Sunny Hostin was roasted by her co-hosts on The View after she claimed that the solar eclipse, the recent earthquake in New York City and the arrival of crickets are all linked to climate change.
The co-hosts of The View had a heated debate on Monday as they tried to explain the science behind the total solar eclipse, with millions of Americans taking to the streets to watch the rare celestial phenomenon.
Hostin, 55, began by claiming that the total solar eclipse, the magnitude 4.8 earthquake that rocked New York City last week, and the impending arrival of trillions of red-eyed insects are possible signs of climate change .
‘We have a solar eclipse. We have the earthquake,” Hostin said. “All these factors together can lead someone to believe that climate change is happening or that something important is happening.”
Co-host Joy Behar refuted her claims, saying, “Except earthquakes are not at the mercy of climate change. It’s underground. That is not possible.’
Sunny Hostin was roasted by her co-hosts on The View after she claimed that the solar eclipse, last week’s earthquake and the arrival of crickets are all linked to climate change
The View co-hosts had a heated debate on Monday as they tried to explain the science behind the total solar eclipse
Millions of Americans took to the streets to watch the total solar eclipse as conspiracy theories surrounding the rare celestial phenomenon surfaced. Pictured: The solar eclipse seen in Dallas, Texas
The discussion started with Alyssa Farah Griffin, cohost of The View and former White House communications director, joking about “apocalypse” theories surrounding the rare phenomenon.
‘The funny thing is that with Friday’s earthquake and today’s eclipse, people have all kinds of conspiracies about the end of the world.
“And then I read online that the epicenter of the earthquake was actually in Bedminster, New Jersey. Fun fact: It originated with Trump.”
Hostin agreed, but had trouble pronouncing “cicadas” as co-host Whoopi Goldberg tried to correct her.
“I learned the cicadas are coming,” Hostin said, pronouncing the word “sick-ah-duhs,” and Goldberg repeated “Cicadas,” pronunciating “sick-cay-duhs.”
“It’s the first time in like a hundred years,” Hostin continued, trying to prove her point as Goldberg interrupted.
‘No no no. There are two different types of crickets. It happens every seventeen years,” Goldberg said firmly.
This year, two different cricket broods will emerge in more than a dozen states, mating and laying millions more eggs.
The insects – known for the screaming sound they make – hibernate in cycles of 13 or 17 years, but for the first time since the 19th century a group of each will emerge together.
The discussion started with Alyssa Farah Griffin, cohost of The View and former White House communications director, joking about “apocalypse” theories surrounding the rare phenomenon.
This year, two different cricket broods will emerge in more than a dozen states, mating and laying millions more eggs. Pictured: an adult Brood X periodical cicada
Hostin was undeterred by her co-hosts as she continued, “All of these things together might lead someone to believe that climate change exists, or that something is actually happening,” Hostin said.
“Or Jesus is coming back,” Farah Griffin joked, followed by Behar distinguishing between the earthquake and climate change.
Behar stated that the earthquake could not possibly have been caused by climate change because it occurred underground.
‘What about global warming?’ Hostin questioned her.
“No, it happens,” said Whoopi Goldberg. “And the solar eclipse, they knew the solar eclipse was coming because eclipses happen, and they can even tell when these things are going to happen.”
Total solar eclipses occur when the moon moves directly in front of the sun – not to be confused with the opposite phenomenon, a lunar eclipse.
Texas was the first to see the moon completely block the face of the sun, after which the eclipse stretched across 15 states of the country.
A family watches the solar eclipse from Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley, Maine, on Monday, April 8, during one of the last viewings of the day
People gather on the National Mall to view the partial solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Washington, DC
More than 400,000 people traveled to Dallas to be at the center of the eclipse – more than 1 million eclipse tourists in the Lone Star State on Monday.
Nikki Main of DailyMail.com in Dallas reported that most of the “cosmic tourists” she contacted had flown in from California, where the view of the eclipse was somewhat pathetic.
The eclipse caused animals at the Dallas Zoo to panic as the sky darkened, while crowds along the path of the event cheered the eclipse.
As the eclipse passed halfway across the US, areas beyond their share of totality immediately reported traffic causing chaos on the roads.
Crowds gathered on skyscrapers to watch the rare phenomenon as the Big Apple plunged into 90 percent darkness Monday afternoon.