‘The View’: Whoopi Goldberg ‘Spits’ After Saying Donald Trump’s Name – Viewers React
For years, The View host Whoopi Goldberg has always made a point of never saying Donald Trump‘s name on air, so when she accidentally name-dropped the former President, she reacted viscerally – and appeared to spit.
On the Tuesday, June 25 broadcast of the talk show, the ABC co-hosts looked ahead to the upcoming debate between President Joe Biden and Trump – specifically the accusations that Biden has been using drugs to prepare for the event. The accusations have been promoted and spurred on by Trump both in speech and online. The White House denied Trump’s request for a drug test ahead of the upcoming debate scheduled for Thursday, June 27.
Goldberg questioned if such “attacks” should even be taken so seriously.
“I think it would be remiss of us to not say, Joe Biden knows how to do this. He knows how to do this, he’s quite good at this,” she said, referring to his experience with debates.
“And you can’t refute anything with him, because he just – when I say him, I mean, uh-” Goldberg continued. Co-host Joy Behar jumped in and finished her sentence for her: “Trump.”
“Trump,” Goldberg repeated. “He tends to just–.”
Her thought came to a halt as she realized she broke her own rule, mentioning Trump’s name. With a look of what can only be described as disgust, she turned her head to pretend to spit to the side of her seat.
The audience and fellow co-hosts laughed in response. Co-host Sunny Hostin was particularly amused, clarifying with Goldberg and asking, “Did you say his name?”
Goldberg defeatedly admitted: “I said his name. It was a trick, and it made me do it.”
Goldberg’s reaction has since divided viewers, some of whom were appalled by her behavior while others stood by her personal boundary.
“Whoopi…you’re a disgrace spitting because you said Trump’s name,” one user commented on The View’s X account. “You’re not better than what you complain him to be.”
“I’m with Whoopi,” another comment reads. “I don’t even hate the orange felon anymore. I’m just sick of him and want him to go away.”
As the debate nears, all eyes, ears, and spits will be at the ready on the morning talk show in the days to come. Meanwhile, check out the Daily Mail’s video, below.
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J
I was surprised when Colbert started saying Trump's name again too. Some of the nicknames he used (most of them submitted by fans) were pretty good. 🤓
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She had to be one of the lowest forms of life around. I get trying to be funny, but she’s not even that. I enjoyed her in some of her films but this show and the rest of her cronies are pathetic.
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It seems that anyone and everyone that dislikes Trump, it is all intensely PERSONAL.They don't give a flying F about the country.Their hatred of Trump overtakes EVERYTHING.So ironic that they claim you shouldn't hate anyone.They don't care AT ALL that they are breaking constitutional laws to try and get him.Such patriots they are.The only thing Democrats are successful at is brainwashing people to personally hate Trump.
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I never lived in NYC, but I did live in New York state for many, many years. I had heard of Donald Trump, obviously, and in the '90s his name/face/actions/comments got more and more into popular culture. The man was a loudmouth jerk, never likable, serial philanderer, instigated ridiculous feuds with other celebrities... the list of reasons to dislike the man went on and on. So yeah, I didn't like him, knew he was a jerk, etc. BUT... he was easy to avoid, by simply ignoring all the news items about him. Then in the 2000s, he oozed his way onto weekly TV with The Apprentice. All the other crap listed above still continued, but now it was multiplied by him being on TV every week. BUT... again, he was (relatively) easy to avoid, by simply not watching. He was a bit harder to ignore, as he got louder and appeared more often in the news and on the internet, but still somewhat possible to ignore him.But then.... then came 2015, and he rode down that ridiculous escalator, and from that minute on it has become IMPOSSIBLE to ignore him.So yes, some of us have very STRONG opinions about Donald Trump. We see the person that he has been his whole life, and see the (terrible, awful, very-bad) effects he has on others in his orbit, and we don't like him. It's not political for many of us, it's mostly very personal. His so-called 'politics' are only the newest method of him projecting his poisonous personality onto others.
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Considering Trump was previously one himself, I find that hard to believe especially since he was once friends of Bill and Hilary and not many of us thought much of his political stances before he ran tor president even after all the brouhaha about him wanting to see Obama's birth certificate...
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I still think he initially came down that escalator in 2015 simply to promote his TV show. I don't think he ever had a clue (ha!) that he would be taken seriously... by anyone.
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