Overview
- On The Katie Miller Podcast, McCarthy said she would never go back, using the phrase “over my dead body” when asked about reunion invitations.
- She recounted being recruited in 2013 for “light and fluffy” pop-culture segments that shifted within a week to heavy political topics she felt unprepared to tackle.
- Sherri Shepherd publicly corroborated McCarthy’s recollection and recalled producers trying to make McCarthy appear more political, including putting her in glasses.
- McCarthy and Shepherd were let go in 2014 as part of a broader staff shake-up that McCarthy previously described as a “massacre.”
- McCarthy said she is now more outspoken politically, crediting the current administration, and coverage noted longstanding criticism of her vaccine-related claims.