Sunny Hostin Shares Health Update, Breaks Down WHCD Shooting & Celebrates Daughter Following In Her Footsteps

The View: Behind the Table

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4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Sunny Hostin sits down with executive producer Brian Teta to share a health update on her voice and address the recent concerns from viewers. She breaks down the shocking shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, while Brian shares what it was like being in the room alongside his ABC News colleagues as it unfolded. Sunny also opens up about a deeply meaningful family moment—watching her daughter, Paloma, follow in her footsteps by becoming a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated. She explains why the experience made her “feel something I didn’t expect to feel” and reflects on the importance of the Divine Nine within her family. The episode wraps with Sunny sharing what it meant to attend the taping of Sherri Shepherd’s final episode of her talk show, 'Sherri.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	All right, it is Monday, a very eventful Monday here in the View family,
0:35.2	and we are here behind the table with Sunny Hosden.
0:37.7	Yes, hi, Brian.
0:45.4	Hi, how are you?
0:47.1	Well, you know, I've had this vocal cord polyp situation going on.
0:51.4	I read something on one of the internets where they were saying, like, you know, Brian keeps skipping sunny. And I'm like, I'm letting arrest her voice, people. Come on. I know. My doctor is great. And he is telling me that I will have to have surgery. I'm sorry. So I'm going to do it when we're on hiatus so that when I come back, I don't sound like this. But I've been going to vocal therapy. And it's, it's, I think it's been pretty good. I'm on vocal rest, 22 hours a day. So I speak only when I'm here, basically, which Manny is really excited about. I mean, I got to say, as a husband, there's something to this. No, it's very excited. But if you notice, if the vocal therapy does work because I'm speaking in an octave that I'm not used to speaking in, and I'm speaking from my diaphragm, my normal voice sounds a little more like this. Well, I was gonna say, because on camera, you're really like kind of bringing it up a little bit.
1:46.9	So the fact that even people are noticing it off camera, you feel more strained when we're talking.
1:51.3	Yes, I'm working very hard on camera and on this podcast to breathe in and not allow my vocal cords, the polyps to bang against each other.
2:01.4	Apparently, they bang against each other like hundreds of times for one word.
2:06.7	I'm sincerely sorry, you have to go through this, but I will say, on the nice part,
2:10.4	when you're complaining to me, I can just say, rest your voice.
2:13.5	It's okay.
2:14.1	Mani says, don't talk.
2:15.4	Just listen.
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