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The View host Sunny Hostin has admitted that she feels 'deeply remorseful' for going down a 'crazy rabbit hole' of conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton following the Princess of Wales's cancer diagnosis.
Last Friday, the 42-year-old royal put weeks of speculation to rest when she appeared in an unprecedented and emotional video message, in which she revealed the news had come as a 'huge shock' and confirmed she was undergoing 'preventative' chemotherapy.
During Monday's episode of The View, a snippet of the video played as Sunny, 55, shared that she should have listened to her cohost, Whoopi Goldberg - who slammed the panel for 'buying into' the conspiracy theories on the ABC daytime show last week.
Alyssa Farah Griffin said she felt 'awful' about speculating and claimed 'Whoopi was right,' while Sara Haines described Kate's news as 'heart-wrenching' but admitted that she had 'always questioned the way the royal family handles women.'
Sunny Hostin has admitted that she feels 'deeply remorseful' for going down a 'crazy rabbit hole' of conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton
Sara Haines (left) described Kate's cancer diagnosis as 'heart-wrenching,' while Alyssa Farah Griffin said she felt 'awful' about speculating
Sitting on a bench at Windsor last week, the Princess of Wales revealed to the world that she had cancer in an unprecedented video
When Whoopi, 68, asked the panel what their responses were upon watching the video of the royal, Alyssa, 34, replied: 'I'm guilty of having gotten into the fun of "where's Kate?" and sort of thinking it's funny and sharing the memes and playing into that.
'I forgot something fundamental, that we all know, which is every person, whether they're a princess, somebody in a high-privileged position, or just the person next to you, is dealing with personal struggles that we don't know about.'
Alyssa continued: 'I send my love to her and strength to her because, sure, the palace totally mishandled the PR of this, but the public mishandled it.
'We didn't give her an ounce... not we, you did, a lot of other people did, but I didn't think, "there's something more serious here that she's dealing with," and I feel awful over it.
'And it's just a reminder because all of us, being to a lesser degree but in the public eye, we see the cruelty and casual meanness and as a society, we're so quick to jump to that and join the bandwagon and think it's fun and forget these are actual human beings who are going through something.'
Sara, 46, jumped in and added: 'That diagnosis is just heart-wrenching. I was sitting with my best friend - who had breast cancer in her 30s and has a young daughter - and to watch her relive her own moment was tragic.
'When the conspiracy theories first started, I was like, "we shouldn't bother." The part that got me was the way the palace handled it because when they released that photo and then they had to issue a kill because it wasn't reliable, and then another source, that did get me thinking, "oh my gosh, what the heck is wrong here?"'
She then turned to Alyssa and continued: 'But I think you speak to the most important part which is you just never know what someone's going through. I've always questioned the way the royal family handles women because whether it was Princess Diana or Fergie or Meghan Markle....'
Whoopi Goldberg had furiously defended Kate and the royal family on The View last week
Ana Navarro (left) and Sunny both admitted that they had fallen 'down the rabbit hole'
At points the future queen was highly emotional as she spoke of her illness and her family and telling her children she will 'be ok'
'I was not blaming Kate for what was going on. It really bothered me the way it was handled, whether it should have been my business or not could be debated, but I do hope now just for a speedy recovery, and she reassured everyone she's getting the best care and I know that it's so important for her
