Suzanne Somers claims she was provided — and declined — a co-hosting gig alongside “The View” creator Barbara Walters.

“I used to be initially requested to be on the unique ‘View’ with Barbara Walters and whoever else, and I turned it down,” the actress, 76, shared throughout Wednesday’s episode of the “Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef” podcast.

“And everybody mentioned, ‘Why would you flip that down? It’s a nationwide present,’” Somers recalled.

“I mentioned, ‘To start with, I’ve to stay in New York. I don’t actually wanna stay in New York. I just like the climate down right here, and I just like the vibe down right here,’” she defined.

“However secondly, I don’t do properly vying for time. And there, you gotta interrupt and butt in and butt out. It’s simply not my character.”

The “Three’s Firm” star mentioned she “walked away from that” and has “by no means regarded again.”

Reps for ABC didn’t instantly reply to Web page Six’s request for remark. Walters died in December 2022 on the age of 93.

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Although the pioneering journalist broke numerous boundaries in her 50-year profession, her most prized endeavor was “The View,” which debuted in 1997.

The morning discuss present, which continues to be airing, encompasses a numerous solid of panelists partaking in a roundtable dialogue about politics, leisure, household and different sizzling subjects.

After co-hosting for 17 years, Walters stepped down from the present in 2014 however remained an govt producer.

“I don’t need to seem on one other program or climb one other mountain,” she instructed the Los Angeles Instances when she retired. “I need to as an alternative sit on a sunny discipline and admire the very gifted ladies — and OK, some males too — who will probably be taking my place.”

Somers, for her half, is greatest recognized for her roles in sitcoms, together with “Step by Step.”