THE View’s Whoopi Goldberg has decided to ‘set the record straight’ after she was heckled on the show last week.
Whoopi, 67, and her co-hosts had a giggle last Wednesday when one audience member called her an “old broad”.
ABCTHE View’s Whoopi Goldberg has decided to ‘set the record straight’ after she was heckled on the show last week[/caption]
ABCOne audience called 67-year-old Whoopi an ‘old broad’ whilst the cameras were rolling[/caption]
As the panel entered the studio, the crowd went wild, cheering and yelling for the hosts.
After the initial cheering died down, one person shouted something and Whoopi pointed to them and said: “OK. All right.”
The hosts laughed and Sunny Hostin said: “It’s a happy Wednesday crowd.”
As Sunny was speaking, the person in the crowd shouted something else.
Whoopi then said: “It’s a very happy crowd.”
She went on with the introduction when she realized what the audience member screamed at her.
The moderator turned back to them and asked: “Did you just call me an ‘old broad’?”
The View hosts and the crowd cracked up as she said: “Yeah.”
“Did she?” Joy Behar asked.
“Yeah. She said: ‘Yo, broad,’ and I was like: ‘Hey,’” Whoopi replied.
“It’s Wednesday,” Sunny said.
“It is Wednesday, and I am an old broad and happy about it,” Whoopi told the crowd.
Following the furor surrounding the heckler, Whoopi wanted to clear something up during Wednesday’s episode this week.
Speaking to the camera, the Sister Act star said: “Anyone who watches the show knows that we have the best studio audience and that they get fired up when we come out here, we count on that energy.
“So I’m setting the record straight about something that happened at the top of last week’s show. During our walkout, an audience member yelled out ‘you old broad’, which led us to joking around with the audience.”
Whoopi continued: “We are on live television so the cameras show the audience laughing and applauding during our exchange, and focused on a different audience member than the one who actually yelled ‘old broad’.
“Which led to some folks incorrectly accusing this particular woman of incorrectly heckling me so I’m clearing this woman’s good name.
“She’s a loyal audience member, an upstanding citizen, and a View fan. You know, we can’t do this show without the support of viewers like her and viewers like you, so please leave her alone!” Whoopi urged.
She then added: “This was a jokey, light moment, relax everybody okay!”
It’s also been reported that The View staff issued an off-camera warning to their live TV audience one day after Whoopi was heckled.
The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal crowd warmer Regina DeCicco issued a warning to audience members right before the show went live.
According to an eyewitness, she said: “We are not going to shout out! We are going to cheer and have fun.”
ABCWhoopi abruptly stopped The View when she called out the audience member for heckling her[/caption]
ABC/TheViewThe Sister Act star is never afraid to speak her mind on the ABC talk show[/caption]
