‘The View’ Celebrates Whoopi Goldberg’s Birthday With Italian Chefs, Joy Behar Song & More

Amanda Bell November 12, 2026, 12:03 pm

It was a very special day of celebration on Thursday’s (November 12) episode of The View: Whoopi Goldberg‘s birthday.

The show went all out for the moderator and cohost’s big day, starting with Joy Behar introducing a new tradition of her own. While Behar was unable to make her signature birthday lasagna, due to her injured shoulder, she brought two other things for Goldberg. First, she sang her a birthday song that she said stemmed from her own childhood, possibly elementary school: “Today is a birthday; we wonder for whom? We know that it’s somebody here in this room. So look all around you for somebody who is laughing and smiling. My goodness, it’s you!”

Then, Behar gifted Goldberg a pillow with a phrase embroidered: “I don’t always Whoop, but when I do, there it is.”

From there, things got delicious as Goldberg welcomed in two chef she had flown in from Italy, where she’d recently worked on a soap opera and a fashion show.

“I’m honored to be here from Italy. It’s crazy. Happy birthday,” one of the chefs said. “[It’s] our first time in New York. Good morning, America!”

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The chefs then served the cohosts with a dish of arancini, Goldberg’s favorite apparently, and later came out with bruschetta, which Behar was delighted to hear pronounced correctly by the pair.

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Later in the episode, Goldberg announced a gift that would be shared with her other cohosts: Next May, the show will broadcast from Rome, Italy, for an entire week. Sunny Hostin explained, “We’ll be spreading the love from our set in Rome every single day with hot topics, great guests, and taking you along as we explore the beautiful country of Italy!”

On top of that, Goldberg also announced that The View is also hosting a contest for a trip for two to Italy on board a luxury cruise ship called the Emerald Raiya. Details about the contest are available here.

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