The conversation went beyond Steele's expertise in sports and delved into politics and cultural issues. Maher suggested that Steele should be the contrarian voice on the liberal ABC daytime talk show.
Steele immediately rejected the idea, stating, "Hell no! I've been on ‘The View’ and it didn't go so well because you know what? At ‘The View,’ they don't want your view. They only want theirs. And they're bulls---."
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Maher agreed, emphasizing that "they've never had anybody who's smart enough to actually say it the way you're saying it."
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Steele disagreed with Maher's assessment, pointing out Elizabeth Hasselbeck as someone who was able to articulate the conservative point of view on "The View."
Steele shared her personal experience on the show, saying, "When you're four-on-one… and I've experienced it. I've felt it. And they were nice to me, relatively speaking. Whoopi was very nice to me. Jenny McCarthy, Sherri Shepherd, and Barbara Walters. And they were great to me. Barbara, whatever. The other three were great. But what I know for a fact, I did it four times, and then they had me audition when they were making changes again, they 100% are full of it. They don't want to hear your view if you think differently than they do. And they are fine telling lies on that stage and that set. And because they know that if someone calls them on it, then they're just gonna talk over them and have the audience clap and go to break. So the show to me is despicable, and it makes me sad because the potential for 20-some years, I respect that, the length they've done it, but the potential is incredible, and they ruined it."
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Maher persisted, expressing his belief that Steele could handle the show. However, Steele reminded him that she had worked "under the umbrella" of Disney, which owns both ESPN and ABC, before leaving the company after a legal battle.
"They easily could have called me, especially the last several years when these conversations have to take place. They won't call me- why? Because they know. They know that I'm not afraid. They don't want that. So, no, thank you," Steele added.
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Steele recently settled her lawsuit against ESPN, accusing the network of violating her free speech rights when she spoke out against the company's vaccine mandate and about former President Obama's racial identity. She announced her departure from ESPN on social media, stating, "Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave, so I can exercise my First Amendment rights more freely. I am grateful for so many wonderful experiences over the past 16 years and am excited for my next chapter!"
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Steele's lawsuit claimed that ESPN selectively enforced its policy that prohibits news employees from commenting on politics and social issues. The suit alleged that ESPN violated Connecticut law and Steele's free speech rights based on a faulty understanding of her comments and a nonexistent, unenforced workplace policy. It also claimed that the network relied on inaccurate third-party accounts of Steele's comments and failed to review the actual comments or the context in which they were made.
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