F-View!
Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar became their own hot topic around ABC when they allegedly hijacked “20/20” anchor Deborah Roberts’ charity clothing sale last week.
We’re told the ladies were so eager to get first dibs on Roberts’ used designer threads that it left junior staffers’ fuming.
The deal loving millionaire duo arrived as Roberts’ team was still setting up and, “rifled through, took the best of the best, then said, ‘someone will be in touch to take care of the bill,’” an insider alleged to Page Six.
Not only that, but, “hours later, a producer called and asked, ‘how much do we owe and what’s our discount?!’”
Roberts hosts the charity sale every year to “purge my closet,” she explained in a video shared on Instagram.
The goal is to get rid of “things that longer bring me joy — from clothing, to shoes, to maybe a tie from my husband’s closet,” she continued. (Yes, some of Al Roker’s ties were also for sale).
Junior staffers, who certainly aren’t raking in Hostin and Behar’s kind of dough, look forward to the opportunity yearly, we’re told.
Hostin and Behar’s first dibs, pay later approach, “was such a bad look,” the insider said.
“People were livid that these high profile, well paid stars were rifling through the goods before everyone else… and the sense of entitlement they exhibited by not paying. And then having someone ask for a discount!” the insider said.
The gall!
The ladies caught wind of the office chatter, and explained the situation on their “Behind the Table,” podcast with “The View” executive producer Brian Teta.
Hostin said she was out of the loop about the sale, until she heard about it through her glam squad. She then shared the details with her “sample sale buddy Joy,” after she texted Roberts, who told her she could come at 9a.m., three hours before the sale started.
“In our defense, we bought a few things, but not as much as Lara Spencer,” Hostin said of the flea market loving “Good Morning America” anchor.
Another insider familiar with the situation told us the ladies had to arrive early because they were taping two shows that day. They further claimed, the ladies weren’t the only arrivals, and “Joy did not ask for a discount. She doesn’t use venmo. She came back and handed money directly to Deborah.”
They added that tag sales are “one of the things [Behar and Hostin] do, as friends outside of the show, and they loved giving the money to charity.”
Behar called the watercooler conversations “complete and fake news” on the podcast, explaining, she only purchased four items, including Chanel earrings as a gift for a staffer.
Hostin added she only bought five items.
Roberts hosted the sale at ABC’s offices and charged her colleagues for the items, “because I can use that money to help organizations who are doing good things like Citymeals on Wheels helping elderly fight hunger and other good organizations,” she said in her video post.
A spokesperson for “The View” did not comment.
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