Live TV Oops: View Host Calls Wedding a Funeral, Blames New Mom Brain

Sometimes live television catches you at your most vulnerable—especially when you’re running on fumes as a new parent. On the Tuesday, May 26 episode of The View, cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin had one of those moments that makes you wince and laugh simultaneously.

While discussing President Donald Trump’s decision to skip his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson over Memorial Day weekend in the Bahamas, Griffin shared her take on parental priorities.“A parent should try to never miss their child’s funeral,”she said—then immediately caught herself as the audience gasped and cohost Sara Haines covered her mouth in disbelief.“I’m sorry, oh God, wedding!”she blurted out.

Griffin, 36, didn’t shy away from owning the stumble. She attributed the slip-up to what she called“postpartum haze,”explaining that welcoming son Justin Jr. in February had left her absolutely exhausted.“Honestly, I’m so tired. I have a 3-month-old!”she said, which—let’s be honest—resonated with probably half the viewers who are parents themselves. The audience’s reaction shifted from shock to sympathy pretty quickly. Griffin then corrected her point, saying a“parent should never miss a wedding if they’re able to attend,”and argued that she didn’t think the president would’ve faced criticism if he’d made the trip despite the ongoing war in Iran and other geopolitical pressures.

The whole exchange underscored something real about the conversation surrounding Trump’s absence. He’d told reporters on Thursday, May 21 that the timing just wasn’t working:“I have a thing called Iran and other things.”Later, he posted on Truth Social confirming he wouldn’t attend but congratulating the couple, saying circumstances tied to government matters and his duty to the country required him to stay in Washington, D.C. It’s a classic tension—duty versus family—and one that played out in real time on live TV, complete with a Freudian slip that somehow made it more human.

Cohost Joy Behar got a laugh in too, quipping that the 79-year-old president could always“go to the next one,”a sly reference to Donald Jr.’s previous marriage to Vanessa Trump and a not-so-subtle jab that this wedding might not be his last.