TELEVISION host Debbie Matenopoulos went back to where she started \- sitting at the table on The View. Debbie joined the ladies for the show's Hot Topics segment on Friday, October 22.
Debbie Matenopoulos is one of the original cohosts of The View How was Debbie chosen for The View? During her appearance on the View Friday, October 22, Debbie Matenopoulos recalled how she went to a going away party for a friend when a casting agent working with Barbara Walters asked her about being on a new show. She said she met up with Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Joy Behar at the Essex House in New York City for an audition. The four women, along with Barbara Walters, became the original hosts of The View. ...What made me so stressed out?! I was 22, sitting next to Barbara Walters! Anybody would be stressed out,... said Debbie. Most read in entertainment KY-END FASHION Pregnant Kylie shows off Chanel & Hermes bags & shoes in her closet SKIPPING TOWN Alec's wife flees NYC home with kids, pals & pets after tragic shooting 'MY HEART IS BROKEN' Alec breaks silence after accidentally shooting crew member dead ALEC'S SHOCK Baldwin's prop gun 'had live ammo' - he asked 'why was I handed hot' weapon PROP HORROR Alec Baldwin in tears after accidentally shooting dead cinematographer on set HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH? Tori Spelling looks furious with Dean & five kids at Disneyland Adding: ...I was very scared. I came out and pretended I wasn't scared, but all those clips, I was petrified.... What did Debbie do before The View? Debbie was a student finishing up her journalism degree at New York University when she was discovered. At 22, she was also working as a production assistant at MTV. ...I was not ready to do anything except be working at MTV and going to clubs and concerts,... Debbie said in an episode of The View's Behind the Table podcast. She added she wasn't ready to sit down to the most ...world-renowned journalist.... After two seasons on the show, Debbie was the first to be fired. What is Debbie doing now? Debbie was the cohost of the Hallmark Channel's Home & Family until its August cancellation. She's married and a mom to young daughter. Debbie told Deadline in July 2021 that she's developing two food shows and a lifestyle show. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The US Sun team? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.com or call 212 416 4552. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSunUS and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunUS Source: Fashion Mag
