\n Outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been invited to visit ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d as a guest.\n <\/p>\n
\n The no-brainer booking move was immediately sensationalized by the Daily Mail this way: \u201cKaroline Leavitt in secret talks to join TV\u2019s most controversial show.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Technically that\u2019s true \u2014 a guest invite has been extended to Leavitt, an ABC source confirmed to CNN.\n <\/p>\n
\n But the implication of the Mail\u2019s headline is false. She would not be a guest host on the talk show or join in a more official capacity.\n <\/p>\n
\n All six co-hosts of \u201cThe View\u201d are returning for the new season that begins in September. And while the show occasionally features guest hosts, that\u2019s not what the outreach to Leavitt was about, the ABC source said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Speculation about Leavitt\u2019s possible future as a television personality naturally followed her surprise announcement about leaving the Trump White House earlier this month.\n <\/p>\n
\n Leavitt has sidestepped that chatter. On Thursday, in what was billed as her final interview as press secretary, she told \u201cFox & Friends\u201d that she\u2019s going to spend \u201cmore time with my kids,\u201d a two-year-old and a four-month-old.\n <\/p>\n
\n Leavitt has also said that she will return to work at MAGA Inc., Trump\u2019s super PAC, where she was previously a spokesperson.\n <\/p>\n
\n She said on Fox that she intends to \u201cserve the president on the outside\u201d and \u201ccheer him on over the next two years.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The Fox morning show paid tribute to Leavitt with a video montage of her berating and insulting reporters from the White House podium. \u201cGood times. Great memories,\u201d she said in response.\n <\/p>\n
\n Leavitt struck a more conciliatory tone with reporters during a farewell press gaggle on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019ll miss you guys,\u201d she said. \u201cI know that\u2019s probably not something anyone would expect me to say, but obviously it\u2019s been great working with all of you.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump has yet to name Leavitt\u2019s successor, and analysts have said she\u2019ll be hard to replace.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe View\u201d frequently tries to book political newsmakers, so reaching out to Leavitt is to be expected, but it is still intriguing given the Trump administration\u2019s rocky relationship with ABC.\n <\/p>\n
\n The Trump-aligned FCC has been pressuring ABC and its parent company Disney on a number of fronts, including by opening a probe of \u201cThe View\u201d over alleged \u201cequal-time\u201d violations due to candidate interviews.\n <\/p>\n