“The View” co-host Sara Haines got in trouble with her co-hosts and a producer on Wednesday for using a sexually suggestive word to describe former President Donald Trump.
A producer appeared to interrupt Haines mid-sentence after she said Trump has always been a “jerkoff.”
“You guys remember that Biff [Tannen] in ‘Back to the Future’ was based on Donald Trump. That’s true, so think about what he was like in 1983 when he was a jerkoff, like, doing what he does. Nothing’s changed. Like legit — can I not say that?” Haines said, looking offstage.
“Can you say that?,” co-host Sunny Hostin echoed.
“No,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg replied.
“You cannot say that,” Hostin confirmed .
“That wasn’t even a swear,” Haines protested to producer Brian Teta.
“Yeah, it was also 1985,” Teta said, correcting her on the year “Back to the Future” was released, before confirming that “you can’t say [jerkoff].”
“Okay, so I was two years premature. He was still a complete jerk!” Haines continued. (RELATED: ‘The View’ Co-Hosts Spend A Whole Minute Obsessing Over Trump’s Weight)
“I don’t think you can say that either,” Hostin interjected.
“‘Jerk’? I have no words left. I feel like Donald Trump,” Haines said.
Co-host Joy Behar then joked that the co-hosts would have to gag Haines to keep her from speaking.
The panel discussed Trump’s civil trial in New York City, which saw Judge Arthur Engoron rule in September that the former president is liable for committing fraud to secure favorable loan conditions for his real estate business. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the case, is seeking $250 million in damages and a ban on Trump and his two adult sons conducting business in New York.
Trump made his third court appearance in connection to the case on Wednesday morning and, in a press conference outside the courthouse, accused James and Engoron of interfering with the 2024 election.
“There was no crime. The crime is against me because we have a corrupt district attorney, but we have a corrupt attorney general, and it all comes down from the DOJ,” Trump said. “They totally coordinated this in Washington because I’m leading. I’m the leading candidate.”