Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘The View’ Is ‘Calmer’ Since Meghan McCain Left: We Were ‘Tired’

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A different vibe. Whoopi Goldberg was asked how The View has changed since Meghan McCain left the show one year ago — and she didn’t hold back.“It’s calmer, because nobody wants to be that tired every day,” the Oscar winner, 66, told Page Six on Saturday, October 1. “I think [the show], it’s better.

I feel it’s better, but I’m still tired!”The Sister Act star and the conservative author, 37, frequently clashed on the talk show before McCain’s August 2021 exit.

In her 2021 memoir, Bad Republican, the Arizona native specifically called out Goldberg as one of the reasons she decided to leave the Emmy-winning series.“I found her open disdain for me more and more difficult to manage as the years went on, and it became more frequent,” the Dirty Sexy Politics author wrote. “Occasionally, if the show’s political discourse veered into territory that she found disagreeable, Whoopi would cut me off, sometimes harshly.”The Daily Mail columnist also described the set of The View as a “toxic work environment,” claiming that it was “isolating” for her because of her political views. “I was working on the show as the only conservative during the Trump years,” McCain explained to Variety in October 2021. “I felt like a lot of people took out their anger on the administration on me because I was the only person in the building who was a Republican.”When asked about her former cohost’s “toxic” claims after the book’s publication, Goldberg wasn’t bothered. “Alright,” she told TooFab in October 2021. “I’m trying to get my leg and my hip right.

I don’t have time to think about anything but myself.”McCain made her debut on The View in October 2017 after leaving her post at Fox News.