View Hosts Jump In To Explain Guest John Grisham Did NOT Actually Say He Wanted to Assassinate Supreme Court Justices

The hosts of The View quickly jumped in on Wednesday after their guest John Grisham appeared to refer to assassinating Supreme Court Justices.

Grisham appeared on the show to discuss his latest book Camino Ghosts, which is read by View co-host Whoopi Goldberg in the audiobook version. Grisham, who was previously a lawyer, at one point was asked by co-host Joy Behar about criticism of the Supreme Court in light of Roe v. Wade being overturned and ethical concerns and Grisham answered by saying he thought about writing a follow-up to The Pelican Brief, in which multiple Supreme Court justices are assassinated.

The Pelican Brief was adapted into a 1993 movie starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts.

“I wrote a great book called The Pelican Brief in which two Supreme Court Justices were assassinated, and I thought about doing it again,” Grisham said.

“No, no, no,” Behar quickly said.

“Writing part two! He’s talking about writing part two!” Goldberg added.

“It’s all fiction. Don’t get upset,” Grisham said as the hosts continued explaining his answer.

“It’s all fiction. It’s just made up stories,” Behar echoed.

Grisham argued the Supreme Court has “never looked this bad” and claimed it all went “downhill” after a 2000 decision settling a recount dispute in Florida between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The novelist recommended Supreme Court Justices retire after 75.

“It went downhill in 2000 when five Republicans on the court chose to elect a president,” he said.

First Lady Jill Biden had earlier joined The View and claimed that one more “Republican” in the court would strip all citizens of every right.

“Think of the Supreme Court for God’s sake. Talk about things getting worse? Can you imagine if we put any more Republicans on the Supreme Court? No!” she said. “We will lose all of our rights.”

Watch above via ABC.

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!