Andy Cohen Might Now Be Meghan McCain’s ‘former Friend’ After Clash Over Trans Athletes

In a recent Op-Ed for the New York Post, former The View co-host and political nepo baby NutMeg McCain has implied that her friendship with Andy Cohen may be on thin ice after her recent stance on trans athletes.

via: Pink News

Meghan McCain has suggested talk show host Andy Cohen might no longer be a friend after the TV host called out her stance on trans inclusion in sport.

In a piece for the New York Post, the blogger and daughter of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, said she and Cohen had always had a “very nice, cordial, respectful and, I believed, actual friendship”. She appeared on his show many times over the years.

“Yet he decided to attack me publicly and caused a storm in the process,” she wrote. “My phone immediately started exploding and didn’t stop for a few days. The story was covered in entertainment and political spaces and I was made out to be a villainous figure who hated the LGBT community.”

The “attack” McCain was referring to followed a meeting between herself and Payton McNabb, a former high school volleyball player who was injured during a match in which she played against a trans athlete.

McCain praised McNabb in a post on X/Twitter, writing: “I have had the pleasure of meeting Payton. She is incredibly smart, strong and brave. Both she and her family have been through the unthinkable.

“Democrats defending young women suffering from traumatic brain injuries as a result of trans athletes is why they will continue losing every election.”

In response, Cohen pointed out her previous support of the LGBTQ+ community.

“Surprised you’re buying into the vilification of the trans community, given the real problems happening in this country, your previous allyship of the LGBTQ community, and the fact that this non-issue affects about four people in this country,” he said.

McCain, who is seen as further to the right than her father, who died in 2018, fired back: “Surprised you’re OK with violence against female athletes. Payton suffered serious brain damage, just one story.

“You have my cell [phone number], always happy to talk privately, or publicly on either of our shows because these conversations are reductive to hash out on social media.”

In her New York Post piece, McCain said she felt it did not matter that she was an “early supporter of gay marriage” or that she won an award from LGBTQ+ advocacy group The Trevor Project.

“It didn’t matter that I believe in treating everyone with dignity and respect,” she said. “No, if you don’t support this one fringe issue, you are cancelled.”

McCain reiterated her views on trans inclusion, saying transgender women playing female sports was “not an issue of tolerance or equality” but about “fairness and protecting biological women”.

Trans people “deserve dignity, respect and equal rights under the law” but not “special treatment or be put ahead of any biological female, in any capacity”, she added.

“This is a lose-lose culture war issue for Democrats. I will never understand why they want to die on this hill. They claim it affects such a small number of people but that argument also works in reverse. Why are they promoting an unfair situation for the ego of a few?

“This is an issue of equality. I am not hedging, I will not buck to societal pressure and I will not move. To everyone who fights alongside me on this issue, I thank you for your bravery.”

In the past, McCain has spoken out against Donald Trump’s anti-trans policies.

In 2019, during his first term as president, she called his first military ban indefensible, writing on social media: “This discriminatory policy will lead transgender service members, patriots who have decided to serve their nation, to live in the shadows. It’s an unfair, un-American and dangerous policy.”