Whoopi Goldberg hilariously walks off 'The View' stage amid a debate about Miranda Lambert's selfie drama
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- Whoopi Goldberg jokingly walked off the set of "The View" amid a debate about concert etiquette.
- Cohost Sunny Hostin defended a group of fans taking selfies at a Miranda Lambert show.
- Goldberg disagreed, and ended up leaving the stage to take a selfie with an audience member.
"The View" cohost Whoopi Goldberg walked off stage during a debate over concert etiquette.
Goldberg and cohosts Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farrah Griffin, and Sara Haines were discussing a recent incident at a Miranda Lambert show where Lambert called out a group of fans taking selfies.
"I think shame all around, to be honest," Griffin said, adding that she doesn't like the "culture" of going to concerts to "live through your phone" and not pay attention to performers, but that Lambert's reaction was a little "over the top."
"If they paid money for the tickets, they came to see her. So if she's singing, at least a little respect... acknowledge that if you can see her, she can see you," Goldberg replied.
While Griffin and Haines agreed with Goldberg, Hostin said she wasn't "split on this at all."
"The expensive tickets in the VIP section that they were in are $757. I'm gonna take as many selfies as I want if I paid $757. I'm sorry, that's just me," Hostin said, to applause from the audience.
"You know what? Stay home," Goldberg responded. "Give me the respect of watching me while I'm doing my thing, or don't come."
When Hostin argued that she would maybe like to "relive" a concert through extensive photo and videos from the event, Goldberg shook her head and walked offstage.
"Turn on the television, girl. I'm leaving y'all," the comedian said as she walked into the audience.
Goldberg then took a selfie with an older audience member while others applauded and cheered.
The comedian regularly takes a stand on various issues discussed on the show. Some topics are more innocuous, like a heated 2019 exchange Goldberg had with former cohost Meghan McCain about cutting people off while they were talking.
In 2022, however, the "Color Purple" star was suspended from the talk show for two weeks after arguing that the Holocaust wasn't "about race" and subsequently doubling down on her comments.