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Sara Haines appeared on "The View" to explain her absence due to the death of her father-in-law who had been in hospice care for a week. She expressed emotional turmoil over losing someone so important to her husband, noting it was a difficult time for them as a family. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg also announced she would be away from the show for two weeks to film a movie called "Women Like Us," which is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama and focuses on aging and friendship.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-17,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Wednesday, Sara Haines was noticeably absent from The View, a daily talk show on ABC, leaving viewers puzzled about her absence. Her co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin were present but did not provide details, reassuring the audience that Haines was simply away and not ill. Later, it was revealed by Entertainment Weekly that Haines' father-in-law had passed away, prompting her to miss an episode while dealing with his death and supporting her husband, Max Shifrin, who is close to his late father. Season 30 of The View started on September 8th, but Haines missed the Wednesday episode due to personal reasons related to her family's loss.
Written for “Sara Haines Absence” on 2026-09-18,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
Sara Haines became emotional as she revealed that her father-in-law died, prompting her absence from “The View” this week.
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The former “Good Morning America” host returned to the show Thursday and explained the “brutal” reason she missed the episode one day prior.
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“I wanted to share why I was missing yesterday,” Haines, 48, said, per Entertainment Weekly.
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Haines → want → Weekly
“My father-in-law passed away.
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He [had] been in hospice for a week, so we knew it was coming.”
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“I think the second that landed, it kind of allowed a load [we were] carrying [to] gush out,” she added.
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she → think → load
Haines — who has been married to her husband, Max Shifrin, since 2014 — said she “found out right before the show [Wednesday]” and ultimately chose to sit out the live broadcast.
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“Max has been gone.
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He hasn’t seen the kids, and now he’s finally back and we’re pouring love into him,” Haines continued.
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“[He] was the most important person in Max’s life,” she said of her father-in-law.
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“I think I learned about this man on my first date because [he] was Max’s North Star, so it’s the chapter we’re in, and we’ll all be part of this club eventually.
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But wow, it’s brutal.”
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The “Today” show alum was likely referring to the speculation that began following an awkward exchange between her co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg about her absence Wednesday.
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Haines’ other co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin joked Thursday that Behar had “made it sound scandalous.”
“You made it sound so interesting.
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I almost didn’t want to ruin it with the truth,” Haines added.
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Goldberg, for her part, confirmed Wednesday that she will be absent from the ABC daytime talk show for two weeks while filming “Women Like Us,” a movie produced by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
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The film also stars Vivica A. Fox, Vanessa Williams and Jennifer Lewis.
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“It’s about change and getting older and having fun with your friends and people who get you.
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It’s about finding your people,” Goldberg, 70, said of the project.
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“I’m excited to do it.
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