Alyssa Farah Griffin Talks Jalen Brunson, U.S.-Iran Deal, & Previews 'View' Interview With JD Vance

The View: Behind the Table

ABC News

Tv & Film

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Alyssa Farah Griffin sits down with executive producer Brian Teta—on her birthday—to react to New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson joining 'The View' after his MVP‑winning season. She also weighs in on whether there’s any realistic path toward an agreement with Iran and what the latest developments could mean. Alyssa discusses the controversy surrounding the idea of a UFC fight on the White House lawn, including the remark made about Michelle Obama, and explains why it stood out to her. She wraps by looking ahead to the show’s upcoming interview with Vice President JD Vance and what she’s hoping to hear from him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.2	All right. It is Monday, June 15th, a very special day.
0:26.1	It's Alyssa Farah Griffin's birthday.
0:27.6	Hello, Alyssa.
0:28.2	Hello, Brian.
0:29.2	Very excited to have the birthday girl behind the table.
0:35.4	All right.
0:39.2	So first of all, you mentioned to me last week,
0:41.8	birthday's not your thing.
0:43.4	Is that accurate?
0:44.4	Not really.
0:45.2	So people would think this is weird about me because I'm on television for a living.
0:49.3	But I don't really love attention being on me.
0:52.2	It's never since I was a kid been kind of my thing.
0:54.8	I think it's because I'm technically the middle, if you count all my sisters, because I like step sisters and half sisters. I just, I like to kind of blend in. So birthdays can sometimes stress me out. But I did a nice, low-key family birthday. And, you know, but then today was amazing. Today was amazing. You had the birthday gift of Jalen Brunson, Jalen Brunson, which was very exciting.
1:13.7	Did you watch the game on Saturday?
1:14.9	Yes.
1:15.4	I mean, my son was not falling asleep, but I was like, we had the best entertainment. I'm like rocking him and watching the Knicks, and it was just amazing. Amazing. Yeah. So as you mentioned, we had the finals MVP, Jalen Brunson on for really his first sit-down interview on any talk show solo,
1:29.6	which is pretty cool. I thought the conversation was great. He's a really down-to-earth guy,
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