Backstage fight at ‘The View’
WHOOPI Goldberg and Jeanine Pirro got into an explosive argument backstage at “The View” on Thursday — when an intense onthe-air exchange got even more heated behind the scenes, sources exclusively tell Page Six.
The confrontation ended with liberal Goldberg allegedly shouting, “F - - k you, get the f - - k out!” at President Trump supporter and Fox News host Pirro. During the screaming match, Pirro told Goldberg, “I’ve done more for abused women than you will ever do,” we hear.
The trouble started before Pirro even went on-air. There to promote her book “Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the AntiTrump Conspiracy,” she arrived at “The View” to learn CNN contributor Ana Navarro was filling in for Joy Behar. “When Jeanine arrived . . . [she was] refusing to be on with Ana,” an insider said. “[Pirro] was yelling at [the show’s] executive producer and her staff, like, ‘You need to handle this.’ ” Another source told us that Pirro “was upset that Ana was there because she wasn’t told until the last minute. Ana is 24/7 anti-Trump. Jeanine wasn’t yelling, but you could tell they felt like the segment was being hijacked by shoving in an anti-Fox, anti-Trump person.”
Goldberg and Pirro argued on-air, and Goldberg declared, “Say goodbye. I’m done!” and left. But fireworks went off again backstage, a source said, when Pirro said “she’s fought for victims her whole life.” That’s when “Whoopi got in her face and said that they’ve known each other a long time, but still, ‘F - - k you, get the f - - k out of this building.’ Jeanine looked stunned.”
Another source told us, “Jeanine could have walked by her . . . easily. She put her finger in her face and said, ‘I’ve done more for abused women than you will ever do’ and that’s when Whoopi said, ‘You and I have never had a problem,’ before everything else was said.” We hear the ABC show’s producers and Goldberg have reached out to Pirro to have a conversation about what happened. Goldberg apologized to the audience for the on-air blowup.
Reps declined to comment.