Sunny Hostin Is More Than Just Co-host of The View

I’ve got dog slobber dripping down my pants. This is the result of not one but two gigantic Newfoundland puppies, Finn, seven months, and Harlow, four months, who quickly convey that tandem slobbering is their pièce de résistance. I’d be annoyed if I weren’t impressed. I can hear the chickens and hens off in the distance as I spot the construction crew hard at work on the new coop being installed in the barn. Passing the dogs, I enter the sprawling 12,000-square-foot residence on over two acres of land in Purchase, New York, and am greeted by a cat, Luna. And then she appears, glissading down a spiral staircase in a sweat suit and slides: Asunción Cummings Hostin, or Sunny, as she’s known to the millions who tune in weekdays to watch her on The View.

Here’s one to make you feel old: The actress who played a young Jennifer Garner in 13 Going On 30 just turned 30. One to make you feel nauseated: Arby’s is making French-fry vodka. And one to make you go huh: Tourists having sex on the dunes is said to be behind the gradual destruction of a beach and nature reserve in Spain. How to be the ideal dinner-party guest. New York City didn’t crack the top-20 list of 2021’s priciest zip codes, but California dominated. What the hell is going on with the Kyle Rittenhouse judge? You don’t have to choose between supporting Israel and opposing the occupation. Elected school-district officials in Virginia don’t just want to ban books that might actually teach their children to be more open-minded — some of them want to go full-on book burning. And remember, as Lao Tzu wrote, “Care about people’s approval / And you will be their prisoner.”

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