The former Playboy Playmate joins ABC 's `` The View '' in September . McCarthy has been on the daytime talk show 17 times -- eight as a co-host . She promises to make `` hot topics a little bit hotter '' and more fun for viewers'' than they are accustomed to seeing them.
The former Playboy Playmate joins ABC 's `` The View '' in September . McCarthy has been on the daytime talk show 17 times -- eight as a co-host . She promises to make `` hot topics a little bit hotter '' McCarthy `` can be serious and outrageous , '' Barbara Walters says .