YOU DEFAMED ME ON LIVE TV – NOW PAY THE PRICE – Whoopi Goldberg steps in to stop ‘The View’ audience after Jennifer Lopez’s 72-second standing ovation shakes the studio.NH
Goldberg endured 72 seconds of pure terror as the audience cheered for Lopez. “Whoopi, it’s my hometown!” Lopez said after Goldberg stood up.
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October 7, 2025 2:00 p.m. ETWhoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Lopez on ‘The View’.
Whoopi Goldberg just endured 72 seconds of pure, unfiltered hell at The View‘s Hot Topics table.
After famously collapsing in March over a Jennifer Lopez-related topic at the very table she was forced to stand up at on Tuesday morning, the Oscar-winning Ghost actress welcomed Lopez to join the cohosts for an interview pegged to the latter’s new movie, Kiss of the Spider-Woman.
As the actress and singer made her way to the cohosts at the table, the audience cheered — as the crowd typically does for celebrity guests.
Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Jennifer Lopez, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin on ‘The View’.
But, it quickly became clear that Goldberg was going to have to spring into action to quiet them down, as they kept applauding — and even stood up — as Lopez took her seat next to the panelists.
Losing control of her attendees, Goldberg sensed danger when chants of “J.Lo, J.Lo, J.Lo” clapped through the show’s airspace, with Goldberg ringing her iconic Hot Topics bell multiple times in an attempt to contain the spread of enthusiasm through the risers.
“Hey, y’all, this is only an hour show,” Goldberg said, eventually standing up to confront the collective wall of hands smashing together.
“Stop!” the 69-year-old shouted, her own hands rising up beside her. “This is only an hour show!”
“Whoopi, it’s my hometown!” Lopez said to Goldberg’s back, as the actress was still out of her seat as she worked toward corralling the audience.
“But, this is our gig and we want to talk to you so badly,” Goldberg told Lopez with a smile, before the audience finally settled in to listen to Lopez speak about her new musical movie venture.
The View has a long history of guests receiving sustained standing ovations — and Goldberg attempting to shush rowdy audience members.Jennifer Lopez in ‘Kiss of the Spider-Woman’.
Just last week, Goldberg had to calm the rowdy studio audience for their uproarious applause in support of interview guest Zohran Mamdani.
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When it comes to ovations, RuPaul’s Drag Race host RuPaul famously received a sustained reception at the show in March 2024, which clocked in 14 seconds longer than the one President Barack Obama received for his appearance back on season 13.
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Kiss of the Spider-Woman is in theaters Friday.
