WHOOPI Goldberg has shouted “I’m leaving y’all!” mid-show on The View before taking a selfie with an audience member.
On Tuesday’s episode of The View, the panelists got into a heated discussion about country star Miranda Lambert’s recent gaffe.
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Miranda had stopped singing for a moment during a show at her Las Vegas residency to lambaste a few girls taking selfies.
“I’m gonna stop right here for a second, I’m sorry,” Miranda said at the time.”
“These girls are worried about their selfie and not listening to the song.”
She continued: “Sorry, I don’t like it. At all. We’re here to hear some country music tonight. I’m singing some country damn music.”
The response to her callout has been divided.
Sunny Hostin said that she would take “as many selfies” as she wants for the money she paid for the tickets.
Whoopi, however, thought differently and did not side with frustrated fans.
“You know what? Stay home.” she said.
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“If you’re going to spend $750 to come to my concert, then give me the respect of watching me while I do my thing, or don’t come.”
She then stood up from her chair and headed toward the audience, joking “I’m leaving y’all!”
That prompted her co-hosts to question where she was going.
She stood with a woman to take a photo together.
“I want to take a picture with this marvelous woman, who is 91. So, we’re going to do a selfie. Just me and you,” Whoopi said.
“Will you push that button? We’ll be right back.”
She took a photo with the audience member before the show went to break.
WHAT’S UP, WHOOPI?
Meanwhile, Whoopi broke her silence on whether or not the The View hosts will go on strike.
Fans feared for the show when it was pre-recorded on Friday, just one day after the SAG-AFTRA strike began.
“Hello and welcome to the View. Listen, we want to start with an explanation on why we’re still working when there is a SAG-AFTRA strike,” Whoopi began Monday’s episode.
The SAG-AFTRA is the union that comprises the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists — representing roughly 160,000 actors and other media industry professionals.
“Like the soaps, soap operas, game shows, and new shows, we work under a different kind of contract, which is called the Network Code, which means we are allowed to continue on,” she continued.
The 67-year-old added: “As we are not actors at the table, acting The View, it’s a different kind of contract.
“So, that’s why we’re still able to work.”
Whoopi went on to say that they support the actors and writers on strike.
“People are just trying to get some balance,” the actress shared.
The View host ended: “So, that’s why were working today. We just want it to work out for everybody.
“Nobody wants to see anyone on strike.”
REAR-VIEW MIRROR
Fans feared the worst on Friday when the strike began the day before.
However, the popular talk show still ran their episode, as it was pre-recorded.
This led fans to wonder if all of the hosts would show up to work on Monday; they did.
Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin all hosted a Day of Hot Topics.
Whoopi was off like she usually is on Fridays.
The show has been without writers since May, when the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike.
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