Sara Haines Gets Real About Setting Boundaries & Goes Inside ‘The View’ Interview With Alina Habba

The View: Behind the Table

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Sara Haines shares her key takeaways from the show’s interview with Alina Habba, former counselor to Pres. Trump, taking listeners behind the scenes during a commercial break and explaining why she felt it was important to address certain moments. Sara also reacts to a recent Serena Williams tweet about disciplining her children and opens up about how she relates as a parent. She discusses where she and her husband draw boundaries in their household, what’s considered acceptable behavior, and why laying down the law with kids isn’t always easy. She wraps with a funny story about a run‑in with Carole King years ago—and a more recent encounter with Lisa Vanderpump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, it is Wednesday, Hump Day, and I'm here with Sarah Haines. It's April 29th.
0:05.5	How are you, Sarah?
0:06.4	Happy Hump Day, Brian.
0:07.7	Happy Humpth day, Sarah Haines.
0:15.8	I'm in a very good mood because today was, in my opinion, this is what the view is all about.
0:20.7	This is a solid show
0:22.1	today so we started out we came out the gate we had two hot topics breaking news stuff good things
0:27.4	to talk about then we had a spicy political view with alina hobba and then we had uh Craig
0:34.6	Ferguson who was funny and a wonderful palate cleanser on the way out.
0:38.7	I want to get your thoughts about Alina Haba because this is someone we don't often have here
0:42.9	who is very, very close, formerly part of the Trump administration.
0:47.6	She was a former counselor to the president until very recently.
0:50.6	What did you make of what she had to say today?
0:52.8	I'm so grateful she came because there are so many people we invite that are Republicans
0:58.5	or specifically more MAGA Trump supporters.
1:01.6	Members of the cabinet, members of the administration.
1:05.1	So I commend her for being here.
1:07.1	I think she's in a tough position because she is a Trump loyalist. And I think that we've
1:12.8	seen what's required of those people. If you're going to be with Trump, you will bend the knee
1:17.4	and you will have to defend him at all costs. And that is tough position to be in.
1:24.6	With people like that, you sometimes have to ask more human questions, try to, like,
1:29.1	show them because there's no gotcha, no aha moment. She's in the tougher position because she's
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