'The View' Co-Hosts Remember Show Co-Creator Bill Geddie | The View

. >> Sunny: THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. AFTER STAR LEFT, I THINK HE WANTED A LAWYER AT THE TABLE, AND SO HE DID WHAT I FELT WERE LIKE “MORTAL KOMBAT” AUDITIONS OF LAWYERS AND YOU GET LAWYERS IN A GROUP TOGETHER AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO — I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE LIKE LEGAL ARGUMENTS BEFORE, LIKE, THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND TWO OTHER WOMEN AUDITIONED WITH ME, AND THAT RED LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY WERE STARING AT THE CAMERA, AND THEY WERE STARS AND I WAS JUST

— WOW. I WAS LOOKING, AND I WAS LOOKING. I DON’T THINK I BARELY SAID ANYTHING. >> Sherri: HE’LL CALL YOU FOR THAT. >> Sunny: HE CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE IN THE BOWLS ELS OF THATD BUILDING AND HE SAID, WHAT WAS THAT? WERE YOU WATCHING A PING-PONG MATCH? WERE YOU ON TENNIS? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SHOW, NOT WATCHING THE SHOW. IT WAS WEIRD. >> Sara: HE WOULD PULL YOU OUT OF YOUR ROOM AND HE HAD THIS DOMINATING, MASSIVE PRESENCE. >> Sunny: HE WAS VERY TALL. >> Sara: YOU WERE BOTH ON THE SHOW

THAT DAY AND HE SAYS, I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU 25% OF THE TIME. I WAS, LIKE, YES, SIR. WHOA, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU. HE HAD THIS THING, AND I UTTERED, I WON’T LET YOU DOWN

OR SOMETHING. AND I DIDN’T KNOW HIM THAT WELL, BUT I FELT LIKE THIS WAS HIS JUST LIKE BARBARA WALTERS WAS THE MOTHER, HE WAS, LIKE, THE FATHER. >> Ana: WE’VE ALSO BEEN ON TV THIS LONG. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH GOOD LEADERSHIP AND WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH BAD LEADERSHIP. >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Ana: AND THERE IS NO

DOUBT THAT BILL WAS GOOD LEADERSHIP. I, YOU KNOW, MET HIM SEVERAL TIMES. I NEVER WORKED FOR HIM, BUT I WAS HERE AS A GUEST ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND FIRST I WAS STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT HE WAS A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN. THAT WAS BACK WHEN I WAS A JEB BUSH REPUBLICAN AND HE WAS A JEB BUSH REPUBLICAN, AND SO THAT WAS A THING BACK THEN, AND — BUT I — YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS GETTING PICKED UP FROM THE AIRPORT, I WAS TALKING TO COURTNEY. COURTNEY HAS BEEN DRIVING HERE FOR “THE VIEW” FOR TALENT AND GUESTS FOR

DECADES, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BILL AND HE WAS SAYING ABOUT REBECCA, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, HE WAS LIKE A DAD. HE GAVE EVERYONE A CHANCE. HE LET US THRIVE. HE LET US BE OURSELVES, AND SO, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO HOW PEOPLE TREAT — >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Ana: — NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, BUT BEHIND. EVERYBODY. HE TREATED EVERYBODY WITH DECE DECENCY, AND HE BUILT A FAMILY THAT IS STILL TOGETHER TODAY. >> Sara: YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. >> Ana: SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE HE HIRED ARE STILL TOGETHER TODAY. >>

Sunny: AND REMAINED ACTIVE IN MOST OF OUR LIVES. I TEXTED WITH HIM THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO AND HE SAID, I SAW THE SHOW. I TOLD YOU TO LEAN IN. YOU’RE LEANING OUT. WHAT IS GOING ON? I WAS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A NICE DISCUSSION, AND I COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT HE STILL CARED ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ME GUIDANCE, AND HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO BELIEVED THAT I COULD BE A NATIONAL TELEVISION HOST. I HAD BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN I DIDN’T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES — WHAT IT TOOK. HE SAID, WHO

TOLD YOU THAT? THEY’RE STUPID. DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU GOT IT, BUT YOU GOT TO LEAN IN. THAT’S BILL. >> Sherri: YOU REMEMBER WHEN JOHN McCAIN CAME ON, AND EVERYBODY — WE WERE SIT TLG AND TH — SITTING THERE, AND I HAD THE QUESTIONS. YOU HAD QUESTION NUMBER ONE. JOY HAD QUESTION. NUMBER THREE, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO IN ORDER AND EVERYBODY SAT THERE. THAT WHOLE INTERVIEW, I REMEMBER EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THE LADIES OF “THE VIEW”, LIKE, HELD JOHN McCAIN’S FEET TO THE FIRE AND I DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING. BILL CALLED

ME AND HE SAID, WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY ANYTHING? I SAID, BECAUSE WHOOPI ASKED HER QUESTION AND I HAD NUMBER THREE AND THEN ELISABETH AND JOY. HE SAID, STOP ALL THAT. YOU SIT AT THAT TABLE. YOU HAVE AN OPINION. YOU JUMP IN. YOU MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN. HE WAS SO HARSH AND I WAS, LIKE, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HUG ME OR NOTHING? >> Ana: HE HIRED JOY AND FIRED JOY AND SHE STILL LOVES HIM. >> Whoopi: HE DIDN’T FIRE JOY. >> Sunny: THAT WAS THE NEXT GENERATION. >> Whoopi: YEAH, BUT ALYSSA HAS A QUESTION. >> Alyssa: SHERRI,

I WAS GOING TO SAY, WITH YOUR BACKGROUND IN COM COMEDY, HE HAD SUCH A GREAT ACCEPTA SENSE OF HUMOR. HOW IMPORTANT WAS THAT TO YOU IN BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM? >> Sherri: WE — BILL WAS THE ONE WHO — HE DIDN’T MIND BEING THE SCAPEGOAT. HE DIDN’T MIND MAKING FUN OF HIMSELF. WE DID SO MANY THINGS ON THE SHOW WHERE HE WAS GAME TO DO ANYTHING. >> Sunny: YEP. >> Sherri: THAT’S WHAT I LOOK FOR IN PEOPLE. IF YOU ARE JUST GAME, HE PLAYED GAMES WITH US. HALLOWEEN WAS HIS FAVORITE TIME. >> Sara: HE

WAS DADDY WARBUCKS. >> Sherri: HE WAS DADDY WA WARBUCKS. HE LOVED DRESSING UP. HIS SENSE OF HUMOR. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT, AND LOOK AT US. HE LOVED TO LAUGH. HE COULD COME IN WITH A JOKE AND JUST MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY. IT WAS FUN WORKING WITH BILL. >> Whoopi: AND HE MADE BARBARA COMFORTABLE. HE MADE BARBARA COMFORTABLE SO SHE COULD DO WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO. LOOK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TO KNOW, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PASS YOU — PASS YOU BY. I MET BILL WHEN BARBARA AND

HE CAME TO MALIBU WHEN THEY DID THE TEN MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE, AND WE BECAME FRIENDS. THAT’S WHEN THE THREE OF US KIND OF BECAME FRIENDS. SO WHEN THEY SAID, LISTEN. YOU WANT TO COME TO AND DO THIS? SURE. I NEED A JOB. YOU KNOW. IT’S NICE WHEN PEOPLE OFFER YOU WORK. I WAS, LIKE, YES. I’LL COME, AND HERE I BE, AND I REMAIN OUT OF RESPECT FOR T