"The View" cohost also took the opportunity to highlight the “hypocrisy” and “irony” of Trump’s Inauguration Day.

"We have put American Transit on notice and will file a five-million-dollar counter lawsuit for their defamatory claims," Hostin said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE

"I decided to protect my peace and celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day." The View star Sunny Hostin had much better things to do than watch Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration on Monday,

Emmanuel is an orthopedic surgeon based out of New York City with nearly 29 years of experience. He graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1996 and is the owner of Hostin Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, a practice the surgeon established in Manhattan in 2006.

While Hostin stayed far from inauguration coverage yesterday, her co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was plugged in while covering the event as a political analyst for CNN. Her takeaway? It’s time to stop using the phrase “normalizing Donald Trump,” because all of this is, well, normal now.

The View star and legal expert Sunny Hostin responded forcefully to a recent lawsuit that accuses her husband, Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, of insurance fraud.

Sunny Hostin defends husband, Dr. Hostin, amid lawsuit alleging insurance fraud. Claims of fraudulent medical services and kickbacks.

The View” co-host Sara Haines visibly upset Sunny Hostin Thursday as she argued that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs have “not accomplished things.” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing” in the federal government and scrap all affirmative action in federal contracting.

"The View" co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro unloaded on President Trump's executive orders directed at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices on Thursday.

Reacting to Trump's announcement that he would get rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies, The View co-host said Trump did not earn the presidency with merit.

With President Donald Trump signing executive orders to get rid of DEI programs, Hostin called the controversial move a “war on women” and other minority groups, noting that it’s a “counter” to Trump’s campaign promise that he will “protect Black jobs.”