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‘The View’ Just Suffered A MAJOR Unexpected Blow Even After Apologizing For Nurse Comments
Two major sponsors have pulled their advertising from “The View” after nurses across America were outraged by comments made Monday on the ABC program.
Johnson & Johnson and Eggland’s Best each issued messages on Facebook supporting nurses as they announced their ads were being pulled from “The View.” The action brought applause from the nursing profession.
“It’s very comforting to know that there’s someone standing up for nurses,” said Jean Ross, co-president of National Nurses United, the largest union of working nurses in the country. “It’s obvious that ‘The View’ hosts, like so many others, do not clearly understand what we do. We needed to let them know it’s a very serious thing, it’s not just a flippant 28 seconds of conversation, it’s a big deal and it effects how people view our profession.”
On Monday, “The View” hosts sniped at Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson, who on Sunday night as part of the Miss America Pageant delivered a monologue about being a nurse.
Johnson, who was second runner-up, appeared on stage in nurse’s scrubs. She spoke about caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. “I went over to him and I lifted his head up out of his hands. And I said, ‘Joe, I know that this is really hard. But, you are not defined by this disease,’” she said.
Many found it touching. “View” host Michelle Collins did not.
Johnson “came in a nurse’s uniform, and basically read emails out loud and shockingly did not win,” Collins said. “I swear to God it was hilarious.”
“Why does she have a doctor’s stethoscope around her neck?” chimed in Behar, who also said she didn’t consider the monologue a legitimate talent.
The comments struck a nerve. A social media backlash under the hashtag #NursesUnited was unleashed, as nursing professionals responded to “The View.” Despite apologies from the show’s hosts on Wednesday, the sponsors acted on Thursday.
“Johnson & Johnson values and appreciates nurses and we respect the critical role they play in our health care system,” the company said in a statement. “We disagree with recent comments on daytime television about the nursing profession and we have paused our advertising accordingly.”
“In light of the comments … we will no longer be advertising on the show in question,” said Eggland’s Best in its statement.
Johnson has no apologies for her Sunday night monologue.
“I am a nurse and that’s my talent – taking care of people, caring about other people, and so I wanted to give the nurses that don’t have that voice that voice and that recognition of just somebody going up there and being a little bit different and unique,” she said. “I talked about a patient that I took care of that has Alzheimer’s and I know that that hits home for a lot of people and it’s not something that’s really easy for people to talk about.”
h/t: Fox News
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/the-view-just-suffered-a-major-unexpected-blow-even-after-apologizing-for-nurse-comments/
