Whoopi Goldberg Presides Over 3-Person Panel On ‘The View’ After COVID, Other Factors Lead To Absences
etcanada.comFriday’s edition of “The View” was a bit out of the ordinary. As viewers who tuned in for the March 18 episode may have noticed, the panel had been pared down to just three, with moderator Whoopi Goldberg appearing with guest co-hosts Ana Navarro and Eboni K.
Williams. “So none of the people that they introduced are here today,” Goldberg told viewers before introducing the other women, while regular panelists Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin were all no-shows, as was Alyssa Farah Griffin, former communications director for the Trump administration, who’d been guesting for the week. READ MORE: Joy Behar Suffers Nasty Fall On ‘The View’: ‘I Went Flying!’ “Poor Eboni came in to say hello to me this morning and I was like, ‘Look, don’t get close!,'” Navarro joked, possibly referencing a COVID diagnosis or two on the set, given the distance between the three at the table. “You can’t believe the day we’ve had,” Goldberg told viewers. “It’s been insane and crazy and yes, there are only three of us today.” According to Yahoo!
Entertainment, COVID was indeed a factor for Griffin, who revealed via Twitter that she was forced to skip Friday’s show because she tested positive for COVID.
COVID was also behind Behar’s absence, with viewers told on Thursday that she’d be taking “a few days” off because she’d been in close contact with someone who had tested positive.
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