Whoopi Goldberg has been a host of The View for a long time, which means enough of audition members must like her. Just at that place'due south at least i former cohost of the show that believes Goldberg doesn't like her. And so who is information technology? Hither'due south the story of Goldberg's stint on the evidence and the cohost who says the 2 did not get along at all.

The premise of 'The View'

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The View is a daily talk evidence that features several hosts (typically four women, though the numbers tin can fluctuate and men have co-hosted in the past) participating in a combination of panel discussions mixed with guest interviews. Co-ordinate to IMDb, the bear witness launched in 1997 on ABC, the brainchild of famed interviewer and broadcast journalist Barbara Walters. The first group of co-hosts on the show was Walters, Debbie Matenopoulos, Meredith Vieira, and Star Jones.

The bear witness has had quite a few personalities pop up in its rotating cast of hosts, including:

  • Raven Symone
  • Candace Cameron Bure
  • Joy Behar
  • Sunny Hostin
  • Elisabeth Hasselbeck

The current coiffure consists of Behar, Goldberg, Hostin, Megan McCain, and Sara Haines. It airs every day on ABC and covers a broad range of topics such as politics, lifestyle, and amusement.

Whoopi Goldberg's tenure on 'The View'

Cinderella cast member Whoopi Goldberg
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 Goldberg's always been known every bit an amiable, capable performer appearing in movies and Boob tube shows, and it was that free energy she brought to The View. She has co-hosted The View from 2005 to the present, appearing on a whopping 1,943 episodes.

While Goldberg has said she does enjoy appearing on the show, she also acknowledged to the New York Times that equally an artist, she needed to seek artistic satisfaction elsewhere:

"What you lot're asking is, 'IsThe View enough?' It's not…Ten years is a long time, and now I'thousand starting to do other stuff. I'k doing books. I'thousand adventuring into THC products. I'one thousand creating the wearing apparel."

She too said that she'due south playing something of a grapheme on the show, looking to drive give-and-take and debate in a mode she might not in a less formal, more casual conversation:

"… In a manner, I am playing a function…These are not conversations that I'1000 having with my friends. If they were, nosotros'd be doing information technology differently. My friends and I can talk well-nigh things in depth in a different way than you lot can on television."

The quondam 'The View' host who believes Whoopi Goldberg didn't similar her

While Goldberg is well-liked by viewers every bit evidenced by her years-long stint on the show, she hasn't gotten along with everyone. Goldberg often gets into heated discussions on the program, and one former cohost felt the two really didn't click. That cohost? Rosie O'Donnell.

According to Best Life, O'Donnell had multiple stints hosting the evidence. She returned after a long hiatus in 2014. She left yet once again, and Howard Stern asked her betoken-bare in April of last yr if she had been asked to return for a tertiary run. O'Donnell said no and said that her lack of chemistry with Goldberg played a big part.

"I think we all agreed that the concluding time…it was better for anybody…Whoopi really didn't like me."

O'Donnell said that the beginning of their rift came during O'Donnell'south first show. The evidence'south producers were gesturing for Goldberg to send the show to a commercial. O'Donnell thought Goldberg missed the cue and intercepted the request, telling the audition the prove was headed for an ad break. O'Donnell idea Goldberg took offense to this.

O'Donnell later wrote nearly the feel in her autobiography. For anyone wondering what was wrong between the two, she recommended they "Go back and watch." As far every bit O'Donnell was concerned, Goldberg's disdain for her was apparent merely from viewing their interactions on the show.