‘The View': Whoopi Says Lack of Writers Amid Strike ‘Forced’ Hosts to Talk About ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Scandal

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continuing on for the time being. As Whoopi explained on Tuesday, “We did the show anyway, because we want to keep everybody employed, and we want to do our best, and we support our writers ’cause we know what they’re going through.”She noted at the top of that show that the lack of writers, for them, means that “you’re gonna hear how it would be when it’s not, you know, slicked up.” In each episode since, she has begun each show by reminding viewers that those writers are still on strike, so she and her co-hosts are essentially improvising the entire show.Such was the case on Thursday, as Whoopi noted that they’ll likely remind audiences that the writers strike is happening at the start of each episode for as long as the strike continues.

Later in the show though, Whoopi noted that the lack of writers is impacting the segments the women are doing, before launching into one about…Scandoval.“Another reminder, we don’t have any writers, which is why we’re kind of forced to talk about ‘Vanderpump Rules,'” Whoopi said, visibly bracing herself. “Which I’m going to just throw over to Alyssa because I don’t care!”From there, “The View” went a bit off the rails, as host Alyssa Farah Griffin attempted to get her co-hosts up to speed on the cheating scandal surrounding the reality show.