
Watch How Whoopi Goldberg Reacts After She Accidentally Says Trump's Name
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The host has largely avoided mentioning Trump in conjunction with the presidency since at least 2018.
Whoopi Goldberg had a crowd-pleasing reaction after she inadvertently said Donald Trump’s name during Tuesday’s episode of “The View.”
Goldberg has long avoided mentioning Trump’s name in conjunction with the word “president.” She told CNN’s David Axelrod in 2018 that she knows that “people don’t like that I don’t do it ― I’m fine with that.”
But she did say the former president’s name on Tuesday’s show ― a slipup that she blamed on co-host Joy Behar.
The dreaded name-drop occurred during a discussion about Thursday’s presidential debate between Trump, the presumptive 2024 GOP nominee, and President Joe Biden.
Goldberg was trying to discuss the differences between the two candidates without using a certain word that rhymes with “grump”: