Rob Schneider's "conservative The View" pitch reportedly flopped at The L.A. Times
Schneider grifted too close to the sun with his proposal.
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Like many in the MAGA crowd, Rob Schneider is trying to make what money he can off of shilling right-wing culture war bullshit. These days, there seem to be more powerful people interested in investing in that particular grift, and apparently The L.A. Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is one of them. According to a report from Status, Schneider was in “active talks” with the mogul to launch a “conservative alternative to The View.” (” He envisioned it as a talk show with a rotating panel of hosts that would appeal to the MAGA crowd and which would be filmed live in front of a studio audience.”) Unfortunately, Schneider seems to have grifted too close to the sun: the Saturday Night Live alum allegedly “proposed an eye-popping annual budget north of $14 million to produce the show,” and Soon-shiong was “taken aback” by the proposal, ultimately walking away from the talks before any deals were made.