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Alyssa Farah Griffin has been forced to miss three episodes of The View due to suffering a nasty sickness.
The 36-year-old co-host, who is currently pregnant with her first child, explained that she has been absent from the ABC show since Monday due to a stomach virus.
She confirmed her whereabouts in a statement shared on Instagram while also imploring her 221,000 followers to help stop the spread of germs.
'Hey guys! I've been down sick with a stomach virus but will hopefully be back on The View tomorrow,' Alyssa wrote.
'It's no fun being sick while six and a half months pregnant! Remember it's that time of the year – be smart, use hand sanitizer, stay home if you're sick.'
Alyssa's illness comes weeks after she announced in October that she and husband Justin Griffin are expecting their first child, a boy, in February 2026.
The former government aide, who has been married to Justin for four years, underwent five rounds of IVF before getting pregnant.
'I'm so grateful to have the most supportive husband in the world,' she said on the show.
The View's Alyssa Farah Griffin has missed three episodes of the ABC show this week
The co-host has been forced to skip the show due to sickness from a stomach virus
In an interview with People, she added: 'Baby Griffin is on the way and we're just so excited — and terrified.
'It's starting to feel very real. This past week, I felt the baby kick for the first time, and immediately I grabbed Justin's hand and he felt and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, what's happening?!' It was magical.'
Alyssa's had been extremely candid about her in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey and her attempts to get pregnant.
Speaking on The View: Behind the Table podcast in December 2024, she revealed she and her husband had tried for over a year to conceive naturally.
'I'm going through IVF right now,' Alyssa said at the time. 'So, my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for about a year and a half, and it wasn't happening naturally.
'So, we made the decision to move forward with IVF. This is now my second cycle. So tomorrow, I will be in the doctor's office dealing with that.'
Alyssa also shared how hard the process had been on her body.
'I've been a wreck,' she said. I've not felt myself. I've been tired. I've been emotional. And you just feel uncomfortable in your body.
The View co-hosts Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa, and Sunny Hostin pictured in May 2024
'And I just wanted to mention it because I feel like...from someone who was surprised by how hard it was, it's because all the stories of this that we hear is usually women on the other side who's like, "Here's my baby," and "Oh real quick, it was kinda hard to get here."
'And I wanted to just share with women who are struggling that there is hope, and you just have to kind of be present in the process as you're in it.
'There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
'I don't know when that will be for us, but it's incredible what science can do.'
