Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf Torch Sunny Hostin Over Husband’s $450M Fraud Scandal
Fox News personalities Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf launched a blistering takedown of The View’s Sunny Hostin this week, following revelations that her husband, Dr. Emmanuel “Manny” Hostin, has been named in a massive $450 million insurance fraud lawsuit in New York. The scathing segment aired on Gutfeld!, where the hosts skewered Hostin’s public persona of moral authority while gleefully spotlighting what they called hypocrisy and media double standards.
The lawsuit, one of the largest RICO cases ever filed in New York, includes nearly 200 defendants accused of orchestrating a vast healthcare fraud scheme. Dr. Hostin, an orthopedic surgeon, is among those alleged to have fraudulently billed for medical services in exchange for kickbacks and illegal compensation. The lawsuit, first reported by The Daily Caller, paints a damning picture of unethical practices within New York’s medical community.
But for Gutfeld and Timpf, the scandal isn’t just about alleged financial crimes—it’s about public trust and moral consistency. “Sunny, who loves to play America’s moral compass on The View, was likely ready to deliver another sanctimonious lecture,” Gutfeld quipped. “But instead, Karma handed her a courtroom-sized reality check.”
Timpf didn’t hold back either. With her trademark deadpan delivery, she took aim at what she called Hostin’s “performative virtue.” Referring to Hostin’s on-air comment that she tips Instacart workers generously because “they don’t always pay their people well,” Timpf mocked, “Yeah, I like Instacart—but don’t worry, I tip the pores.”
The barbs kept coming. Gutfeld and Timpf used the opportunity to underscore what they see as the blatant hypocrisy of The View, where liberal hosts often deliver harsh moral indictments—particularly against conservative figures—but rarely face scrutiny themselves when controversy lands at their doorstep.
“If a Republican’s spouse were caught up in something like this,” Timpf observed, “The View would dedicate an entire week to their outrage. But now? Crickets.”
In a segment that played more like a roast than a news commentary, Gutfeld compared Hostin’s situation to a soap opera unraveling in real-time. “Her life’s starting to look like a deleted scene from The Wolf of Wall Street,” he said. “This is a sanctimony factory that’s running out of stock on accountability but mass-producing moral superiority.”
Even the program’s audience was not spared. Gutfeld ridiculed The View‘s fanbase for accepting what he characterized as selective outrage and partisan moralizing. He sarcastically proposed a new show title for Hostin: Allegedly Yours—“where she dispenses moral lessons while dodging subpoenas.”
The charges against Dr. Hostin, which include fraudulent billing and accepting illicit payments, have not resulted in criminal convictions, and neither Sunny Hostin nor her husband have publicly commented in detail on the lawsuit. Still, Gutfeld and Timpf used Hostin’s own words against her. In a resurfaced clip, she explains her husband sometimes has to “sue health insurance companies to get paid” for surgeries on uninsured patients—comments the Fox hosts suggested were a tacit admission of questionable practices.
Beyond the personal scandal, Gutfeld turned the focus back on the media’s reluctance to cover uncomfortable stories when they involve left-leaning public figures. “The View is a victim of the sunk cost fallacy,” he said. “For years, they’ve been telling lies. Admitting the truth now would crush their egos.”
Timpf added that even The View‘s most outspoken personalities seemed absent or oddly muted on the issue. “When you see Whoopi and Joy suddenly become the ‘smart’ ones in the room, you know something’s gone sideways,” she quipped, referring to a segment where Hostin’s co-hosts appeared dismissive or unaware of the scandal.
The takedown wasn’t just about political gamesmanship—it struck at the core of a deeper media critique. As Gutfeld put it, “They could be honest. All they have to say is, ‘Look, we hate Trump so much we were willing to lie about Biden.’ Just admit it. You’re still scum, but at least you’re honest scum.”
Toward the end of the segment, Gutfeld mocked The View’s reported 31 Emmy Awards, joking, “I’d hate to see the conversations that don’t make headlines.”
Neither ABC nor The View has issued an official response to the claims made on Gutfeld!, and Sunny Hostin has yet to publicly acknowledge her husband’s involvement in the lawsuit. Still, the viral Fox segment ignited a wave of online debate, with some calling for greater scrutiny of media personalities who traffic in moral authority while skirting their own accountability.
“The American public deserves more than lectures,” Gutfeld concluded. “They deserve transparency—even if it’s uncomfortable for the people who claim to speak for them.”
For now, Sunny Hostin’s name is trending for all the wrong reasons, and her husband’s legal troubles have cast a long shadow over the high ground she’s long claimed to occupy on daytime television. Whether the media continues to ignore it—or finally holds one of its own to account—remains to be seen.
