Monday, June 1: Tessa Thompson

The View

ABC News

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4.3 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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'The View' co-hosts weigh in after multiple musicians pulled out of a Trump‑backed 250th anniversary celebration, as the administration accuses the artists of playing politics. Tessa Thompson joins the show to talk about making her Broadway debut in 'The Fear of 13'. She shares what drew her to the powerful true story and reflects on her experience working with Whoopi Goldberg in 2010’s 'For Colored Girls'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Disappearing acts.
0:05.0	The Trump administration accuses artists
0:08.0	bailing on the 250th anniversary celebration
0:11.0	of playing politics.
0:13.0	Some musicians want to play music for everybody,
0:16.0	and some musicians seem to have segmented their audiences the same way politicians have.
0:23.6	But is the president planning on transforming the event
0:26.6	into a one-man Magapalooza?
0:29.6	Then Tessa Thompson talks about making her Broadway debut
0:33.6	in The Fear of Thirteen, her past performances with Whoopi, and if she has any future plans in the Marvel Universe,
0:41.3	and an all-new, view your deal.
0:44.3	Here come Hot Topics with Whoopi,
0:49.3	Sarah Haynes, Joy Behar, Anna Navarro, Sunny Hosten, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
0:59.0	Now let's get things started. Welcome to the New York
1:13.6	Welcome to the New Deal Welcome to the new, y'all, hello, welcome to the view, welcome to the new, welcome to the new, welcome to you, welcome to you, welcome to you, welcome to you.
1:32.3	So that, that was, that was bust a move by Young MC.
1:46.6	One of the many artists you will not be hearing
1:49.2	at the 250th anniversary celebration on the National Mall.
1:53.7	Other artists who you will not be hearing are the Commodores,
1:59.1	Martina McBride, Brett Michaels, and many others.
2:02.6	And Interior Secretary Doug Bergam is calling him out for it. Take a look.
2:07.6	I can't wade into the politics of musicians because, you know, some musicians want to play music for everybody,
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