-I am just gonna rip the band-aid off.
I am here to tell all of you,
my wonderful co-hosts and the viewers at home,
that this is going to be my last season.
COVID has changed the world for all of us,
and it changed the way, at least for me,
the way I am looking at life, the way I'm living my life,
the way I want my life to look like.
I think, as any new mom knows, when I think about
where I want Liberty to have her, uh, you know, first steps
and her first words,
I just had this really wonderful life here
that ultimately I felt like I didn't want to leave.
-The thing that I never saw Trump do
is apologize to anybody, and I will take it.
When you, you know -- 'Cause sometimes I'm rude to somebody.
-With all due respect, I don't care,
but we're not the president.
-Let me just finish what I'm saying.
-Well, with all due respect, I don't care if he's apologizing.
He just embarrassed himself, and he looks like Trump.
-I don't care that you don't care.
-Well, I don't care that you don't care, Whoopi,
so we're even.
-Well, then good, Meghan.
Then you can be how you always are.
We'll be right back. -You can be how you always are.
-Before we go into talking to Sonny,
I want to apologize because I was rude.
I didn't need to say what I said, and I apologize,
'cause that's not the way I want to behave at work.
So I apologize. -Well, I apologize too, Whoopi.
-Um...cool.
Here's what's happening now.
-Do you want to do a conservative perspective
on the show ever?
-Girl, please stop talking. Please stop talking right now.
'Cause you know what? -No problem.
What's happening -- Thank you. Thank you.
-I won't talk the rest of the show. No problem.
-Okay. I'm okay with that.
[audience murmuring] I'm okay with that.
If you're gonna behave like this --
-I'm not behaving like anything. -You are!
-I'm trying to show a conservative perspective.
-Yes. We understand that. -No. I let Cindy talk and --
-But you are -- But what you're doing is --
-No, I'm not -- -We're not doing anything.
-This president that we have now
is trying to unravel everything that he did and Obama did.
And if I ever become a one-issue voter,
it will be about pollution and the greenhouse effect and --
-Could we focus on the president, please?
I-I just -- I don't wanna talk about Trump
when we're in the moment of --
We're honoring a great president who passed --
-Excuse me a second, please. I want to talk about the diff--
-But I'm not interested
in your one-issue voter when our president --
-I don't care what you're interested in. I'm talking!
-Well, I don't care what you're interested in either.
I really come here every day open-minded,
just trying to explain it.
And it's not a fun job for me every day.
-But who do they hate? -I know you're angry.
I get it that you're angry that Trump's president,
like a lot of people are.
-I'm angry about every single thing he's doing.
-But I don't think yelling at me is gonna fix the problem.
-I just need everybody to take a beat.
[laughter]
-But being the sacrificial Republican every day --
I'm just trying to -- -Here's the thing.
-Don't feel bad for me [bleep] I'm paid to do this.
I just wish we could bring that same energy
towards hate crimes directed towards Jewish people
as we do with every other minority.
-Hey, we bring -- -I'm saying we in the media.
-We bring dislike for all hate crimes.
-I resent that. -We just do.
-I resent that remark.
That we don't bring --
I mean, I've been talking about anti-Semitism on this show
for 25 freakin' years.
Don't tell me what I'm supposed to be saying, Meghan, okay?
-I'm not telling you what you're supposed to say.
-You do your thing. We do ours. -I know.
I'm well aware we do separate things on the show, Joy, okay?
And I know you've been here 25 years, I've been here four.
-That's right. That's right.
Should have some respect for that.
-One of the things that gave Beau courage --
my word -- was John.
Your dad -- You may remember when you were a little kid,
your dad took care of my Beau.
Your dad, when he was a mil aide,
worked with me, became friends with Beau.
And Beau talked about your dad's courage.
Not about illness, but about his courage.
-It is a privilege to work alongside such strong,
brilliant, intelligent, incredible broadcasters
like the four of you.
You are the most talented women on all of television,
hands down,
and it has been so incredible to be able to do this with you.
Before I came onto the show, I didn't want to join the show,
as I think I've talked about in the past.
And it was my dad who encouraged me to do it.
He said that I could never give up an opportunity
to work on such an iconic show
and to work with Whoopi Goldberg,
and he was right.
I'm just eternally grateful to have had this opportunity here.
So, seriously, thank you from the absolute bottom of my heart.
And I will still be here another month,
so if you guys want to fight a little bit more,
we have four more weeks.