Whoopi Goldberg misses ‘The View’ return due to testing positive for COVID

Whoopi Goldberg is looking out sick from work.

“The View” co-host examined optimistic for COVID-19 and needed to miss the speak present’s return from their vacation hiatus on Monday.

Goldberg, 66, sat out the primary episode of 2022, whereas her co-hosts, Pleasure Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Ana Navarro, delivered the information of her sickness by way of distant places.

“Since she is vaxxed and boosted, her signs have been very, very gentle,” mentioned Behar, 79, on Twitter.

Behar added that the Oscar winner is predicted to return again to the present subsequent week, the primary time Goldberg may have appeared since lacking the Dec. 15 and 16 in-studio episodes as a consequence of COVID publicity. She once more appeared on Dec. 17 for his or her pre-taped vacation particular vacation, recorded earlier than Goldberg started quarantine.

“Comfortable New Yr from all of our dwelling rooms,” Behar additionally mentioned. “As you possibly can see, we’re again in packing containers and doing the present remotely, hopefully for only a week. I’m praying that it’s only a week, however you by no means know as a result of this Omicron factor is everywhere.”

Navarro, 50, additionally revealed on the episode that her mom handed away on Dec. 14. “I’m heartbroken,” she mentioned, including that she noticed a photograph of her mother dressed as an angel lately that sparked one thing in her. “I took it as an indication that I've a guardian angel in heaven now.”

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“Since she is vaxxed and boosted, [Whoopi Goldberg’s] signs have been very, very gentle,” mentioned “The View” co-host Pleasure Behar.
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“The View” had been airing in-person at their New York Metropolis studio since September 2021. Vice President Kamala Harris was set to look on the ABC present on the time the chaos ensued. The interview turned distant as soon as Hostin and Navarro have been pulled from the set mid-show for testing optimistic for the COVID.

Govt producer Brian Teta advised the pair to go away the set close to the beginning of the hourlong speak present’s second phase, which was shortly lower brief, as a consequence of their analysis.

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Whoopi Goldberg is predicted to return to “The View” through the second week of January following a full restoration.
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Navarro described what occurred shortly after she was rushed off the stage to Anderson Cooper: “Unexpectedly, it became an episode of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’‌ ”  including it was a “very awkward second.”

“We have been ready to ask some powerful questions. We have been very proud to have the vp come on ‘The View,’‌ ” she mentioned.

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