Candace Cameron Bure sets surprise return to ‘The View’ after previously turning down invite

See more of our coverage in your search results. Guess who’s back. Candace Cameron Bure is making her return to “The View” just weeks after the actress confessed she had turned down a previous invitation to be on the talk show. Bure, 50, is slated to appear as a guest on Friday, Nov. 13, alongside co-hosts Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Ana Navarro. (Whoopi Goldberg typically isn’t at the Hot Topics table on Fridays.) It’s likely she’ll promote “Special Forces: World’s Toughest,” as she is currently participating in Season 5, or her recently released holiday film “A Second Chance Christmas,” which debuted last month on Great American Family, for which Bure is chief content officer. Candace Cameron Bure, who is returning as a guest on “The View,” attends the Beverly Hills Film Festival on April 14, 2026. Getty Images Bure was a co-host on “The View” for Seasons 19 and 20, which aired from 2015 to 2016. A photo from the talk show in 2016 is seen above, with Bure pictured second from the left. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images During an October interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bure shared that she had been contacted to make a guest appearance on the talk show for its milestone 30th Season. “They did reach out to me, and they offered me the week that my daughter gave birth, so I knew that was coming,” she said at the time, noting that she “didn’t want to be far away and miss anything.” In regards to the chance she would return to the long-running series, she said she’s “definitely open to it.” It looks like schedules lined up, as viewers will be seeing her this week. Bure was a permanent co-host on “The View” during Seasons 19 and 20, which aired from 2015 to 2016. Her most recent appearance on the show was in 2024. Bure previously called the job one of the “toughest” that she’s ever had. (She’s pictured above on the program in 2015). Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin pose for “The View” for the show’s 30th season. Bure recently revealed she turned down an offer to appear on the milestone season due to scheduling conflicts with her daughter giving birth. ABC The former “Full House” star is outspoken about her conservative views, and often clashed with her liberal co-hosts during her stint on the talk show. In fact, she previously vowed that she would never return as a permanent co-host. Speaking to People in 2021, she called it “one of the toughest jobs” that she had ever had. Bure previously said that she would not want to be a permanent co-host again. (She is seen here second from the left on the show in 2016.) Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Bure revealed she was “definitely open to” returning to the talk show despite passing on the most recent offer to appear. (She is seen above in 2025). Getty Images Bure (seen here with her “The View” co-hosts in 2016) said one of the biggest challenges for her at the time was “diving headfirst into politics” on the show. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Want more celebrity and pop culture news? Start your day with Page Six Daily. Thanks for signing up! “My time at ‘The View’ was exciting, challenging, informative, emotional and stressful. It was one of the toughest jobs I’ve held, but I was incredibly grateful for the opportunity to sit at the table with such talented, smart, capable women,” the actress told the outlet at the time. “While I’d never want a permanent seat at the table again, it always feels like family when I come back to the show as a guest,” she added. The Hallmark star said that one of the biggest challenges for her at the time was “diving headfirst into politics” while on the show. Bure admitted that when she was asked to join the show, it was supposed to be less focused on politics — but Donald Trump’s foray into politics and his presidency changed all of that. The show’s curent cast includes Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin (left to right) on “The View.” Here, they are interviewing Catherine Zeta-Jones (second from right). ABC via Getty Images Bure said being a co-host on “The View” felt like she was “back in school, doing four to five hours of homework a night.” (She is seen above in 2016). Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images “The lighter version of the show I thought I was going to work for suddenly became solely about politics. I felt like I was back in school, doing four to five hours of homework a night. It was exhausting,” she said. “Along with that, I was traveling back and forth from Los Angeles to New York every week to be with my family on the weekends. I’m surprised I kept up with my schedule for as long as I did,” she continued. This week’s lineup of “The View” also includes guests Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton and news host Rachel Maddow. Thursday’s show will also be dedicated to co-host Goldberg’s 71st birthday celebration. Community Guidelines Welcome to the Page Six Community! Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas in a safe space. In order to do so, we've created a simple set of rules that will improve your experience. Simply put, keep it civil. 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