Ana said her elderly dad’s girlfriends are ‘younger than 5 of his 6 grandchildren’
THE VIEW host Ana Navarro’s dad has a very active romantic life at 85 years old – and she’s not happy about it.
Ana, 53, told her co-stars about her widower father Augusto’s exploits on The Weekend View on Saturday, November 22.
The group was talking about how gossip spreads like wildfire in small towns, and Ana said she could certainly relate.
Joy Behar couldn’t believe Ana’s father was dating such young womenCredit: ABC
“I’m from a small town in a small country,” started Ana, who was born in Nicaragua. “Since my mom died, my father has been in, my 85-year-old father, who should be sitting somewhere playing with grandchildren, has been having a lot of relationship drama.”
“Anytime I get a call from anybody there, they want to talk about my father, I’m like listen, I don’t want to speak about this.”
When Joy Behar asked why her dad’s dating bothered her, Ana refused to answer.
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“In Ana’s defense, didn’t one of the ex-girlfriends…” Sunny Hostin started saying, before Ana cut her off.
“I’m not going to go into this!” she snapped.
“It’s really messy and juicy though,” Sunny said as the group attempted to get more family gossip out of Ana.
When Joy said she had a friend who is dating again in her 80s, Ana said: “Maybe if my father was going out with somebody who was in his age range, I would be ok with it.”
When asked how old the girlfriends are, Ana exclaimed: “Younger than five of his six grandchildren!”
“Younger than anybody at this table!” chimed in Sunny, seemingly in the know. (Youngest co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin is 36.)
Joy especially appeared horrified by this revelation, but the group eventually jumped into a new topic at the table.
Ana’s mother Violeta died at 81 in 2021. She had been married to Ana’s father for 60 years.
“I’m very sad,” Ana told fans at the time. “But I know it is a privilege to be able to bury your parents, not the other way around.
“I wish my mom had been in good health a little longer. I wish she had gotten to hold her youngest great-granddaughter, born last month, and who is named Violet, after my mom.
“I also know I am among the lucky ones. I had a great mom for almost 50 years. I grieve because I loved. I am going to miss my mom but will carry her love and the lessons she taught me for the rest of my life.”
The Weekend View airs every Saturday on ABC News Live and YouTube.
