Thursday 4 August 2022 01:52 PM ABC is set to name CNN republican commentator Ana Navarro as a permanent ... trends now EXCLUSIVE: ABC is set to name CNN's Republican commentator Ana Navarro as a permanent co-host on The View in final spot alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sarah Haines Ana Navarro is set to become the fifth and final co-host of the daytime TV show She has been signed to the ABC network on a multi-year deal after rotating a guest spot The Republican commentator joined the show as a contributor in July 2013 By Emma James For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:46 BST, 4 August 2022 | Updated: 13:47 BST, 4 August 2022 Viewcomments Television pundit Ana Navarro has been signed on a multi-year deal to co-host hit daytime talk show The View, DailyMail.com can reveal. Navarro, 50, has been a guest co-host on the show since 2018 after joining the show as a contributor in July 2013. But production sources close to the show say that she is set to be named as a full-time co-host by the hit TV show imminently. ABC has rotated the co-host seat vacated by DailyMail.com columnist McCain since her departure on August 6, 2021. Navarro will be the fifth and final host joining current co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin – but isn’t expected to be on the show every day. Multiple production sources exclusively told DailyMail.com: ‘We’ve signed Ana Navarro to a multi-year deal to remain with the show, and she’ll be officially named a co-host today. ‘She joined the show in 2013 and has been a guest co-host since 2018. Navarro, 50, has been a guest co-host on the show since 2018 after joining the show as a contributor in July 2013 ‘We’ve allowed her to continue as a CNN analyst and live in Miami, so she won’t be on The View every day, but she will be a fixture on the show as a co-host for years to come. ‘Ana has proven to be very popular with the other ladies and the audience. ‘It’s great to finally make her an official co-host after so many years of contributing her unique opinion to The View.’ Navarro tied the knot with Republican lobbyist Al Cardenas in 2019, inviting several high profile celebrities including Gloria Estefan and Eva Longoria to the wedding in Miami. She is the daughter of Augusto Navarro, a wealthy Nicaraguan landowner who fought with the Contras against the left-wing Sandinista government in the late 1970s and 1980s. The Contra rebels who were supported by the Reagan administration have long been accused of atrocities against Nicaraguans, including murder, rape, and torture. After fleeing the turmoil in her country and emigrating to the United States in 1980, Ana Navarro has long stated that the Reagan administration's support for the Contras was what led her to becoming a lifelong supporter of the Republican Party. Before her career as a television pundit, Ana Navarro was a prominent activist in Republican politics having worked for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the late Senator John McCain, and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. Ana Navarro has been a frequent media commentator, particularly since emerging as a 'Never Trump' Republican during the Donald Trump presidency from 2016 until 2020. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility