The hosts of The View have been urged to tone down their anti-Trump political rhetoric by bosses at ABC News and its parent company, Disney.

The often antagonistic rhetoric from the all-female line-up has generated concern among network executives, according to reports.

Bob Iger, Disney’s chief executive, and Almin Karamehmedovic, the president of ABC News, held a meeting with the show’s executive producer and hosts, including Whoopi Goldberg to express their concerns, according to The Daily Beast.

Mr Karamehmedovic said that episodes which did not focus on politics still generated high ratings.

His plea was not well received, with the hosts dismissing the request as “silly”.

“This is what our audience wants. Isn’t it gonna look kind of bad if we’re all of a sudden not talking about politics?” one of the hosts reportedly responded.