Sunday February 8, marked two years since ABC co-host Sunny Hostin announced the results of an investigation into her family history uncovered the fact she was descended from slave owners. At the time, The View co-host showed defiance to her critics by proclaiming “I still believe in reparations.” Yet, in the two years that followed her revelations, Hostin did not appear to have made an effort to find or to pay what she owed to the descendants of those her family enslaved. “But I was reluctant to do it because I just sensed that there could be something in my family history that would be disappointing,” she explained at the time, the information having been derived from an appearance on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Pulling the Band-Aid off, Hostin admitted to the revelation right way, with some light quips from co-host Joy Behar: HOSTIN: But what I found out was that my mother's family while they are Puerto Rican, they actually originate from Spain, and the reason that they moved to Puerto Rico is because the slave trade had been sort of canceled in Spain and then Curaçao and then they moved all their slaves to Puerto Rico. So, the family business, I have been told, that they were printers and journalists but they were, in fact, enslavers. [Nervous laughter] And my mother --  BEHAR: A hush fell over the audience. HOSTIN: -- was deeply disappointing and it's deeply disappointing...   This Sunday (February 8), marks 2 years since this Sunny Hostin announced to The View audience that - despite all the race baiting she had done on TV - she was descended from slave owners who tried to out run abolition: HOSTIN: I was. And he gave me some surprising revelations… pic.twitter.com/41VjSUc3pO — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 6, 2026   Amid their conversation, co-host Sara Haines, who sometimes played the role of speedbump to Hostin’s racial politics, pressed her on how the discovery could change her outlook: “Sunny, how does this change you, though? You mentioned your mom was upset and this was shocking and maybe deep down, you kind of resisted it. How has this changed you knowing what you're hearing?” Hostin reiterated that being the progeny of slave owners was “disappointing” and “a bummer,” but then lashed out at critics. “I still believe in reparations! By the way. So, y'all can stop texting me and emailing me and saying that I'm a white girl and I don't deserve reparations!” she angrily shouted. “That's a lot, so I still believe in reparations. I still believe this country has a lot to do in terms of racial justice.” But that dedication to “racial justice” and belief in reparations seemed to only apply to what benefits she would personally receive. In the two years since the show aired, Hostin had not made any apparent effort to find the descendants of the human beings her family enslaved, let alone try to pay them reparations.   While calling the revelations a "bummer" she went on to snap at her critics and insisted "I still believe in reparations." pic.twitter.com/Pdh4mgOpI7 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 6, 2026   ABC and The View did not respond to NewsBusters’ multiple requests for comment nor any of our fair questions about Hostin’s activity over the last two years. Here are those questions: -Has Hostin made any effort to find out who her family enslaved? -Does she know who her family enslaved? -If they have any, has she attempted to reach out to any of their living descendants? -Has she offered to pay them reparations or set up any sort of fund for those descendants? -How much is she willing to pay them in reparations? -If she hasn't done any of these things, why not? Over the years, Hostin had insisted that she personally deserved to receive reparations from both the U.S. and U.K. (despite being a multimillionaire TV co-host). Therefore, it appeared as though Hostin’s true belief was ‘reparations for me, but not for thee,’ especially from her own pocket.

Today I Found Out/YouTube “Oh, you’re just blowing smoke up my ass,” is something you might hear someone say when they think you’re just telling them what they want to hear. But in 18th-century England, blowing smoke up your ass was an actual medical procedure, and no, we aren’t kidding. According to Gizmodo, one of the earliest reports of such a practice took place in England in 1746, when a woman was left unconscious after nearly drowning. Her husband took the suggestion of administering a tobacco enema to revive her, a practice that was rising in popularity at the time as a possible answer to the frequent, local instances of drowning. Left with little choice, the man took a tobacco-filled pipe, inserted the stem into his wife’s rectum, and, blew smoke into it. As strange as it may sound today, it reportedly worked: the hot embers of the tobacco leaf jolting the wife back into consciousness, and the practice grew quickly from there. But where did the idea to use tobacco as a form of medicine come from? Native Americans, who used the plant to treat various ailments, invented what we refer to as the tobacco enema. English botanist, physician, and astrologer Nicholas Culpeper borrowed from these practices to treat pain in his native England with methods including enemas to treat inflammation as a result of colic or a hernia. ] Years later, English physician Richard Mead would be among the earliest proponents of using the herbal enema as a recognized practice and helped bring its use, however short-lived, into mainstream culture. By the late 1700s, blowing smoke had become a regularly applied medical procedure, mostly used to revive people thought to be nearly deceased, usually drowning victims. The process was so common, in fact, that several major waterways kept the instrument, consisting of a bellows and flexible tube, nearby in case of such emergencies. The tobacco smoke was believed to increase the heart rate of the victim and encourage respiratory functions, as well as “dry out” the insides of the waterlogged individual, making this method of delivery more preferred than breathing air directly into the lungs via the mouth. Wikimedia CommonsA textbook drawing of a tobacco smoke enema device from 1776. Before the implementation of an official instrument, tobacco enemas were typically administered with a standard smoking pipe. This proved to be an impractical solution as the stem of a pipe was much shorter than the tube of the instrument that would come later, making both the spread of diseases such as cholera and the accidental inhalation of the contents of the patient’s anal cavity an unfortunate yet common possibility. With the tobacco enema’s rise in popularity in full swing, London doctors William Hawes and Thomas Cogan together formed The Institution For Affording Immediate Relief To Persons Apparently Dead From Drowning in 1774. The group was later named the much simpler Royal Humane Society, a charitable organization that “grants awards for acts of bravery in the saving of human life and, also, for the restoration of life by resuscitation.” It is still in operation today and is now sponsored by the Queen of England. Wikimedia CommonsThomas Cogan The practice of awarding life-saving citizens has been a hallmark of the society since its inception. Back then, anyone known to revive a drowning victim was awarded four guineas, equal to around $160 today. Blowing smoke, of course, is no longer in use today. However, the tobacco enema had a good run during the 18th century, and its usage even spread to treat additional ailments such as typhoid, headache, and stomach cramping. But with the 1811 discovery that tobacco is actually toxic to the cardiac system, however, the popularity of the practice of tobacco smoke enemas dwindled quickly from there. For more medical marvels and curiosities like tobacco smoke enemas, check out the most painful medical procedures of medieval times and the hydro-electric belt, which used self-electrocution as a cure for everything from depression to constipation. The post When “Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass” Was Much More Than Just A Saying appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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