Sherri Shepherd was one of the longest-tenured co-hosts on The View, leaving after a long career on the show. Contract negotiations were likely the main reason for Shepherd's departure, not controversies or disagreements. Shepherd returned for a moving tribute to producer Bill Geddie and has found success in television after leaving The View.

ABC's daytime talk show, The View, has had 24 co-hosts around the table since its premiere in 1997, and Sherri Shepherd has the honor of being one of the longest-tenured on the show, making her departure particularly poignant. The View has been a staple of daytime TV since Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, Joy Behar, and Barbara Walters sat around a semicircle table to discuss pop culture and sociopolitical news of the day from a woman's perspective. Not necessarily a gossip show, the conversations are frequently thought-provoking and hotly debated.

Save for Joy Behar, no other co-host...