John Kennedy Says He’d ‘Rather Be Poked In The Eye With A Sharp Stick’ Than Go On ‘The View’

Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy made it clear on “The Benny Show” Monday that he had no intention of appearing on ABC’s “The View.”

Kennedy has been making media rounds to promote his new book, “How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will.” However, when host Benny Johnson asked Kennedy on his show whether he would soon be appearing on “The View,” the senator shut down the idea immediately.

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“I will not be going on ‘The View.’ In fact, my version of hell is being required to watch reruns of ‘The View’ for the rest of eternity,” Kennedy said.

Johnson joked that he wanted to start a petition to get Kennedy on the show and that it would have record-breaking ratings, but Kennedy did not budge.

“Well, I don’t know, but I have no interest in going on,” the senator said. “I’d rather be poked in the eye with a sharp stick.”

Before asking Kennedy whether he’d go on the show, Johnson said that he believed Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appearing on “The View” on Nov. 4 was “the breaking point” in her relationship with President Donald Trump. Trump mentioned Greene’s appearance on the show in his Friday Truth Social post announcing his withdrawal of his endorsement for her.

“I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support,” the president wrote. “She has gone Far Left, even doing ‘The View,’ with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors.”

“The View” did not host any conservative, pro-Trump guests in 2025 as of July 30, the Media Research Center found. Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr suggested on “The Scott Jennings Radio Show” that the show could face regulatory scrutiny.

“[T]he FCC does have a rule called the equal opportunity rule … But there’s an exception to that rule called the bona fide news exception, which means if you are a bona fide news program, you don’t have to abide by the equal opportunity rule … And, potentially, I would assume you can make the argument that ‘The View’ is a bona fide news show, but I’m not so sure about that,” Carr said.

“And I think it’s worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether ‘The View’ and some of these other programs that you have still qualify as bona fide news programs and therefore exempt from the equal opportunity regime that Congress has put in place,” Carr added.