Sara Haines was candid about the emotional toll of covering heavy headlines in The view.
She admitted that the constant flow of grim news has left her overwhelmed and without a safe way out.
The 48-year-old co-host broke down in tears while speaking to series producer Brian Teta on the behind the table podcast, reflecting on a week of difficult hot-button topics.
The pair discussed stories ranging from the shooting death of Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti by an immigration agent to Donald Trump’s unusual phone call with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro following an attempted murder on his family.
“We are in dark times,” Teta exclaimed, prompting Haines to share how consuming so much distressing news affects her personally.
“Our job is to be read and tuned in, so the amount of consumption is so great that everything that happens in the world… then your world happens,” he explained.
“The weight of that brings you to your knees at a level that says, the greater world is on fire, your world is on fire, 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 this out,’” Haines said.
“This job? It’s headlines, it’s stories, it’s what’s happening, so I get paid to make sure I do all these things. You don’t really have a safe space.”
She added that even outside of work, conversations with her husband and friends often return to the same troubling news.
“There is nowhere to go,” he lamented.
Haines shared that her three children with her husband Max Shifrin give her the foundation she needs.
“That’s why I’m so grateful for my kids, because their worlds are so innocent and pure, and I try to put my phone away when I’m with them,” she said.
“They’re my favorite people, anyway. But the world hasn’t tainted them yet, you know?”
