Whoopi Goldberg experienced a very different kind of fireworks light up the sky this Fourth of July.
The View cohost’s Independence Day holiday in Italy took an unexpected turn after Sicily’s active volcano Mount Etna erupted with activity over the weekend, leaving her and other tourists stranded on the Mediterranean Island.
Of course, Whoopi’s travel woes meant she was unfortunately absent from the ABC morning show’s July 6 broadcast, which saw Joy Behar return from a recently announced hiatus to fill in for the missing panel member.
“So you may be asking, ‘Why am I here on a Monday?’ I asked myself the same question,” Joy announced at the top of the broadcast alongside Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin. “But [producer] Brian [Teta] begged me to come in—on his knees, where he belongs. Why? Because we are down three cohosts today.”
Joy hilariously added, “Whoopi is using the old volcano excuse.”
They then played a video sent by Whoopi explaining her predicament.
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