THE View’s Joy Behar has had to jump in and save Whoopi Goldberg from an awkward flub in front of their guest.
On December 7th, Guest Mike Birbiglia spoke with the ladies of The View to promote his upcoming movie, A Man Called Otto, co-starring Tom Hanks.
Unfortunately, while promoting Mike’s Broadway musical, The Old Man And The Pool, Whoopi, 67, suffered a gaffe live on the air.
Whoopi said: “Listen! You’ve got to come back more often.
“Everybody needs to see this show. Mike…”
The ABC star hesitated to pronounce Mike’s moniker while looking directly at him.
Whoopi moved her arms around as she enunciated the letters but still mispronounced Birbiglia.
Although Mike laughed at the mispronunciation, Joy, 80, stepped in and told Whoopi how to say his name.
Whoopi defended herself and said: “That was in my head!”
Before closing the segment, she squinted at the camera while reading the teleprompter.
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This is not the first time Whoopi has had an awkward moment with her co-hosts while being live on the air.
BACK IN THE GROOVE
During Wednesday’s installment, Whoopi got into a yelling match with her co-host Sunny Hostin.
The women of the morning talk show discussed the new dating reality TV show, Back in the Groove.
The TV show was inspired by the 1998 movie, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, in which Whoopi starred in.
Whoopi pointed out how How Stella Got Her Groove Back was a ’90s movie and then asked if a relationship like that can work for the long haul in real life.
THE ARGUMENT
Sunny then told the co-hosts a personal tidbit of her life that related to the TV show.
She said: “I just think it’s so despicable, especially with a son who is about to be 21.
“I think he knows better than to bring a 40-year-old to my house,”
Sunny explained: “So, I said, ‘Sis, you know he’s 20, right? And he just turned 20.’ And then she disappeared.”
However, Whoopi disagreed with her co-host and yelled at Sunny to “leave him alone.”
The Sister Act star said: “Leave that man alone! Leave your son alone. Leave him alone.
“You are just going to roll her in closer. Trust me.”
Sunny countered back: “No! Oh no!
“Some 40-year-old woman that wants a 20-year-old stupid kid like mine got a lot of issues!”
The other co-hosts, such as Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin, disagreed with Sunny as well and argued amongst themselves until the show went to break.