Greg Gutfeld & Tyrus HUMILIATE Sunny Hostin After Her HUSBAND ARRESTED In $450M COURT CASE.

In an era where misinformation spreads like wildfire and satire often mirrors reality, Greg Gutfeld and Tyrus used their nightly platform to deliver a tongue-in-cheek takedown of a bizarre online hoax—a viral claim that The View co-host Sunny Hostin’s husband had been arrested in connection with a fictional $450 million court scandal.

What started as a fringe rumor on conspiracy-heavy message boards turned into comedy gold for Fox’s hit late-night show Gutfeld!. With zero real-world truth to the allegations, Gutfeld and Tyrus framed their segment not as a smear—but as a skewering of the internet’s gullibility.

Kicking off the segment with a faux-serious tone, Greg Gutfeld opened with a straight face: “Breaking news—Sunny Hostin’s husband allegedly arrested for masterminding a $450 million embezzlement scheme involving NFTs, space tourism, and vegan dog treats. Allegedly.”

The audience cracked up before Gutfeld clarified: “Of course none of this is true. But hey, why let reality get in the way of viral content?”

Co-host and former pro wrestler Tyrus joined in with his usual comedic swagger, turning the fake headline into a commentary on media illiteracy. “Man, this AI stuff is out of control. You give it two names, one scandal, and suddenly we’ve got Sunny Hostin’s husband running a billion-dollar crime ring from a Shake Shack.”

He went on to joke: “If these rumors were any more fake, they’d qualify for a CNN panel.”

In a follow-up segment, Gutfeld! aired a fake dramatized courtroom reenactment featuring a Trump impersonator as the judge, a cardboard cutout of Sunny Hostin, and a voiceover declaring: “In the case of Internet vs. Reality… we find the public guilty of believing nonsense.”

The skit featured jokes about how “mainstream shows” like The View are “offended by everything but facts,” and portrayed Hostin’s fictional husband being sentenced to “100 hours of watching The View re-runs without the remote.”

Within hours, clips of the Gutfeld! sketch were trending across platforms like X (formerly Twitter), YouTube Shorts, and TikTok under hashtags like #GutfeldRoast, #SunnyScandalSpoof, and #CourtroomComedy.

Some viewers, unfamiliar with the show’s satirical tone, initially believed the case was real, prompting fact-checkers to step in and confirm that the allegations were entirely fabricated and meant as parody.

While the surface-level humor got laughs, the segment also made a more pointed critique: how easily viral misinformation takes root when wrapped in sensationalism. Gutfeld commented mid-segment: “We used to say, ‘Don’t believe everything you see on TV.’ Now it’s, ‘Don’t believe everything your uncle reposted at 2am from a website with six pop-ups and a countdown clock.”

He also took a jab at traditional daytime media, claiming that The View would probably “spend more time attacking jokes than addressing actual news.”

As of this writing, Sunny Hostin has not responded publicly to the skit or the false rumors—likely because there’s nothing real to address. Known for her composed and analytical demeanor, Hostin has weathered her share of media firestorms, and this fictional one is likely not even on her radar.

Still, fans of The View and Gutfeld! have reignited the ongoing cultural divide between conservative-leaning satire and progressive daytime commentary.

In 2025’s fast-paced media landscape, it’s increasingly difficult to distinguish between satire, misinformation, and legitimate reporting. Greg Gutfeld and Tyrus tapped into that chaos, using the absurdity of a fake $450 million court case to call out internet gullibility, media bias, and the very concept of “truth” in the age of AI.

In a closing remark, Gutfeld quipped: “This is why we don’t do real journalism—we do real jokes.”

And in this case, the laughs were earned—even if the case was completely imaginary.