Meghan McCain makes low-key exit from ‘The View’

NEW YORK — Meghan McCain made a low-key departure from “The View” after four years on Friday, joking that she wanted to apologize to show producer Brian Teta “for making his blood pressure rise as much as I did.” Her mother, Cindy McCain, and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema appeared as guests for the farewell. McCain said at one point that “I feel like I died and this is a memorial.” She perked up for a taped message from former House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said “the show will not be as lively without you.” McCain hooted, “my boyfriend!” McCain got married and had a baby daughter, Liberty, during her time on “The View,” and, with a regular return of the cast to its New York studio nearing, said she didn’t want to commute from her Washington-area home. “I’m glad she chose a little bit of family over so much work at this time,” Cindy McCain said. ABC has not said who will replace Meghan McCain in the show’s “conservative” chair.