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Brooke Shields: I almost joined The View, but Jenny McCarthy was hired instead
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Shields said on Watch What Happens Live that she was in talks to join the ABC daytime show when Elisabeth Hasselbeck left in 2013. After spending a week as a guest co-host, Shields says she received a call that they opted to go with McCarthy, who lasted one year.
TOPICS: Brooke Shields, ABC, The View, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Jenny McCarthy, Daytime TV
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