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'The View' hosts blast Today News Africa reporter after chaotic press briefing: 'A horrible person'

"The View" co-hosts blasted Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba after he called out Karine Jean-Pierre during the press briefing on Monday. 

Co-hosts of "The View" criticized Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba on Tuesday and called him a "horrible person" and an unserious journalist after he berated White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during a press conference on Monday. 

Co-host Joy Behar said he wasn't a "serious guy" and was not a "serious journalist." 

She said he wrote an open letter to a Nigerian actress on his blog "saying that a topless scene she was in was offensive because, quote, ‘you are really not attractive,’ unquote." 

"He’s clearly a horrible person, and maybe shouldn’t be in the White House briefing room. However, he does have what’s called a hard pass, I believe. Which means he doesn't have a seat assigned, so when other people don't show up, he gets to ask questions," co-host Sunny Hostin said. "He’s a filler….And he reports on relations between Africa and the United States. It is a global economy. He hasn’t been called on apparently in seven months."

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin blasted Simon Ateba on Tuesday and said he is a "horrible person."