“The View”’s Sunny Hostin Stands Up for The Cheesecake Factory amid Viral Date Debate: 'I Go There Every Day!'
The Cheesecake Factory has a fan in Sunny Hostin and many of her co-hosts on The View!
On Wednesday's episode of the ABC talk show, the American lawyer and journalist, 55, declared her love for the restaurant after a TikTok video shaming the restaurant as a first date location went viral.
"I want to stand up for The Cheesecake Factory ‘cause I go there every week," she said, noting that her 17-year-old daughter Paloma has "ACT Prep and there’s a Cheesecake Factory five minutes away."
Co-host Sara Haines shared Hostin's love. "Sara and I agree that they make the best dirty martini," Hostin said, as Haines, 46, boasted about her love for alcoholic drink and its blue cheese stuffed olives. "It's really good," she said.
Apart from sharing that Haines has a "very nice time" at the popular eatery and that "everybody’s lovely," she also revealed her favorite food items — Tex Mex egg rolls and chicken dumplings.
"Don’t leave out the corn tamale cakes," Haines said.
"By the way, they don’t carry them anymore," Hostin said, Haines responding, "I know, can you believe that?"
The internet went ablaze earlier this month when video went viral of a woman named Alicia, who was filming herself as she sat in a car, refusing to leave because her date Jay had taken her to The Cheesecake Factory.
"Who takes someone who looks like this to a chain restaurant?" she said. "I can not go in Cheesecake Factory. I will die."
"Maybe we're not right for each other, so respectfully, I'm just going to drop you off at home," Jay told her, explaining that he had his own "expectations."
“I went into the date with expectations for myself — to keep you safe, to respect you, to pay for your food, to pick you up — and just treat you like a gentleman. Which I believe I have done," he said. "I, on the other hand, have certain expectations for a girl I go out with on a first date. I expect her to be respectful too, I expect her to be cooperative.”
Turns out, Alicia had been late, causing Jay to miss their initial reservation at another restaurant. "This is a nice guy, he was trying his best," Joy Behar said on The View. "Also, she made him wait an hour. He had a reservation at a better place but he had to cancel it because she made him wait. So that’s why she went to The Cheesecake Factory — which by the way, is a very fun restaurant with good food!"