Sara Haines was honest about the emotional toll of covering heavy headlines The view.
She admitted that the constant stream of grim news has left her feeling overwhelmed and without a safe outlet.
The 48-year-old co-host broke down in tears while talking to series producer Brian Teta about Behind the table podcast reflecting on a week of difficult hot topics.
The pair discussed stories ranging from the fatal shooting of Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti by an immigration agent to Donald Trump’s unusual phone call with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro following an assassination attempt on his family.
“We’re in dark times,” Teta exclaimed, prompting Haines to share how consuming so much disturbing news affects her personally.
“It’s our job to be read in and dialed in so that the amount of consumption is so great that the things that happen in the world – then your world happens,” she explained.
“The weight of it brings you to your knees on a level that says, the greater world is burning, your world is burning, why get out of bed?”
Haines paused mid-conversation, visibly emotional, before lowering her head to her hand.
“With this job, you don’t have the luxury of just saying, ‘I really need to check out,'” Haines said.
“This job? It’s headlines, it’s stories, it’s what’s happening, so I’m getting paid to make sure I do all these things. You don’t really have a safe place.”
She added that even outside of work, conversations with her husband and friends often circle back to the same troubling news.
“There’s nowhere to go,” she lamented.
Haines said her three children with husband Max Shifrin give her the grounding she needs.
“That’s why I’m so grateful for my kids, because their worlds are so innocent quiet and clean, and I try to put my phone away when I’m with them,” she said.
“Anyway, they’re my favorite people. But the world hasn’t tainted them yet, you know?”
