“The View” was missing one of its co-hosts during its Season 27 premiere Tuesday.
Whoopi Goldberg was absent from the show, sick at home with her third bout of COVID-19, the daytime talk show co-hosts revealed. But that explanation hasn’t stopped viewers from coming up with their own wild ideas about the Academy Award winner’s whereabouts, much to the chagrin of co-host Joy Behar.
“People write, ‘Well, she got the vaccination, how come she still gets it?’” Behar, 80, said on Wednesday to co-hosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro. “Because she’s not dead, she’s just a little bit under the weather!”
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Whoopi Goldberg sends message to ‘The View’ co-hosts and fans
After missing Tuesday’s season premier, Goldberg, 67, still made an appearance Wednesday in a pre-recorded message played in front of her co-hosts and the live studio audience.
Debunking wild conspiracies that have proliferated online during her absence, Goldberg jokingly explained that “I am not at Burning Man. I am not still in Italy. I’m not trying to change the outcome of the election.
“I just have COVID,” the “Sister Act” star said.
“I’m really thrilled to see the beautiful new desk, I’m really thrilled to see all the beautiful women; you girls look great,” Goldberg said in the recording. “And I can’t wait to get back and hang out, but until then it’s me and my mask.”
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