Current:Home > FinanceWhoopi Goldberg Leaves The View Roundtable Over Heated Miranda Lambert Selfie Debate -Aspire Financial Strategies
Whoopi Goldberg Leaves The View Roundtable Over Heated Miranda Lambert Selfie Debate
View
Date:2025-04-18 23:58:35
Whoopi Goldberg weighed in on selfie-gate in the best way.
The Sister Act actress got up from The View roundtable during a heated discussion about Miranda Lambert's concert controversy in order to take her own selfie with a 91-year-old audience member.
Whoopi and co-hosts Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin were debating how Miranda called out concertgoers for taking photos during her Las Vegas residency show July 15. Sunny did not side with the "Bluebird" singer, saying, "[I'm] going to take as many selfies as I want if I paid $757 for tickets."
However, Whoopi wasn't having it.
"You know what? Stay home," quipped the Oscar winner. "If you're going to spend $750 to come to my concert, then give me the respect of watching me while I do my thing, or don't come."
Sunny's response? The 54-year-old said that she likes to take pictures while at concerts in order to rewatch the memories later on. Whoopi then got up from her seat and said, "Turn on the television, girl."
As Whoopi walked to the front row of the studio audience, she shouted, "I'm leaving y'all! I want to take a picture with this marvelous woman, who is 91. So, we're going to do a selfie."
Whoopi then approached the audience member and exclaimed, "Just me and you. Will you push that button? We'll be right back."
Point proven on The View, but when it comes to Miranda's fans, they are split on the situation.
As seen in a video circulating on social media, Miranda told the audience, "These girls are worried about their selfie and not listening to the song. It's pissing me off a little bit."
Concertgoers can be heard murmuring as the 39-year-old added, "We're here to hear some country music tonight. I'm singing some country damn music."
After the Grammy winner started singing "Tin Man," seven people could be seen exiting the venue, with one person saying, "Let's go, come on, you don't do that to fans."
And now, one of the group members herself—Adela Calin—has spoken out about the incident.
"It felt like I was back at school with the teacher scolding me for doing something wrong and telling me to sit down back in my place," the 43-year-old told NBC News. "I feel like she was determined to make us look like we were young, immature and vain. But we were just grown women in our 30s to 60s trying to take a picture."
But not all fans were upset by Miranda's behavior. In fact, many sided with the country singer and Whoopi.
"Good for Miranda," one user chimed in underneath the now viral video. "This song is so special and beautiful."
veryGood! (29717)
Related
- Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
- George Santos says he expects he'll be expelled from Congress
- New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes
- Madagascar’s main opposition candidate files a lawsuit claiming fraud in the presidential election
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- World's largest iceberg — 3 times the size of New York City — on the move for the first time in 37 years
- Almost half a million people left without power in Crimea after Black Sea storm
- French labor minister goes on trial for alleged favoritism when he was a mayor
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- Taylor Swift Meets Family of Fan Who Died in Brazil
Ranking
- Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
- Google will start deleting ‘inactive’ accounts in December. Here’s what you need to know
- Brazilian delivery driver called real Irish hero for intervening in Dublin knife attack
- David Letterman returns to The Late Show for first time since 2015 in Colbert appearance
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- Indiana couple, 2 dogs, die when single-engine plane crashes in western Michigan after takeoff
- Failed wheel bearing caused Kentucky train derailment, CSX says
- Arrest made after 3 Palestinian college students shot in Burlington, Vermont, police say
Recommendation
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
Merriam-Webster picks 'authentic' as 2023 word of the year
Paris mayor says she’s quitting Elon Musk’s ‘global sewer’ platform X as city gears up for Olympics
Rescuers attempt manual digging to free 41 Indian workers trapped for over two weeks in tunnel
DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
Google will start deleting ‘inactive’ accounts in December. Here’s what you need to know
Mississippi Rep. Banks gets probation on tax conviction and intends to remain in office
Will & Grace Star Eric McCormack's Wife Janet Files for Divorce After 26 Years of Marriage