election coverage earning more than 4 million viewers, as per Variety.
Schneider, best known for his roles in Deuce Bigalow and The Hot Chick, told Fox: “No Apologies Media, my new company, we’re going to do an all-ladies talk show that won’t be like The View. It will be the opposite because this will be entertaining. It’ll be funny.”
The 61-year-old also vowed to go head-to-head with The View, when the new show eventually launches. He said: “We’re going to compete with them, yeah. I don’t know if it’s the same time slot. We’re not going to announce who’s doing so yet, but that’s what’s happening now. And it’s official. So now we’re moving ahead.”
Schneider also confirmed that the show will begin shooting before Donald Trump’s inauguration as the next US president on 20 January.
However, he has declined to name which women will be involved in the show but did say: “It’s household names, and you’re going to love it.”
He added: “It’s going to be a funny show, not going to be drowning people in politics. It’s not going to be shaming people and making people wince.”
Later in the interview, he compared The View to be as “interesting as a Hunter Biden painting made of his own faeces.”
Rob Schneider (Getty Images)
Schneider continued: “They’re just sniping and trying to make people feel terrible. And people are sick of it. People don’t want to have the politics. We’re going to have an entertaining show 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. That’s what you and I do here!”
He also hinted that the show could be called “Lip Service” or “The Other View” and stated that the show would not be politically motivated. “We have an opportunity in America to move away from the politics,” he said.
