So wait, let me get this straight: Because you did what you normally do, which is take everything as a personal affront and attack—even though, in this specific instance, Whoopi was addressing both you and Hostin—it left a permanent sour taste in your mouth? Even though there have been numerous times during your four years on the show that undoubtedly made us all want to choke at the way you treated and talked to (and over) everyone else?

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Give me a break, Jan.

Additionally, Mayo McCain also detailed the time Joy told her she had not missed her upon her return from maternity leave, noting that it was that moment, coupled with her postpartum anxiety, that solidified her decision to walk away from the desk and never return.

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Per the excerpt:

Until that moment, it hadn’t even occurred to me that Joy hadn’t missed me. She’d texted me to ask to see a baby picture of Liberty, and she’d seemed happy for me. We’d chatted in a friendly way. I believed that, despite all our differences, deep down, we had a mutual understanding of respect for each other. When we broke for commercial, I burst into tears. Not just like tearing up, uncontrollable sobbing. I was super hormonal and deeply hurt.

“If you guys didn’t want me to come back, I wouldn’t have come back!” I said to the producer in my earpiece. I told him he might need to pull my camera away for a minute because I wasn’t sure if I could get myself together in time to go back to interviewing people. I felt my boobs begin to leak from lactation. I was embarrassed and shaking. I felt like I wasn’t in control of my body. I didn’t want millions of viewers to see that. After sobbing for what felt like an eternity, I wiped my face, took deep breaths, and double-checked that my nipples were not in camera range. I tried to smile and focus as the show resumed.

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She added, “After giving birth, I didn’t feel like myself. I felt extremely vulnerable. Joy seemed to smell that vulnerability like a shark smells blood in the water, and she took after it. Why was this worth it to her? I will never know. But, so much for working moms looking out for each other.”

Sure, Mascarpone McCain. Blame it all on the non-solidarity of working moms and not your extremely antagonistic personality. I’m over it.

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This is usually the part where I include a blurb about where you can pre-order John McCain’s daughter memoir, but let’s face it: I think we’ve all read and heard enough.