Meghan McCain is shutting down trolls who called her “old and ugly,” revealing she is aging just like everyone else.
“I am normally an Armadillo-skinned person, and there’s been a lot of commentary about how ‘old and ugly’ I am now,” McCain, 41, said during the Wednesday, July 22, of her and Miranda Wilkins’ “Citizen McCain” podcast.
She fired back, “I’m 41 years old … I’m going to age. I’m going to get older. I am fatter because I’ve had three kids.” (McCain shares daughters Liberty, 5, and Clover, 3, and son Ransom, 6 months, with husband Ben Domenech.)
McCain noted that after a clip from their show of the women speaking about New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani went viral earlier this week, she received an onslaught of negative comments about her appearance from haters who must have never watched them beforehand.
The former View cohost went on to explain that change is normal and there’s no shame in aging.
“I look different because I don’t have professional hair and makeup every day,” McCain said. “And sometimes, in the morning, it’s more important for me to get my kids ready, to spend time with them and feed my son, than it is for me to get ready, which is why I don’t always have my hair and makeup done to your liking.”
McCain noted that the comments did catch her by surprise.
“It is a challenging cruelty to have people have such [opinions],” she confessed. “This is the first time people have reacted, ‘Oh, Meghan looks a lot older.’ I am a lot older.”
Meghan, who is the daughter of late Senator John McCain, pointed out that after growing up in the spotlight, it’s not fair that she’s constantly being compared to past versions of herself.
“I am no longer 5 years old with my dad running for senate. I am no longer 22 years old [with] my dad running for president,” she said. “I’m no longer 32 years old working for The View. I’m almost 42 years old.”
Meghan’s cohost Wilkins chimed in to reveal, “We don’t get Botox, we haven’t had the thread facelift, we’re not on Ozempic.”
Meghan admitted, “It’s tempting, but I’m not [on Ozempic].”
She concluded the episode by saying she plans to keep aging naturally and embracing her appearance.
“One thing I can promise you is I’m going to continue aging. I’m not going to look the way I looked at The View,” Meghan continued. “We are all going to have to collectively come together [and agree] that I’m going to continue aging.”
She sarcastically apologized for not being a “facelift, injectable person” who doesn’t have “professional hair and makeup” done on the daily.
“But I can promise you one thing, Miranda and I will continue keeping it very real with you,” Meghan vowed. “This is a real show. We are real people. I may be a motherf***ing nepo baby but I’m a real person. I don’t live like that.”
Meghan ended by poking fun at herself, telling listeners, “I’m going to keep looking like [a] cryptkeeper” and they need to “come to terms with” it.
