"The View": Week of 1/11/16

[Athena]

Mo 1/11: Dr. Ian Smith, Stacy London
Tu 1/12: Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell, Sasha Pieterse
We 1/13: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Th 1/14: Day of Hot Topics
Fr 1/15: Rashida Jones

[Medicine Crow]

Surprise, surprise ... no comments yet.  Any talk of Trump or the Golden Globes?

[KLovestoShop]

I want to shoot my TV every time Stacy London is on.  Why does she have to scream and shout and basically act like an idiot every time she's on with the View Your Deal?  Then you add CCB and her voice, and it's time to turn off the TV.

Edited January 11, 2016 by KLovestoShop

[Foghorn Leghorn]

I dvr it to miss all that crap so haven't hate watched yet....you are so right ^^^^ about the screaming and frantic voice on London, horrible.  And CCB has a terrible voice too, very high pitched and has a rasp to it like she hasn't finished swallowing something and is struggling to talk.  

[Vinyasa]

No Joy today and Sunny is there. UGH. So are Sunny and Sara Hanies now regulars?

 

Did anyone else notice when Whoopi says to Michelle something like "you need to be here more, get that ABC?"

 

Wonder now if ABC put Michelle on some time off, since she has been gone so much.

[Vinyasa]

Oh boy, look what Sherri posted. We know she can spill the beans. Anyone wanna bet Sunny is now going to be on The View? This could explain why she is on so much.

 

‏@SherriEShepherd   Another #10 for @SunnyHostin guest co-hosting this am on @TheView - I love your opinions! #takethejob

Edited January 11, 2016 by Vinyasa

[MsLeta]

I also noticed when Whoopi looked into the camera and said all the Michelle praise and said she's funny and needs to on more ABC.

Oh please

And prob Sunny is being looked at again ... She can speak to the legal stuff and political talk where Michelle and her damn stupid supposed to be funny lame comments and Raven are lame comments sooo maybe they are re considered Sunny.

And can not believe I am saying this lol but I missed Joy.

Edited January 11, 2016 by MsLeta

[Fatkat]

So Sunny doesn't think the country is ready for a black Bachelor. We're ready for a black president but not a black Bachelor? 

[rcc]

So Whoopi is praising Michelle and calls out ABC. Hmmm ... I wonder who she'd want to leave the panel to make room for the unfunny Michelle. Let me guess. Not Raven. Maybe Paula. Wanna bet it's the latter.

[Cosmocrush]

So Sunny doesn't think the country is ready for a black Bachelor. We're ready for a black president but not a black Bachelor? 

Hahahaha!  Thanks everyone for the heads up today.   I'm going to pass.  :) 

[Former Nun]

I did watch the Golden Globes.  I DID enjoy Ricky Gervais...almost every minute.  Of course he's disrespectful and raunchy--that's why he was hired.  Oh, boo hoo, Whoopi, you think he was unfair going after Ben Affleck's "family."  BULLSHIT!  He made a little joke about Affleck's faithfulness.  Apparently you think he "didn't have to go there," and then...and THEN you tell us you didn't even watch the show.  Should we recount all the many places you should not have gone?

 

Sunny Hostin then comments about Gervais' picking "low-hanging fruit."  GEEZ!  It's an awards show is there anything other than low-hanging fruit?  My television just spoke up and said she's happier to not show me any more Sunny...ever.

 

I don't enjoy Michelle as much as she should be enjoyed.  If she truly is leaving, why should she be replaced at all?  Four on the panel is more workable and they have SO MANY "contributors" available.  

 

P.S.  At least Whoopi didn't criticize the Cosby joke.

Edited January 11, 2016 by Former Nun

[TheGreenKnight]

Oh boy, look what Sherri posted. We know she can spill the beans. Anyone wanna bet Sunny is now going to be on The View? This could explain why she is on so much.

 

‏@SherriEShepherd   Another #10 for @SunnyHostin guest co-hosting this am on @TheView - I love your opinions! #takethejob

Shut up, Sherri. You're not even on The View and nobody wants you there, what would you know about who would fit at the table. Can't stand her, can't stand Sunni. Sunni may be trying to act like Star Jones to get the job, but the narcissism and Sherri-ness is only an inch-deep beneath the veneer. Spare me this one trainwreck, TV gods that be.

[Vinyasa]

I don't enjoy Michelle as much as she should be enjoyed.  If she truly is leaving, why should she be replaced at all?  Four on the panel is more workable and they have SO MANY "contributors" available.

 

Completely agree. It is musical chairs at that table. If Michelle left, there would still be five, not four. There are just too many of them to keep track. They do NOT need six (W, M, J, CCB R and Paula)!

 

I just realized hours after the show is done, that Raven wasn't there today. I didn't even notice when the show was on!!

Edited January 11, 2016 by Vinyasa

[ginger90]

 Sherri is the last on I would want to speak out on MY behalf. Move on , Sherri.

[Celia Rubenstein]

Does anyone believe that Whoopi really "has some friends" who buy scratch-off lottery tickets to give to homeless people?  I don't.   It's not like she even said "a" friend or "one" friend.  She claims she knows multiple people who do this.  Right.  

 

It felt like one of those useless lies Hasselbeck used to tell about her kids or her pretend friends ..... just making shit up so she has something to say that reflects well on her (or so she thinks). 

 

Anyway. I don't know why Whoop was so offended by the Ben Affleck cheating joke but everything else Ricky Gervaise said on the Globes was okay.  Every other person he made fun of has a family who might be hurt or embarrassed by something he said, too.  Is it because that particular joke referenced cheating?  And we all know Whoopi thinks stepping out on your spouse is no big deal and defends the practice?  Is that why she took umbrage at that joke in particular?  God knows she lives to defend the misbehavior of any celebrity who wears pants ... rapers, beaters, racists and cheaters.  It doesn't matter.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dkQ3t7tnds

 

Well she can stuff an ugly sequined sock in it, already.  It's not like Ben Affleck's little children were sitting there in the audience weeping, for crying out loud.  And it's not like there are not fifty thousand internet and printed stories about what went on and these kids would never know anything about it if Ricky Gervaise had not said something.  What it boils down to (or should I say "the thing is ......" )  If Ben Affleck doesn't want his children embarrassed by his behavior, he should have kept his hands off their press-hungry nanny who is loving every bit of the attention she is getting as she markets the tale of their affair.  Any pain or suffering or embarrassment his children experience as a result of his actions are ON HIM.  Not on some dumb comedian who made a joke about it during an awards show once upon a time.  

[Cosmocrush]

Does anyone believe that Whoopi really "has some friends" who buy scratch-off lottery tickets to give to homeless people?  I don't.   It's not like she even said "a" friend or "one" friend.  She claims she knows multiple people who do this.  Right.  

 

It felt like one of those useless lies Hasselbeck used to tell about her kids or her pretend friends ..... just making shit up so she has something to say that reflects well on her (or so she thinks). 

 

Anyway. I don't know why Whoop was so offended by the Ben Affleck cheating joke but everything else Ricky Gervaise said on the Globes was okay.  Every other person he made fun of has a family who might be hurt or embarrassed by something he said, too.  Is it because that particular joke referenced cheating?  And we all know Whoopi thinks stepping out on your spouse is no big deal and defends the practice?  Is that why she took umbrage at that joke in particular?  God knows she lives to defend the misbehavior of any celebrity who wears pants ... rapers, beaters, racists and cheaters.  It doesn't matter.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dkQ3t7tnds

So Whoopi is advocating lottery tickets to homeless people?  Lovely.    Hungry?  Cold?   Here's some scratch tickets! Do "her friends" hand out bottles of booze too?

 

Even Matt Damon was laughing (but trying not to) at the joke about Ben Affleck.  Did she mention her good buddy and not-racist Mel Gibson showing up?  Can I just say I hope that's the last we see of him on any screen anywhere. 

 

Love that youtube clip - especially the part about Whoopi being a US AMBASSADOR.   That's just what we need.

Edited January 11, 2016 by Cosmocrush

[bannana]

I was surprised she didn't defend Mel when Michelle said he was a Holocaust denier.  Personally, I was stunned to see Mel on the GGs and I howled when RG asked him just WTF sugar tits means, cause I don't to this day know what it means.

 

I am with Michelle on RG. He was funny and they hired him to do exactly what he did.  Heck, some of the presenters were more over the line and shocking to the audience members, a la Amy Shumer, for example.

 

I know I am in the minority but Michelle is actually growing on me.

 

Whoopi encouraging people to play the lotto is kind of crazy.  I don't know the stats in the US but usually its folks who cannot afford it who play, same with gambling.  But it is a free country and she has a right to her View.  There are just so many more interesting topics they could cover than the lotto.

[merriebreeze]

Who is Whoopi to tell the ABC show runners what they should do (more Michelle)? Didn't she encourage Ted Danson to do the black face routine that was universally panned? http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/dansons-racist-humor-appalls-crowd-at-roast

She's got such poor judgment about so many things -- buy lottery tickets, Cosby, Mel G., Polanski, relationship advice, tax rants, job prep, parenting, inappropriate jokes . . . the list goes on and on.

[MatchaLove]

I thought Ricky Gervais was so good.  Bitchy, edgy and in-your-face (as anticipated).  Giving zero you-know-whats…...

 

Was Whoopi put-off because he nailed "her friends"?   Sorry, but Cosby is a serial rapist, Mel Gibson is a violent racist, Affleck is a creepy little man sleeping with the nanny.  And as RG said, nobody really cares about this award but you, so don't get overly dramatic, lmao.  It's all fair game.    
 

[Bronzedog]

Whoops called giving lottery tickets to the homeless "a beautiful thing." Next time you're hungry chew on a lottery ticket, Whoopie!

[Former Nun]

Who is Whoopi to tell the ABC show runners what they should do (more Michelle)?

 

 

Who is Whoopi?  Who is Whoopi?  How dare thee!!   She humbly (humbly, I say!) lets us know that she's an EGOT winner, a seer of all things!  

[Morbs]

I think it's funny they are butt hurt about Mel Gibson and Ben Affleck's egos (two men whose behavior deserves mocking - i saw that divorce coming a mile away and I think Ben is drinking again)when RG made a joke about the innocent woman Bruce Jenner killed in his car crash. I'm all for gallows humor, but it's very strange to me how Bruce Jenner and the media have treated her death like a blip on the radar of publicity tour when a human life was lost. A better joke could be constructed about how Caitlynn Jenner appears to not even care about a life event that would devastate most people for years to come.

[barbedwire]

Agree with the comments on Whoop.  If her "friends" were giving out a blanket, warm socks, a sandwich and a bottle of water along with the lotto ticket then MAYBE that might be a good thing.  But handing out a ticket saying "I hope your luck changes before you freeze or starve to death" is not cool.

[tenativelyyours]

Did anyone else think that Whoopi doesn't even know what a lottery ticket really is?  Or at least in the context of her anecdote?  Because in the context of her anecdote she is claiming she knows several people who give out what is, by the odds, a worthless piece of paper.  What is more it is a tease of hope that more often than naught it dashed or simply fails to come to fruition.  Why not just walk around the city and tell homeless people 'if I win the big Powerball, I'm buying you a coke'?***

 

I think Whoopi was cherry picking.  She couldn't outright defend Gibson and pushed back against Gervais so she went in that same silly place so many tend to go.  'The family'.  Like it is a catch all Ronald Reagan Star Wars missile shield of fantasy that you cannot go up against.  It has no opposition.  So she spouts the family bit when deep down she either was pissed that Gibson and Cosby were actually the lower hanging fruit.  Or it simply falls to her scientific belief that stars are better than everyone else and everyone else damn well better realize that and act upon it.  And greater stars should not suffer lesser stars.  She really does have this insane hierarchy in her head that combines awards and box office and ratings.  Affleck is much bigger than Gervais in her mind and so therefore should never have to deal with being insulted or bear the brunt of such a lesser mortal's jokes.

 

***ETA for clarity  By this I mean she seems to be confusing scratch off lottery tickets with McDonald's.  State lottery tickets are meant to lose for the most part.  Whereas McDonalds you win at least something.  Free fries.  Or that coke.

Edited January 12, 2016 by tenativelyyours

[Morgalisa]

Whoopi does play the lottery. There have been paparazzi shots of her leaving the bodega with her cigarettes and scratch offs.

So, I've taken up adult coloring books. Supposed to relieve stress and anxiety. After listening to that airbag Whoopi in Hot Topics, I grabbed my Secret Garden book and coloring pencils and escaped to my bedroom for therapy.

I might watch the rest of the show later, but probably not.

[athousandclowns]

I have taken up the coloring too. My mother ( who was an artist) is someplace

rolling her eyes because she wouldn't let us have them as she was a color outside

the lines type of person. I am enjoying it.

I have had big Ricky love for years and watched with my two friends who are not fans but they were slapping their legs cracking up.

London is so irritating. Sherri was on Andy Cohen or maybe I just watched it and she indicated Raven needs a sitcom because she is sooooo good at it.

[Jaded]

I've started coloring too. Maybe we can talk about it more in the 'Small Talk' thread? 

I've yet to watch today's episode and after reading posts about it I'm glad I'll be able to FF'd through it when I do.

[howiveaddict]

I'm reaching here, but maybe Whoopi meant giving homeless a winning ticket already scratched off and known winner of a few dollars.  Other then that its giving away useless paper.  I have gotten lottery scatch off tickets as a gift before, and I thought of it as a non gift.  Between hubby and me, the $ 10 worth of tickets probably netted $5.  Really useful gift for a homeless person.

[maggiemae]

I suppose they could burn it this time of year to keep warm......hey Whoopi - why not use your lotto money to help the homeless or give them cash....

Ugh.....I am so tired of her, and Michelle, and Raven and now Sunni.

Let alone Stacy and Whoopi sneaking in to "steal" something and interrupt. Then the audience breaks into all kinds of laughter! Sigh.

[Tosia]

Tentativelyours, best post ever! I dont think i çan stand to watch the spew anymore. I tried last week even with the dvr, but just could not stand whoops' stupidity. This site confirms my choice.

Adult coloring books that i have checked out seem very hard, i.e., too detailed for me. They are beautiful, but I need easier pictures.

[maggiemae]

Remember when RO brought some in at the end of her second time on The View just to cope with the stress of Whoopi?

I might have to do that too, if I continue on.......Suduko doesn't help anymore.

[geekburger]

I like Sunni...but why is Sherri tweeting what is most likely secret information between ABC and Sunni?

Also, Whoopi not talking about the Oscars was weird. She is paid to give her opinion and views.

And Michelle just can't read a room. Why must she make jokes at every turn? Especially ones that are just not View audience appropriate. She's most likely out,especially with Queeen Whoopis speech.

CCB and Paula at this point are quiet but I enjoy them.

[maggiemae]

It was actually the Golden Globes, although I am not sure if that is included in voting as an EGOT I think that is what Whoopi was referring to....or implying.

For me, I don't care for Sunny (on CNN?) as a legal/political contributor or on this show as a woman. She seems too strident and does not have an ounce of warm and fuzzy, even though she is married and has 2 kids.

ETA or sense of humor.

Edited January 12, 2016 by maggiemae

[Cosmocrush]

I like Sunni...but why is Sherri tweeting what is most likely secret information between ABC and Sunni?

 

If I remember correctly, Sherri has spilled the bean before this time too.  Months before Bits left, Sherri tweeted something about "her world collapsing"  when rumours of of Bitsy leaving were out so the next week both Bits and Babs denied it, hahaha..   Then she accidentally confirmed it on Wendy Williams a month before Bits actually announced she was leaving and then left.    I think she tweeted something about Jenny McCarthy joining the show before it was announced too.  

 

It was actually the Golden Globes, although I am not sure if that is included in voting as an EGOT I think that is what Whoopi was referring to....or implying.

I'm sorry I don't know the context but unlike the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes are chosen/voted on by about 90 entertainment reporters - the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  If she was implying she has a say in it don't believe her.   She is however, one of the 2000+ members of the Academy who vote on the Oscars.  

[merriebreeze]

 It's "TALLYWACKERS" But such an old story.

Edited January 12, 2016 by merriebreeze

[Tosia]

"One of 2000+members"? Whoops is so special. I wish the network would just fire her or pay her off. OTOH, I just keep hoping for more bad press for her idiocy and meaness and grossness on the spew, so her EGOT star tarnishes more. I mean, if Oprah is cold (kind of) toward her, then maybe the new classy actresses and strong creatives in like Viola, Halle, Shonda, Olivia Pope (sorry, can t remember her name right now) will become even brighter and leave yucky Whoopi way behind as a has been and social loser like Mel Gibson, for her crazy views supporting Mel, Cosby, Roman, etc.

[Vinyasa]

No Michelle today.

 

Do they all now only work four days week each?

[buffynut]

I turned the show on for a few minutes today, around the time Joy told Raven she looked pretty.  And I have to agree, that was a nice, toned down, pretty look for her.   Then she started talking about looking for suggestions on new hair colour, so I guess the look won't last for long.

 

Turned it off again not long after. No one, even Joy, interests me enough to continue watching anymore.

[TheGreenKnight]

I hate when they advertise topics they never get to. They did it twice today. Apparently Candace was upset about Obama’s State of the Union or something. Thankfully we never heard her thoughts.

 

Good for Joy not allowing Paula and Candace to victim-blame during the rape topic. And this was an example of Whoopi’s opinions changing with whoever’s present, because if Nicolle had been there rather than Joy, she and Nicolle would’ve been first in line to kick the victim.

 

And then Candace tried to make the topic about religion…! I think I rolled my eyes out of my head for a minute there. Rape has been happening for as long humans have been around, and I’m glad Joy pointed out that most people do follow a religion—maybe not all of them are a part of Candace’s religion and/or subset of a religion, but atheists are still the vast minority. Rape has nothing to do with religion or teachers not making kids pray in school or the Ten Commandments not being on a public monument. This is why I don't see Candace as any better than Whoopi or Raven.

[Blergh]

Did they in any way refer to David Bowie's passing or did they think NO ONE in their audience knew or cared who he was?

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Did they in any way refer to David Bowie's passing or did they think NO ONE in their audience knew or cared who he was?

 

They talked about it yesterday!

[Blergh]

Thanks for clarifying, Foghorn.

 No way was I gonna watch the show but I just wanted to know if they did this.

[Bronzedog]

Candace gets on my nerves. They could be talking about bee hives and she'd pipe up with "see! This is why there should be prayers in schools!" And then switch the topic to rock climbing and she'd be all, "climb higher! You'll be closer to the Lord." STFU, Candace!

[NextIteration]

Have I mentioned how much I hate CCB?  She gave us a prime example as to why I hate her today.  Christianity/religion has zero to do with morality.  SHUT UP.  And Joy was wrong as far as religion in the U.S. goes, a recent Pew poll shows that we heathens are growing in numbers.  Grrr at the victim blaming, you want to know why we live in a rape culture CCB?  Christian patriarchal bullshit and justified rape in the buybull.  Thank you Raven, you did good, so did you Whoopi.

 

I want to know why we had to listen to a whole season of CCB whining about "sexy costumes" on DWTS when that's mostly what her wardrobe is made up of on The Spew?  Not today, but how many times have we seen her midriff now?

 

(I don't care about sexy clothes, just hypocrisy!)

 

 

[Haleth]

I had to laugh again at Whoopi, the great authority on everything under the sun. Paula was talking about how the relationship between mothers and sons is different and Whoopi had to interrupt her. "It's NOT different," insisted the mother of a daughter. Sheesh.

[Medicine Crow]

I was "doin' stuff" in the kitchen & heard her say that ... I can't believe "the brass" don't come down on The Whoopster's all-knowing ways.  I can't even look at her flapping lips & defiant look anymore.  I particularly hate it when it's directed to Paula & I don't know why, but I do.

[merriebreeze]

Didn't Whoopi kinda dismiss Paula's video of her son attempting to blow out the candles? Whoopi's intro smacked of passive aggressiveness. Paula is the new RO in Whoopi's world. Anything Paula says, Whoopi disagrees with. 

[bannana]

Can someone quickly recap or give keyword so I can search re the topic related to rape?  I didn't watch today.

[Foghorn Leghorn]

I had to stop watching today's recording, couldn't take anymore Whoopi judging everything about everyone and about stuff she has no idea about like mothers and sons!  She definitely is after Paula, hilarious to watch really because Paula is taking the high road and is not letting WG get to her, good for her!    

 

And today it jumped out at me more than ever how Whoopi decides she is God and takes over the hot topic segment with her opinion as if it is the only right one, yells louder, thrashes her arms/hands about glaring into the camera and continually taking the same friggin' dread off her face, cut it or pin it back!  Why does she always get the final word instead of saying "great conversation ladies, we'll be right back!"

 

Raven nodding her head over and over while someone else is talking politics like she knows what they are talking about and she is in sync...here's a quarter Raven, go buy a clue!!

Edited January 12, 2016 by Foghorn Leghorn

[Medicine Crow]

I had to stop watching today's recording, couldn't take anymore Whoopi judging everything about everyone and about stuff she has no idea about like mothers and sons!  She definitely is after Paula, hilarious to watch really because Paula is taking the high road and is not letting WG get to her, good for her!    

 

And today it jumped out at me more than ever how Whoopi decides she is God and takes over the hot topic segment with her opinion as if it is the only right one, yells louder, thrashes her arms/hands about glaring into the camera and continually taking the same friggin' dread off her face, cut it or pin it back!  Why does she always get the final word instead of saying "great conversation ladies, we'll be right back!"

 

Raven nodding her head over and over while someone else is talking politics like she knows what they are talking about and she is in sync...here's a quarter Raven, go buy a clue!!

My bold.  Exactly, Foghorn Leghorn, she couldn't get any more dictatorial.  It's like her word is the final edict on the subject & no one contradicts her.  (I'm very disappointed in Joy just sitting there.  I know she doesn't agree but doesn't have the guts to confront her.)