It began as any other interview on ‘The View.’ Hosts and guests talked over each other as Sheri Shepherd and Joy Behar chatted with The Real Housewives of D.C.
After Salahi diverted from talking about the White House State Dinner, she and husband Tareq allegedly crashed, Whoopi wandered out from backstage, gently touched Michaele to get her attention, and said, “Can you get back to the White House, please?” before retreated backstage.
Salahi said, “I felt someone touch me,” and Sheri replied, “That was Whoopi Goldberg, she don’t come out unless she’s passionate about something.”
Watch the incident below:
It was that which apparently sparked the drama that went down behind the scenes. For real.
The Huffington Post writes that after the show, “Whoopi burst into a room Michaele was sitting in with Tareq and screamed: ‘I didn’t f*cking hit you! Did you say I f*cking hit you?’”
The Salahis attorney claims that Whoopi was screaming and dropped the “F-bomb” many times. Tareq reportedly has the end of their exchange on video.
However, The View is standing by their host, the show released the following statement this morning:
“At one point during Michaele Salahi’s appearance on The View on Wednesday, Whoopi lightly touched Ms. Salahi to get her attention and said to her, ‘Excuse me, can you get back to the White House please?’ meaning could Ms. Salahi return to the original subject of conversation. After the show, Ms. Salahi and her husband accused Whoopi of hitting Ms. Salahi. As the broadcast clearly shows, the accusation was completely unfounded and erroneous. After the show and after being told she was being accused of hitting Ms. Salahi, Whoopi proceeded to defend herself verbally from this baseless claim in a heated exchange with the Salahis.”
Whoopi is expected to talk more about the incident on today’s show.
Conveniently, the Real Housewives of DC premiers tonight on Bravo.
