Sunny Hostin Questions Taylor Swift Being Named TIME’s Person Of The Year

The View stars debated Swift and the legacy of the "Person of the Year" position in this week's episode.

The View co-hosts chatted it up about Taylor Swift being named Time‘s 2023 Person of the Year in a recent episode.

On Thursday, Dec 7, Sunny Hostin expressed her surprise about the 33-year-old pop singer being named the Person of the Year, considering all those who held the position before her. Hostin admitted that she thought Taylor was an “incredible performer and a humanist, philanthropist, songwriter” this year, but thought others deserved the honor more.

She said, “The other people that were up for this award were the Hollywood strikers, the Trump prosecutors. The Trump prosecutors may be able to save our democracy.”

Although Hostin said she didn’t want to undermine Swift, she continued, “They also had a couple of other people that seemed to me, if the motto for the magazine is the person or persons who most affected the news in our lives.”

Whoopi Goldberg jumped into the conversation to defend Swift. She recalled all the times they had talked about the singer on The View.

Goldberg told her co-star, “You have — we have — sat at this table and talked about this girl and everything she’s done. Her gravitas is different.”

She acknowledged Swift’s influence during her most recent Eras Tour, which brought in so much economic revenue that it’s being cited as one of a kind.

A vocal Swiftie, Alyssa Farah Griffin, added that Swift was a “phenomenon and a power.”

“She has the ability to make a major impact for good in this country, and she always uses it when she has the opportunity,” Griffin added.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Swift has been in the media often lately for her relationship with NFL tight-end Travis Kelce.