‘The View’ halts after a mysterious crashing sound during live show: ‘We lost someone’
2024 is starting off with a literal bang.
Wednesday’s episode of “The View” was halted after a mysterious crashing noise offstage drew the attention of all five hosts.
“Welcome to ‘The View,’ y’all,” longtime host Whoopi Goldberg said at the top of the show. She introduced the first segment: “So, yesterday, a federal court ruled that the Biden administration can not use a 1986 emergency care law that would require Texas hospitals to provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy.”
“So they’re OK with forced childbirth — even if it kills someone, because they’re so pro-life. What about all of that,” Goldberg, 68, continued, before a loud metallic crash was heard off-camera.
“Speaking of pro-life,” fellow panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin said. “We just lost someone.”
“Sorry, that was dark,” Farah Griffin, 34, added, pointing to the audience where the sound appeared to come from.
In an effort to bring the conversation back on topic, Goldberg joked that it was her “last egg” falling.
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“Welcome to ‘The View,’ y’all,” longtime host Whoopi Goldberg said at the top of the show.
This is not the first time odd noises have disrupted the daytime talk show.
Nearly one year ago, during a serious discussion about classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home, a drink spilled and began dripping over the side of the table.
Goldberg pointed out the beverage to co-host Sara Haines, 46, who attempted to move her chair, resulting in her mike picking up what sounded to be a fart.
In March, Goldberg caused the entire show to erupt into a fit of giggles after the EGOT winner accidentally passed some gas while chatting on the show.
“So they’re OK with forced childbirth — even if it kills someone — because they’re so pro-life. What about all of that,” Goldberg, 68, said moments before a loud metallic crash was heard off-camera, putting an end to any conversation.
“That was gas,” Goldberg admitted.
A month later, Sunny Hostin was asked by “Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen, “Who actually passes gas the most on set?”
“Whoopi,” Hostin, 55, responded quickly.
The rapid response reportedly did not sit well with Goldberg.
“Speaking of pro-life,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, 34, said after the noise. “We just lost someone.”
“It just turned into this big thing, and so Whoopi said, ‘Why did you tell everybody I fart all the time?’ and I was like, ‘Because you joke about farting all the time, and I’m across from the table,’” Hostin said on an episode of SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live.”
“I can’t smell it! Whoever smelt it dealt it, so I just had no idea,” she added. “Thanks a lot, [Andy.] But I mean, Whoopi and I are very close, so she was OK.”
Cohen, 55, later apologized to Hostin for causing a rift.
Since the flatulent fallacy, “The View” producers added coasters underneath the hosts’ mugs so they are no longer blamed for any weird noises.
“The View” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. Eastern on ABC.
