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Sara Haines Tears Up on The View as She Reveals Her Father-in-Law Died: ‘It’s Brutal’

Haines said she learned of the death just before the show and missed the prior episode while supporting her husband and children.

  • On Thursday, Sept. 17, Sara Haines returned to The View to explain her sudden absence from Wednesday's episode, revealing her father-in-law died after spending a week in hospice care.
  • Haines learned of the death shortly before Wednesday's broadcast, prompting her to leave and support her husband, Max Shifrin, as he grieved his father, whom she called his 'North Star.'
  • The 48-year-old host admitted the news left her 'heart sick' and 'head sick,' though the family expected his death, making the reality 'brutal.'
  • Co-Hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg had previously acknowledged her absence without details, prompting Haines to clarify and 'quell any rumors going around' regarding her health.
  • Shifrin has since returned to be with Haines and their three children—Alec, 10, Sandra, 8, and Caleb, 7—as the family focuses on supporting one another during this difficult time.
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USA Today broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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