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Joy Behar learned the hard way: Don’t piss off Barbara Walters.Behar, 72, is opening up about how “The View” creator and former co-host Walters, 92, nearly fired her in 2016 for accidentally spilling that Rosie O’Donnell, 60, would be joining the panel of women on the talk show.In a clip for Hulu’s upcoming “Behind the Table: A View Reunion” special — featuring former co-hosts Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulous — Behar recalled the time Walters unexpectedly called her to say an Entertainment Weekly writer contacted Walters because they were tipped off about the news. “[EW] said, ‘Oh, and Rosie O’Donnell’s coming on the show.

Rebel Wilson was unjustly pressured to announce her relationship to Ramona Agruma by an Australian journalist, Whoopi Goldberg released a powerful statement in defense of the actress.MORE: Whoopi Goldberg's difficult childhood that influenced her recent project - exclusiveThe host spoke directly into the camera as she recorded the latest episode of The View, expressing her anger over the reporter's tactics and his subsequent apology.Rebel first made her relationship public on Instagram with a sweet selfie with her girlfriend, stating that she found her Disney Princess.WATCH: Rebel and girlfriend Ramona show off their dresses before Vanity Fair partyMORE: Whoopi Goldberg's backstage photo on The View gets fans talking for surprising reasonShortly after, it was revealed that the post was in fact her taking news about her personal life into her own hands, after a journalist asked her to comment on her relationship, not only giving her a deadline to go public, but insisting that he would if she didn't.Celebrities and fans alike have rallied around the comedian in support, and Whoopi took a moment during The View to comment.She revealed her dissatisfaction with the reporter's apology, who said it was never his intention to out her, stating: "Well, you know that's not true. If it wasn't your intention [to out Rebel Wilson], you wouldn't have done it."A post shared by The View (@theviewabc)Whoopi's powerful statement After receiving a round of applause from the audience, she continued: "If you didn't want to do it, you shouldn't have done it.

recent book bans in schools.The former “Reading Rainbow” host went off on the subject during Thursday’s episode of “The View.”Joy Behar prompted the impassioned response when she asked Burton, 65, about the recent bans, especially on books “about race, sexuality and basically American history.” He abruptly rebuked, “Bulls - - t.”“I’ll be absolutely candid and honest — it’s embarrassing that we are banning books in this country, in this culture, in this day and age,” the “Star Trek” actor continued. “We have this aversion in this country to knowing about our past. And anything that is unpleasant, we don’t want to do deal with.”“This is not going away.

Star Jones has one major regret from her time on . In honor of the show's 25th anniversary, the 60-year-old TV personality reunited with Meredith Vieira, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Joy Behar, three of the four women alongside whom she served as an original co-host, and discussed what she wishes she'd been open about during her tenure.

Whoopi Goldberg divided fans with her latest take on The View when she jumped to the defense of a particularly controversial guest.MORE: The View host makes surprising 'firing' revelation amid latest cast changeALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe ladies of the ABC talk show played host to Kellyanne Conway, who is promoting her upcoming memoir Here's The Deal.VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg's comments on the HolocaustThe former Trump administration official had the studio audience divided when she was questioned by panelist Sonny Hostin about her opinion on the former President's loss of the 2020 election."I think it's pretty obvious that Joe Biden is president, I don't know why we're still talking about this, respectfully," she immediately stated.MORE: The View star Stephanie Grisham makes emotional apology live on air: 'I messed up'However, she then also stated that she was keen for Trump to get re-elected, saying: "I write extensively in this book that I am the closest person to Donal Trump to tell him that he came up short."She continued: "He should have won huge. He had all these accomplishments, he's running against a guy who's stuck in a basement."Kellyanne's comments left Whooping having to defend herThe comment got a negative reaction out of the audience, with many starting to boo her.

Meghan McCain has said she'll «never return» to , there is one co-host from the ABC daytime talk show whom she still keeps in touch with. During an appearance on the  podcast, McCain opened up about her time on the show and the bond she still shares with her former co-worker, Sunny Hostin.«Sunny is one of the greatest TV presences in all of television. I keep telling her she should have her own show,» McCain said of Hostin.

Debbie Matenopoulos, Star Jones, Joy Behar, and Meredith Vieira reunited after 25 years and from their posts, it was an unforgettable time. «This Is Us!!! So great having dinner and catching up with my very first TV sisters for @theviewabc 25th year reunion special shoot,» Matenopoulos wrote alongside a photo of the four women. «There can only ever be one first… and that was us! It’s like we hadn’t missed a beat.

“The View” Wednesday, declaring: “We’ve never not shared a toothbrush.”The daytime hosts were left startled by the confession, with co-star Sunny Hostin, 53, saying she was “befuddled” by the behavior.Silverman stressed that she had always had her own toothbrush during previous relationships, but didn’t see what the big deal was about sharing one with Albanese.“Why is that so gross? We kiss each other where we pee!” Silverman quipped, prompting shock from the audience.“The View” co-star Joy Behar, 79, shot back: “Not everyone does that!”Moderator Whoopi Goldberg, 66, was forced to take the reins of the conversation before Silverman could utter any other NSFW remarks.“Look, do what you wanna do in your house!” Goldberg explained, before quickly cutting to a commercial break.“My body, my choice!” Silverman joked as the show’s theme music started to play. Silverman went public with her relationship with Albanese — a fellow comedian — back in October 2020.

written and directed by her husband, Ryan Gosling, 41. When asked if Mendes would consider taking on a project that met her criteria, she said, “I hope so.

shocking assault of comedian Dave Chappelle on Tuesday, host Sunny Hostin blamed Trump as the catalyst behind a spate of brazen attacks, claiming that he “released some incivility” across the country.Co-host Whoopi Goldberg prompted Hostin’s accusation during Wednesday’s episode, asking “The View” panel, “What do you think is happening? I mean, it’s happening on airplanes, it’s happening on street corners.”Responding to Goldberg, Joy Behar first launched a litany of amplifying factors: “The pandemic, the opioid crisis, the fact that Trump was out there saying things like, ‘Just knock the hell out of them. I promise you I’ll pay for the legal fees,’ when he had a heckler.”She was likely referring to a 2016 Trump rally in Iowa, in which the candidate urged constituents to be on the defensive — and the offensive.

withering minute-long monologue slamming the Supreme Court’s draft ruling which would overturn Roe V. Wade. The 66-year-old — who has previously discussed an illegal abortion she had as a teenager — became enraged after broaching the topic on Tuesday’s edition of the chat show.

would be absent from the show for a brief time.It was announced Wednesday that Goldberg will be on hiatus from the long-running talk show until May 2. “ICYMI: Our EGOT winner is away doing EGOT things! See you soon, @WhoopiGoldberg,” the show tweeted, adding that she will be back to host Hot Topics then.The “Ghost” actress stepped back from the show because she is filming the upcoming Amazon series “Anansi Boys” in Scotland.Behar, 79, explained to the audience earlier this week that Goldberg was shooting her six-episode series, mistakenly calling it a “movie.”“If you’re wondering where Whoopi is, the girl’s got a movie she’s making and she will be back when she finishes whatever she’s doing,” Behar said.

Whoopi Goldberg will step away from «for a while,» her co-host, Joy Behar, announced during Monday's show.Behar told the audience that Goldberg, 66, is busy shooting the upcoming Amazon series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2005 fantasy novel, . Behar called it a movie, but it's actually a six-episode order that, according to, is currently in production in Scotland. «If you're wondering where Whoopi is, the girl's got a movie she's making and she will be back when she finishes whatever she's doing,» Behar said.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg brushed off attacks from Republicans who make light of his sexuality or he and his husband Chasten being fathers, during a Friday April 8 appearance on The View. Buttigieg, 40, explained that attacks on him personally or dangerous pieces of legislation like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill are often politically motivated to hide the fact that they don’t have further plans to deal with issues that affect Americans.

Pamela Anderson is gearing up to make her Broadway debut in Chicago as well as release a memoir, and the actress revealed that she’s felt like getting ready for the theatrical run and working on her memoir have helped her feel more like herself in an interview on The View on Tuesday April 5. Pam, 54, revealed that with a sense of self-confidence she felt like “other people start[ed] believing in” her.

giving Will Smith a standing ovation after he smacked Chris Rock — saying that to call Hollywood types hypocritical “elites” is akin to racism.The actress — who is back on “The View” after her suspension for saying the Holocaust was “not about race” — came to the defense Thursday of her celebrity colleagues after they dismissed Smith’s onstage slap, with her shrugging, “Stuff happens.”Guest “View” co-host Tara Setmayer had been outraged by the ritzy audience’s reaction, insisting there needs to be “a lot of self-reflection in Hollywood.“They gave [Smith] a standing ovation,” she noted.“Which goes back to why some people feel like Hollywood elites are a bunch of hypocrites,” added the show’s lone conservative voice.Goldberg — who serves as the governor of the Academy’s Actors branch and won her own Oscar in 1991 as Best Supporting Actress for the flick “Ghost” — quickly cut off her fellow host.“I’m sorry, as one of those people, I’ve got to stop you,” Goldberg snapped.“I just want to stop with all this ‘elite’ stuff, because a lot of us work for a living,” she said, insisting that while “some are making millions of dollars,” that’s “not everybody” in the movie industry.“And it really pisses me off when people start to talk about people who work in Hollywood, not just actors, but all the other folks.

his slap of Chris Rock on stage.Speaking about the controversy on “The View” on Thursday, Goldberg, who serves on the Academy’s board of governors, said she understands why Smith was asked to leave the show rather than being told to exit the ceremony.“I’m going to tell you why he got the option. Picture, well, OK, they come back from break, now if he’s in some sort of state and he’s struggling and they’re trying to get him out the door and it’s still on camera,” Goldberg said.

Raven Symoné, 36, opened up about how her wife Miranda Maday inspired her to begin her weight loss journey and helped her even “kick sugar” along the way, on an episode of The View on Wednesday March 30. The Raven’s Home star returned to the talk show alongside Miranda, when she said that she wanted to make the changes to live a long life with her wife, and said that she’d dropped 40 pounds since starting her sitcom in 2017.

Whoopi Goldberg is giving her take on the Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. On Monday's episode of , the former Oscars host and Academy Award winner guessed that «a lot of stuff probably built up» for Smith when he slapped Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards.The incident occurred when Rock, a presenter at this year's ceremony, made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair. The actress has spoken publicly about having alopecia, a hair loss condition that she was diagnosed with in 2018.«I think he overreacted,» Goldberg said of Smith, before pointing out that Rock previously made a joke at the couple's expense when he hosted the show in 2016.

Sunny Hostin was as shocked as everyone at Will Smith rushing the stage to slap Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday March 27. The View co-host was just as surprised by the people rallying around the King Richard actor, likening him to a child hitting another kid at school, during a “Hot Topics” discussion on Monday March 28. “I was embarrassed for Will. I was horrified for Chris Rock,” she said during the Monday March 28 episode.

Whoopi Goldberg didn’t hold back while calling out Republican SenatorLindsey Graham for questioning  Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s faith during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on a Wednesday March 23 episode of The View. Before launching into the “Hot Topics” discussion, the show’s host showed the South Carolina Senator asking Ketanji if she “attend[s] church regularly,” and Whoopi clearly thought the question was ridiculous, as Graham has voted in favor of confirming the nominee for other judicial positions in the past. “Lindsey Graham, you should be ashamed of yourself,” she said.

Ana Navarro didn’t hold back when calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate people parroting Russian propaganda, including Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, on The View on Monday March 14. The talk show co-hosts were having a rousing discussion about a report that the Kremlin ordered Russian media to show the Fox host in propaganda about Ukraine from Mother Jones.

Sunny Hostin didn’t hold back while discussing Kim Kardashian‘s business advice to “Get your f**king a** up and work” in an interview with Variety. Sunny shaded the reality star for sounding “privileged,” since Kim came from a well-off family and was already in a position to have a successful career during an episode of The View on Thursday March 10. Sunny likened Kim’s success to having a leg up in a baseball game. “I feel like people who are born on third base shouldn’t be talking about how easy it is to hit a home run,” she said.

The View host Stephanie Grisham has apologized for working for former President Donald Trump.MORE: The View's Joy Behar criticised over 'insensitive' comment on Ukraine's crisisDuring a conversation about Guy Reffit, the first to be found guilty on all counts for his actions during the 6 January insurrection, Stephanie was asked by Sunny Hostin: "I have to ask, why did it take an insurrection to get you to quit?"WATCH: The View star Stephanie Grisham makes emotional apology live on air: 'I messed up'"It’s a great, fair question," Stephanie, who was Chief of Staff and Press Secretary for the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump from 2020 to 2021, responded.Sharing that Trump was refusing to pack up the White House after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, Stephanie added: "I tried to resign many times.MORE: Meghan McCain hits out at former co-star Joy Behar for trollingMORE: The View announce exciting new additions to show - details"When I got to the West Wing, I realized it was a really bad environment. I saw with my own eyes - I hadn’t seen with my own eyes - some of the things that he did and said… and what he was doing to the country.""I believed in him," she continued before Joy Behar interrupted to ask: "Excuse me, what did you believe in? His policies? Because you know he was a sexist misogynist, you heard the tapes about grabbing women, all that.

Former Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham didn’t hold back in revealing how former PresidentDonald Trump would’ve reacted if he was in a war with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while she guest co-hosted The View on Tuesday March 8. Grisham commended Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for joining his countrymen and battling against Russian forces, as Putin has invaded Ukraine, and she said that the ex-president wouldn’t have done the same in his shoes. “Donald Trump would be 57 feet below ground hiding, and Zelenskyy has been out there fighting,” she said to thunderous applause.

Like so many parents, Topher Grace, 43, and his wife Ashley Hinshaw, 33, want to be careful about exposing their two kids to screens too early. The Spider Man 3 actor admitted that there might be a change to that  rule coming thanks to his former That 70s Show co-star Wilmer Valderrama, 42. Topher revealed that his old buddy was excited for his little ones to see him in Encanto during a Monday March 7 interview on The View. 

Those steps are tough! Joy Behar, 79, had a rough start to The View on Thursday March 3. The comedian had a quick fall at the start of the show, while getting to her chair. She slipped and fell right to the floor, while her co-hosts and a producer ran over to make sure she was okay. Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Whoopi Goldberg crowded around to help her get up, and a producer ran on-set to make sure she was okay!

complained that the war in Ukraine could impact her planned vacation to Italy. Meanwhile, last month, Behar told audiences that she would be wearing masks in public indefinitely, before she was busted sitting mask-less in a New York City restaurant just days later.

Joy Behar started her day with a little tumble. On Thursday,  co-host missed a step and took a slight fall during the opening segment of the show. As Behar and her co-hosts, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines made their way to their revolving seats, the camera cut to the clapping audience, before panning back to the women, and a producer, helping Behar off the floor.  Behar was fine as she got back in her seat and the panel quipped about the ordeal.

Chelsea Clinton, 42, isn’t sure if her mom has any plans to return to politics! The activist and author said that she was in the dark about rumors that former First Lady Hillary Clinton, 74, would make another run for public office after her 2016 presidential run, during a Wednesday March 2 interview on The View. Regardless of whether or not Chelsea knows anything about another run for office, she said she’d undoubtedly support her mom.

Joy Behar called out former President Donald Trump for complimenting Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that the Russian leader was “smart,” during a Hot Topics discussion on The View on Monday February 28. The comedian was responding to a speech that Trump gave at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday February 26, where he doubled down on comments where he said that Putin was “smart.”

Joy Behar torched Republicans, who have seemingly showed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. During an interview with ABC News global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, The View co-host turned her attention to Republicans who have gone easy on Putin ahead of the attacks in Ukraine on Thursday February 24. Joy asked if the journalist expected there to be any changes in light of the attacks.

#TheView co-hosts and guest co-host @drlaurenawright discuss the messaging and question how schools should handle masking. pic.twitter.com/KvMPfu9fi0Behar’s comments come a day after CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that her agency would “soon put guidance in place” on mask-wearing that will be based on science and data.

Whoopi Goldberg gave an impassioned call for police reform amid a Hot Topics debate about a video of New Jersey police tackling and handcuffing a Black teen on The View on Thursday February 17. The 66-year-old host called for stronger background checks on police, saying she wanted to know if any potential police officer was racist before he was hired. “I want to know if you’re a part of the Klan. I want to know if you’re racist. I want to know whatever it is, if you’re racist on either side,” she said angrily in the discussion.

Meghan McCain took to Instagram on Valentine's Day to share a loving post dedicated to her partner.MORE: Meghan McCain speaks out on Whoopi Goldberg's 'antisemitic' commentsBut the focus shifted when she spotted an unkind response posted by her former The View co-star, Joy Behar.WATCH: The View's Joy Behar tells Meghan McCain she didn't miss herMeghan, 37, had posted a striking snapshot showing her with her husband, along with the caption: "Happy Valentines Day Ben @btdomenech - I love you and am grateful every day for the life we have together."READ: Meghan McCain opens up on heartbreaking baby loss: 'My child is with my dad in Heaven'MORE: Sharon Osbourne breaks silence as Whoopi Goldberg is suspended from The ViewShe was quickly inundated with sweet messages – bar a few exceptions, including one person who wrote in response: "Does every thought and sentiment need to be on Twitter?" Joy then chose to reply to the comment, writing: "Apparently."Imagine spending your Valentines Day trolling your ex colleagues tweet about her husband. pic.twitter.com/XjK0wcW5nyMeghan called out her former colleague on TwitterHaving spotted the exchange, Meghan wasted no time calling the 79-year-old out.

The post featured a snap of the couple together with McCain writing, “Happy Valentines Day @bdomenech – I love you and am grateful every day for the life we have together.”A user then replied to the conservative talk show host and tweeted, “Does every thought and sentiment need to be on Twitter?”To which Behar, 79, responded in a now-deleted tweet, saying: “Apparently.”A short while later, McCain posted screenshots of the thread and wrote, “Imagine spending your Valentine’s Day trolling your ex-colleague’s tweet about her husband.”Fox News weather reporter Janice Dean joked to McCain that Behar “can’t quit you.” However, the Daily Mail columnist failed to see the humor and replied back to Dean, “It’s pathetic and it creeps me out.”Imagine spending your Valentines Day trolling your ex colleagues tweet about her husband. pic.twitter.com/XjK0wcW5nyMcCain wrote in another since-deleted tweet that leaving “The View” is “like having ex’s who won’t stop drunk texting you.”The mother of one left the ABC talk show last July and revealed at the time that she wanted to leave so she could set up a house in Washington D.C.