'The View' co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro test positive for COVID-19 moments before Kamala Harris was set to be interviewed
- "The View" co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro tested positive for COVID-19, before VP Kamala Harris was set to be interviewed.
- Hostin and Navarro were asked to leave the desk during the middle of Friday's show.
- White House officials said Harris wasn't in contact with the hosts before the show and will still be interviewed remotely.
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"The View" co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro tested positive for COVID-19 just before Vice President Kamala Harris was set to be interviewed on the show, Joy Behar announced on the show on Friday.
Hostin and Navarro tested positive with apparent breakthrough cases of the coronavirus and both were fully vaccinated, Behar said.
Both were asked to leave the desk during the middle of Friday's show.
White House officials said Harris wasn't in contact with the hosts before the show and will still be interviewed remotely, according to NBC correspondent Monica Alba.
Harris' appearance on "The View" would marks her first in-studio talk show appearance since being sworn in as the first female vice president.
"The View" is currently in it's 25th season, with Hostin as a co-host since 2016 and Navarro as a co-host since 2018.