The former Playboy Playmate joined ABC 's ` ` The View '' in 2006 . McCarthy has been on the daytime talk show 17 times -- all as a co - host . `` I look forward to helping make hot topics a little bit hotter , and showing my mom that my interrupting skills have finally paid off , '' McCarthy said . She promises to make ` ` hot topics a little bit hotter '' McCarthy ` ` can be serious and outrageous , '' Barbara Walters says .
The former Playboy Playmate joined ABC 's ` ` The View '' in 2006 . McCarthy has been on the daytime talk show 17 times -- all as a co - host . She promises to make ` ` hot topics a little bit hotter '' McCarthy ` ` can be serious and outrageous , '' Barbara Walters says .