During the Monday, November 3rd episode of "The View," Whoopi Goldberg took umbrage with co-host Sunny Hostin passing her a legal note, prompting a lively exchange between the two. As Goldberg, 69, and Hostin, 57, along with their fellow panelists commenced the week's discussion on President Donald Trump and the ongoing government shutdown, Goldberg quipped about Trump "using an autopen," a device that replicates a signature.
While it remains unclear whether or not Trump, 79, has employed an autopen since taking office for his second term, he appears to be fixated on claims that his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, did use one to sign his name on presidential documents.
After Goldberg's joke, Hostin - a former attorney who often addresses legal issues on the show - passed her a blue index card across the table, eliciting a delightful exclamation from co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin: "I love when Sunny passes notes!"
"What the hell? What?" Goldberg exclaimed, before Hostin audibly clarified, "We don't know if Trump used an autopen." "It was a joke!" Goldberg insisted, tearing up the note, which she deemed "ridiculous."
Rather than regaining their footing, the EGOT winner addressed the audience, saying, "The hardest thing about this job now is no one understands nuance." She continued, "You know when you hear a joke, when somebody is fooling around, when they're not saying something specific. Especially on this show, I'm very specific when I'm pointing stuff out. When I'm making jokes, you know when I'm making jokes."
This isn't the first time Goldberg's temper has flared on "The View" over something related to Trump. Last May, the president mocked her on Truth Social, reposting a meme that claimed the actress and comedian was planning to leave America if he was re-elected.
Trump added his own caption to the meme, writing, "Canada doesn't want you Whoopi, NOBODY DOES!!!" "Look — I’m not going anywhere," Goldberg responded, earning cheers from "The View"'s audience at the time. "And it’s not for the reason you think," she added. "He said nobody wanted me. Honey... you know what, it wouldn’t matter if no one here wanted me. But I know where I’m going to be cause I got a contract."
Trump frequently brings up Biden's alleged use of the autopen - calling into question the validity of pardons and bills that he signed in office - and even refused to hang up Biden's portrait in a new "Presidential Walk of Fame" he recently installed outside the West Wing. Instead, between two portraits of Trump, there is an image of an autopen signing Biden's signature.
