Sara Haines faced backlash after questioning Patrick Clancy’s decision to divorce Lindsay Clancy and later remarry, following Lindsay’s killing of their three children in January 2023. On The View, Haines said she found it troubling that Patrick appeared to move on and suggested marital love should have remained despite the crimes, prompting viewers and co-hosts to challenge her comments.

Patrick later married fertility doctor Rachel Danis, whom he met at a running club, and the couple announced they are expecting their first child together during a 60 Minutes interview. Lindsay’s murder trial ended in a mistrial after an 11–1 jury deadlock over an insanity defence, while social media critics accused Haines of overlooking the devastating impact of the children’s deaths and the reasons for the divorce.