The View’s Sara Haines shocks fans with NSFW reveal about sex life with husband Max Shifrin on live show
Michael Hansen
Published Aug 29, 2026
THE VIEW host Sara Haines has opened up about her marriage to Max Shifrin and revealed some very NSFW details about their sex life.
During a discussion on infidelity, Sara told the panel what she would be willing to forgive in her marriage.

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The host admitted she'd be the first to break off the relationship if she found out her husband was in love with someone else.
But, Sara went on to say she would consider being more lenient and work through the relationship with other "mistakes" - including extramarital sex and orgies - because they share children together.
She explained: "If Max came to me and told me he was in love with somebody I'd be the first one to say 'go,' because that to me is hard to repair.
Joy then asked her, "But what if he said, 'Ok, I'm not in love with the girl, I'm just having sex with her,' would you be ok with that?"
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"There'd be a conversation," Sara responded as she bit her lip and looked away, as members of the audience made a shocked gasp sound.
"You know what's changed Joy, having kids. What I would have left for before I had kids has gotten greatly expanded since having children exponentially.
"I literally joked the other day that if Max came in and said he had an orgy with 40 women, I'd be like 'we're gonna need to talk about this.'
"Because my old self would say, 'I'm out!' but it means so much more, there are more people at stake. There are lives at stake. Is this something I can salvage? Is this a conversation, a growth moment, can we come back from this?
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"Those are conversations I'd never thought I'd be open to having," as Sunny quipped, "You probably wouldn't survive the orgy."
Alyssa agreed with Sara explaining, "No but I do think that a love affair, like you've fallen in love with someone else is very different, that's much harder to come back from."
Joy responded: "But if the guy is falling in love with someone else, there's something wrong in the marriage anyway," to which Sara yelled, "Oh my God! Falling in love, they're out, Joy, did you hear that?
"If he drops the 'L' word I'm done! Orgy and sex fine. Love, no!!" as the panel and audience uncomfortably laughed.
Fans on social media weighed in on the tricky topic, with one writing on Twitter: "I hope Sara’s husband wasn’t watching that last segment. Don’t try it buddy."
The View hosts talked about the topic, after a recent reveal from actress Beverly D'Angelo that she had an affair with actor Al Pacino in the 1990s.
However, some fans are convinced the topic was brought up as a way to subtly smack down their ABC colleagues.
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"Were these topics about cheating their way of talking about TJ Holmes and Amy Robach?" one person tweeted.
Another wondered: "With all that’s going on in the world, who green lights these topics?"
One person made a similar connection: "A breakup? Cheating... Maybe we should talk about your ABC family."
A fourth commented: "Not The View talking about relationships and cheating and what not, when their co-workers are literally under fire for that... oop!"
While one fan boiled it down to: "This explains why they’re all suddenly so forgiving about cheating."
The public first caught wind of the alleged affair after TJ and Amy, who is married to Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue, were spotted enjoying what looked like a series of PDA-filled "dates" and even a weekend getaway together in November.
In pictures obtained by DailyMail.com, TJ - husband to Marilee Fiebig - and Amy looked intimate while having a drink at a bar in New York City on November 10.
They were also caught apparently spending time together at each other's apartments in Manhattan.
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The pair - who began anchoring GMA3 in 2020 - reportedly headed to upstate New York on November 11 for a weekend getaway at a cottage two weeks before Thanksgiving.
While the hosts are legally married, a source told the outlet that they are in process of separating from their partners.

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