Whoopi Goldberg Hosts Three-Person Panel on 'The View': 'It's Been Insane'

There were some notable absences during Friday’s episode (March 18) of The View.

Host Whoopi Goldberg moderated a panel that had been whittled down to three, appearing alongside Ana Navarro and Eboni K. Williams.

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“So none of the people that they introduced are here today,” Whoopi said at the episode’s outset, while regular panelists Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin were all absent, as was Alyssa Farah Griffin, former communications director for the Trump administration, who’d been guesting for the week.

“Poor Eboni came in to say hello to me this morning and I was like, ‘Look, don’t get close!,’” Ana joked, alluding to a possible positive COVID-19 test.

“You can’t believe the day we’ve had,” Whoopi told viewers. “It’s been insane and crazy and yes, there are only three of us today.”

Alyssa confirmed on Twitter that she had skipped the episode after testing positive for COVID, while viewers were told on Thursday that Joy would be taking “a few days” off because she’d been in close contact with someone who had tested positive. Thankfully Sunny‘s absence wasn’t COVID related, as it had previously been announced she’d be away all week to tape ABC game show The Chase.

In case you missed it, we recently ranked the hosts of The View by net worth and the wealthiest panelist is worth $170 million!