Whoopi Goldberg Explains Her Illness Live on ‘The View’
After a one-day absence from The View‘s live panel, Whoopi Goldberg returned to the table on Thursday (May 15) to join cohosts Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin in their “Hot Topics” discussions. Only, she was a little worse for the wear, with an audibly scratchy voice.
After the first group discussion, which centered on the controversial congressional testimonies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kristi Noem, the show went to break. When it returned, Goldberg addressed the matter of her crackling voice before introducing the second topic.
“So before I go any further, I have to explain what’s happening. Have a cold, and it’s kicking my behind. Yes, it is. And it’s not making me cranky, but it’s making me quiet. So I’m not funny today,” she said.
She then got some support from her cohosts.
“Oh you’re funny,” Haines said.
“That’s right, take it easy,” Behar agreed.
“Very quietly so,” Haines added.
Goldberg, who’d been present for Monday and Tuesday’s shows and had a bit of a noticeable cough at the time, missed Wednesday’s show due to her illness. At the time, Behar explained her absence by noting that Goldberg was not sick with Covid, as she had been the summer before when she had to leave the show mid-week.
Chances are, Goldberg will not be present on Friday’s show, whether she’s feeling better or not. Goldberg traditionally does not appear on Friday shows, barring special circumstances. A recent example of that is when she came in on Friday, April 11, to sub in for Behar, who serves as the moderator when Goldberg is not present. Another is when she appeared on the Friday, February 7, episode for the show’s big Super Bowl-themed episode. Yet another was on the Friday, May 31, 2024, episode when she came on to deliver the news that Donald Trump was convicted in his New York felony trial, which also marked a rare occasion in which she said his name instead of “You Know Who.”
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Who the hell cares if she’s sick or not. I wish this show would go off the air once and for all. Their opinion doesn’t matter especially since she’s all talk. What ever happened to all the liberals who vowed to move to another country if Trump got elected, and twice non the less. I wish they would just leave.
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So don't watch it! Duh
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Stop your insults. Who cares about your opinions
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Why don’t you contact the show and ask them to stop insulting our President. Course then they’d probably insult You in response.
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No one is saluting that idiot you call a president.....lol a disgrace to this country
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I am no longer a fan of the show so I don't watch. So maybe you wouldn't be so bothered if you didn't watch
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😂😂😂 won't happen fool
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Don't watch it if it bothers you that much. It only requires changing the channel 😕
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She explained her mental illness today ? Did she talk about her full blown TDS ? 🤣
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Great minds think alike! I said almost the same thing!
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And your Right !! 😀
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"You're" 🙄
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Sorry to not understand the acronym TDS. Please explain and I have a feeling I’ll agree.
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Trump Derangement Syndrome
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Alert !! Alert !! Spelling and Grammar Police are here !! Free Country I’ll spell it whatever way I choose !! Your Youer You’re Youhour See how easy that was ? What You’re Your Youer gonna Report me for bad spelling ? 🤣 If you do I’ll just call one of those Liberal Judges defending Illegal Immigrant Gang Members !! 🤣
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What’s TDS?
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You people are so ignorant
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You people must be Lib Dems as they are the only ignorant people here.
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Idiot...explain your stupidity and just why you're so jealous
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She’s never funny, doesn’t matter if she’s sick or not. We all know what her illness is.
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We do?
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Same one James has😆
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Yeah her illness is that she has an acute case of TDS!
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Yep. Exactly !!
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She has Edzachery disease, her face looks Edzachery like her ASS!!
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🤣🤣🤣
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Yep she has the case of the exactclese all right!
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So do I , so what? He is a moron
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You admit having TDS but say he is a moron. Rrrright. 🙄
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I’m appalled that she was there sounding the way she sounded. She also flat out admitted she has a cold and is feeling really under the weather so why tf wound you go into work and potentially infect your colleagues and people in the audience. I was baffled considering how strong they felt about Covid and isolation and all the things. Then she shows up with a horse sounding throat and coughing. Unreal
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She seems to me to be a person who needs & wants attention. Barbara was never like that … I bet she’s in heaven looking down & thinking what the hell is going on??!! I miss her so much, she was a class act and knew what people wanted and gave it to them
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Stupid remark🙄
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Stupid opinion from You about the remark.
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Whoopi has to be the spotlight of everything on the View. She is an attention seeker.
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She is far from that. The one who is an attention seeker is the one in office that’s supposed to be the head of America. 🙄
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And He gets attention because He’s important. But Whoopi not so much at all.
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That's because Whoopi is a lying actress.
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No that's good they all get it they can all be quiet
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I believe she is an adult who knows when she can come in and when she should stay home. Cover that with the show runners, who would never let any of the hosts or guests appear if they were contagious. Clearly some people just don’t like Whoopi, so they knit pick. Barbara Walter’s loved Whoopi and gave her the highest honor on the show Barbara created.
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I think Barbara Walters would be extremely nauseated if she could see the Jerry Springer like tone of the show as it is now. It doesn’t matter what the topic is Whoopi, Joy, Ana and the rest Find a way to turn it into a Trump bashing fest. Very old, very stale and very childish. I think they’ve long ago made their point very clearly that they Hate President Trump. Yet as sure as the sun rises and their show comes on they Will bash on President Trump. If he’s as bad as They try to paint him, why don’t they do like Whoopi Pledged she Would do if he was reelected and Leave the USA ? So that’s what is called Liars and Hypocrites. That’s the content of The View.
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I agree! Why didn't she move.
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agreed .. Trump is trash & all about making himself rich… looser went bankrupt at least 5 times
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Yet he’s Still got $Billions and how much $$ do You have ? Yeah that’s what I thought. And he didn’t take a paycheck his whole first term. And running for President has cost him personally $ Millions Thanks to the Lawfare conducted against him by Lawless Lib Dem DAs and Judges. They ran a Kangaroo Court in NYC against him. And as far as trash goes look no further than the nearest mirror you’ll see Plenty of Trash looking right back at you.
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Because she never was going to
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I think Barbara would be nauseated by Trump and MAGA period. People in office did not behave that way in her day, or they were out because the Americans who lived back then would not accept it. I also think that Trump is wholly responsible for what he does that gets criticized by The View. Barbara would have had a cow over the private jet gift/bribe, and if you had any sense of decency, so would you. Not to mention foundational rights such as due process and habeas corpus. Something’s are wrong in any era, and that includes most of what Trump does.
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Go back to watching the view. THAT'S the problem.
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Qatar has been trying to unload that jet on anyone since 2020. There’s a sucker born every minute in this country.
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Jealous much
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Yeah that’s what I say. Why don’t she move. Does she not know why he got reelected. Because we are tired of the lying democrats like her. I’ll help her pack her bags.
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Nothing wrong with the show!
Springer …. This is a reflection of you not the show
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So they bash tRump . I have no problem with that at all 😕 Matter of fact I'm happy when they bash him . I'm not a tRump lover and never have been A lot us want to leave but it would mean leaving loved ones 😎 but Canada's only 14 hour car ride
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Why didn't they ever bash Joe? It's because they are biased, closed minded, brainwashed leftist, socialist/communist, entertainers who follow and forward the propoganda of the Democrat political party. Period
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You are exactly right. It’s All they have. Their to Stupid to do anything other than bash on Trump. That would call for creativity and they don’t have any.
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So go to Canada and take a Big Bunch of Libs with you !! You won’t be missed.
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Nice of her to infect all of the people around her!🙄
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Yeah right!
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Sometimes, depending on severity, you work through a cold. It's normally out of its contagious stages, but lingering symptoms can hang on for 2 weeks or more. I don't see the big deal here unless you're trying to make one out of nothing. Does she and the rest like attention ? Sure, but the rest do as well.
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You know, when you hit your senior years, your immune system’s ability to fight off germs declines Im guessing you haven't broken 60 years of age.
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When you have a job that require talking it makes a difference. I was off work for a week with pneumonia when I came back I could barely talk my job required talking on the phone all the time. But my doctor said I could return to work. I took one call and they made me go home.
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She’s had pneumonia several times better stay home safe and get better then come back too soon and get pneumonia again.
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And she will. Whoopi used to be so funny and fun to watch. Now she's just like Behar, a grumpy downer!
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I agree, they are getting so many lawsuits against them, that this way she gets sympathy! I say this is all crap!! Attention seeker?? I heard your house was taken over by the FBI, they found a secret area and took all that stuff for evidence! So now you’re wanting sympathy for a cracking voice ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Karma gets us all hope they all catch it and be quiet
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Yeah, I would like u 2 put your $ where your big mouth is, pick a country! Bye- bye.😇
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The fact that Whoopi Goldberg has a cold does not belong on a newsfeed.
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Nobody really cares. Predator is an Adult and could have stayed home. But she can't stay one day away from reality TV. She will drag herself in at all costs to share her personal biased opinion on that ridiculous show. I knew of a board member who voted to keep himself on the board in the hospital the day before he died. Whoopi, Pelosi, McConnell, Biden they're all the same. The world makes no sense of they're not infront of a camera. That's how empty these people's lives are.
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No obe us fircing you to watch
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Yeah I’m glad No obe is fircing you to watch. Sounds painful !!
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You have no idea what's going on behind the scenes of the show. Maybe they asked her to stay home. She seems to get sick and that's why she stayed home. She probably didn't want to be gone too long.
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Science when is being a jacka$$ an illness?
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LoL.. I didn't realize being a twat waffle was a medical condition...
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We know her illness already. It's TDS ...it's something millions suffer from daily. Including her hole panel.
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The View sucks
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Yes, Yes it does.
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Don't worry Whoopi fans, it just yet another case of bad gas.
After she breaks it loose with a couple good push farts, she'll be just fine. 🤭
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I bet when she cuts one you can see paint start flaking off the wall !! I bet her and Joy have competition to see who can cut the most noxious ones !! 🤣🤣
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Trump Derangement Syndrome
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Who cares? Really.. 😦 I thought she was going to explain her mental illness, a reason for her obnoxious behavior... A freaking cold isn't newsworthy...
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I wish they would all stay home. They give women the bad reputation of the stereotypical female being hateful and gossiping. When the view started it covered real in depth conversations. Now it’s just a bunch of mean old hateful women. Tsk tsk
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I think God is telling someone they should be quiet for awhile!
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Tell them all be quiet
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This show is irrelevant bc these liberals r irrelevant. Someone on ABC likes them but in mainstream politics/ society, these ladies r absolutely irrelevant.No one asks their opinions: their ideas r meaningless. They r nobodies who, for years, have to be relevant .
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Stay home. Whoopi, Post Covid everyone is afraid of a cold. You know this your a mother you can afford a day of work.
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I thought the same thing.... she's had Covid many times even though she preached to get vaxxed!!
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This show is horrid and so are the hags on it. Why is this still on the air?
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You don't want to know what I think!
🙄
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She's never funny except with a good script
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The Only time I kind of liked her performance was in the movie Ghost with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. She should have stuck with movies and left politics alone.
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No one cares
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AH the good ole race card !! Funny there’s not one word about race in @irritated’s comments. But you just ASSume that he or she is a racist. Just because You don’t agree doesn’t make the person a racist. Sorry nice try !!
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How in the world did you get any inkling that this comment has anything to do with racism? I wish the entire cast would move as far away from America as they say they want to, not just WHOOP WHOOP WHOOPI. They all have their heads up their own asses.
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The View is still on though .....sucks for u
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I don’t care. And if there’s any sucking going on that would be from the Lib Left. You know the folks that don’t know the difference between a man and a woman. 🤣
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Who cares? She is an evil woman and consistently spews garbage every time she opens her yapper! She is a lousy actress and an even worse talk show host!
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What if she has covid? The whole place is contaminated.
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I was expecting to read diarrhea of the mouth. Like Joy admitting her statement about Musk supporting apartheid was just her personal thoughts, not data driven
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Oh so her tds is flaring up even more then not so poor thing lol
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I think that when Whoopi played in the movie “ ghost “ regarding the scene when the “demons “ took the damned to hell… she will be judged. We all will
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When TDS gets a Libtard down ……..
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Think she is playing up to being sick because she is being publically torn apart by the media.why give her sympathy, she and he cohorts wanted President Trump to die and wish all kinds of bad things on him. So to bad, I don’t care about her, or any of them!
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Everyone already knows it's TDS.
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Goldberg is never funny on this program.
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Shows how weak the predator has gotten over the years
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For some reason She is under the mistaken impression that she was EVER funny.
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I have not watched one show with these babbling buffoons. With all that's going on in the world, we have to know when someone on The View has a common cold? This may be Pulitzer worthy 😆😂.
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TDS
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She has an illness, it's called brain worm's
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Who cares?! She has TDS!
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I really don’t care about her. Good riddance
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She is one warped human being.
She's a legend In her own mind.
What more is there to say.
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This show should be barred forever
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She should stay home forever. Nasty as they come.
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Her illness is TDS….. on steroids!
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That's not her only illness.
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Whoopi Goldberg Explains Her Illness Live on ‘The View
Yeah stupidity.
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Goldberg hasn't been funny for many years....
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She doesn't need to explain, every time she opens her mouth it's clear she's mentally ill.
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No one cares
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No one cares. Wish your highly toxic show full of bad opinions and lies get canceled. I never watched it but you are on the news constantly and it's never for anything good. It makes me sick to hear the trash you all spoo about and give new meaning to diarrhea of the mouth. You all are disgusting subhumans who should not have the pleasure to live here. Wish each and every one of you move out of this country. Don't come back and take Jimmy Kimmel with you. If any of ya'll need help planning and packing my services are free!! Please leave. E are better without you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't care that you have a cold. Retire and put us all our of our misery with you leading that pack of clowns you work with.
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Take the show off the air. These women are all disgusting
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I think whopper with cheese Goldturd is getting exactly what she deserves. She has always been extremely toxic and I’m surprised it took this long for her to get her karma
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It's all the crap that comes out of her mouth that's causing the scratchy voice...she might want to find God and Jesus Christ and quit spreading hate and lies on her show.
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Whoopi does not belong on newsfeed, regardless of her well being…
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That is quite a distasteful typo you made—if it IS a typo.
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We would if we could!
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Who pulled your string??
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I was concerned when she appeared to be a bit breathless. Battling a respiratory virus is not insignificant and more dangerous in seniors. Caught my eye as I'm battling it and the severity can turn on a dime.
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Cold???? It's TDS !!!!
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Whoopi could get a job on a Preparation H commercial. She could Be a hemorrhoid. 🤣
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I Pray Whoopi Feels Better Soon 🙏♥️🙌☝️💕 😊
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I hope she dies the horrible death she deserves. A terrible person
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What ever ailment Whoopi has is manifesting in her Face. And it’s Bad, Real Bad !! Doctor says she don’t look so good, and he ain’t lying !! 🤣🤣🤣
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Hope it shuts her up forever!!!
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Oh poor Karen! I hope the racist lefty pig dies!
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She finally admitted being mentally incompetent? About time!
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Seriously a cold? That's newsworthy that Whoopi Goldberg has a cold and you actually labeled it an illness 🙄
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Spread those germs around the station, Whoopi. Nice job.
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She's never been funny.
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Maybe God is trying to shut her mouth from her lies and hate.
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You're all mean , sick and selfish, just like your hero trump
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I was hoping it was something terminal and contagious.
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Lotta hate and jealousy here and I'm sure Whoopie doesn't care one darn bit😔
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Oh and by the way whoopee you're not funny you used to be funny in the '80s you're not funny anymore
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A lot of MAGA idiots on here
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Assaulted any more ladies lately ?
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Keep smoking those Marlboros you nasty pig. Soon you'll do us all a favor and announce you have lung cancer.
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That's just wrong I don't care how much you hate her...
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Do tell,what are you doing from. H
home that pays 13k a month.I need 2 get on that band wagon,assuming it's legal.Thanx
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I think that she is a very smart lady.She probably got permission from her doctor before coming to the show. The other ladies were ok with her being there, give them credit for being smart. I believe that she's capable of taking care of her own business.Love you Whoopi/carry on.
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LOL... like the other host are going to say a word. They know they will get booted if they do!!
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Too many kids swimming around
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I love the View. Get well soon!!
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I was kinda hoping it was something more serious
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Really? WOW. All because of her political views? Ok..
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Lib Dems tried to assassinate President Trump Twice because of His political views.
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Ditto
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Hope Woopie feels better soon. We miss you. God I pray we never have to do with out Joy and Woopie at the same time.
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With any good luck they’ll cancel the show. That would be nice.
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Hopefully those 2 witches will be gone soon.
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We can Hope !!
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