Jenny McCarthy on winning The View job over Brooke Shields: She should thank me

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“I’m friends with her, I love her, and I think she knows deep inside that I took one for the team,” McCarthy joked on Watch What Happens Live when asked about Shields' recent revelation she was runner-up for The View job in 2013 following Elisabeth Hasselbeck's departure. “Because let’s just face it, that was hell. So you’re welcome, Brooke!”