The View is once again forging ahead without Whoopi Goldberg. As loyal viewers know by now, the show has been down a co-host since Tuesday (Jan. 21), when Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro returned from the three-day weekend with Goldberg nowhere in sight.
Thankfully, her absence was pre-planned and she’ll be back before we know it. In the meantime, she’s missed some spicy chats at the Hot Topics table. While the ladies have found plenty of time to analyze President Donald Trump as he begins the first week of his second term in office, they’ve saved room for the fun stuff, too.
Yesterday (Jan. 22), Navarro tore into House Speaker Mike Johnson for backing Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 insurrectionists, exclaiming, “[He was] making all sorts of the most lame excuses. I just don’t know how you stand up without a spine. It’s got to be very very difficult.”
But it wasn’t all politics at the table. Haines switched it up by bragging about her “hot dad” for a few solid minutes, delighting her co-hosts but making executive producer Brian Teta cringe.
“My friends my whole life talked about my hot dad, and Brian thinks it’s weird,” Haines said, but defended herself by insisting, “I’m not blind! I don’t wanna— I’m not attracted to him, he’s just hot. Like, I can see him.”
One thing is for sure: Goldberg is certainly missing out this week. Here’s what we know about where she is, when she’ll be back and what she’s been up to while away from The View.
Goldberg is missing from The View for the third day in a row now, but we have no need to worry. She’s been away from the Hot Topics table due to a previously scheduled “work commitment,” as Behar told viewers at the beginning of the week. Yesterday, it was revealed that Goldberg has been away in Paris.
We were even treated to a video message from Goldberg herself, who took viewers along for a quick tour of the renovated Notre Dame cathedral. Goldberg noted in the video that she hadn’t been to Notre Dame in 30 years.
Although she remained mum on what she’s working on over there, we have our fingers crossed she’s chipping away at the third Sister Act film, which is listed among her upcoming projects on IMD.
Thankfully, it’s only a matter of days before we’ll see Goldberg again. Behar shared on Wednesday’s show that her co-host will return to The View on Monday (Jan. 27).
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