‘WWHL’: Cindy Crawford Responds To Old Rumors That She Was Considered For ‘The View’

Cindy Crawford is sticking to modeling. While appearing on Wednesday night’s (June 24) episode of Watch What Happens Live, Crawford revealed why she would never want to be a co-host on The View.

During the WWHL: After Show, a virtual fan called in to ask Crawford if there was any truth to the years-old rumor that she was almost a host on the long-running daytime talk show — and if it were something she’d ever consider doing in the future.

“I didn’t even hear the rumor so I would assume I wasn’t even close,” she said. “And yeah, probably not. I think I like keeping a little more mystique for myself.”

The rumors originated from the late gossip columnist Liz Smith, who wrote in a 2008 New York Post piece, “ABC is now hot on Cindy. They want her as a regular on Good Morning America and The View,” per Today.

But a rep for The View at the time quickly shut down the rumor, telling Today, “There is no truth to it. It is just a rumor that seems to have originated from (The New York Post writer) Liz Smith’s column.”

If the rumors did come to fruition back when they first circulated, Crawford would’ve been joining the likes of show creator Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck — who’s had quite a bit to say about the current co-hosts (Goldberg, Behar, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin) for supporting Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic nominee.

“Here we are today, and The View is, of course, doing what The View does best: They’re going to pump the girl candidate no matter what when all of a sudden gender matters to them,” Hasselbeck, who appeared as the show’s Republican voice from 2003 to 2013, said on a recent episode of Hannity.

Hasselbeck claimed that by honing in on Harris’ gender, The View is trying to “reduce the decision-making power of the female viewers’ mind that’s watching them by saying just because she’s a female and a girl that we should be voting for her.”

It sounds like Crawford dodged a bullet!

Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday through Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.