Rosie Perez Leaving ‘The View’ After 4 Months Sad news for Rosie Perez. After only 4 months co-hosting “The View,” the actress is leaving the show. Via Variety : After only four months on “The View,” Rosie Perez is leaving the ABC morning show, Variety has learned. Perez had taken off the month of January to appear in the Broadway play “Fish in the Dark,” but it’s understood that she won’t be coming back to the Hot Topics table once she’s done. It’s unclear when ABC will announce her departure, but for now “View” producers have been trying other younger co-hosts in her seat. A rep for “View” denied that Perez would be leaving the show. “Her status with the show has not changed,” ABC said. Perez was handpicked by the show’s new executive producer Bill Wolff as a last-minute choice after the show underwent a reinvention this past summer after the retirement of Barbara Walters. The choice of Perez was a surprise given the other contenders that were in the mix last year. But Perez never got a hang of the show’s mixture of hard and soft news, and she had trouble reading from a TelePrompTer, insiders say. More changes in staffing — both behind and in front of the camera — are said to be in the works. Ratings have been plummeting for the show for some time now…do you think Rosie’s exit will make anyone want to watch more? ABC
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Last Hired, First Fired: Rosie Perez Leaving ‘The View’ After Only 4 Months
