Whoopi Goldberg leaves ‘The View’ set during conversation about feet
Whoopi Goldberg has made it clear that she is sensitive to her feet.
The EGOT winner, 68, walked off the set by The view during the Tuesday, January 9 episode after starting a conversation about foot fetishes.
Goldberg introduced the segment while talking about an anonymous man who wrote The guard‘s advice column with a question about feet.
“His wife always liked it when he gave her a foot massage, until he admitted he had a foot fetish. Now foot massages are off the table,” she said. “He finds it a bit strange that his wife pulled away as soon as he revealed that foot massages also gave him pleasure.”
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Goldberg then asked if a foot fetish would be a “turnoff” for her cohosts. All her colleagues immediately agreed, but Goldberg remained silent.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, for example, was on board. “I wish my husband had a foot fetish and wanted to give foot massages,” she joked. “It seems like a big problem to have.”
Sunny Hostin agreed, noting that it seems like the couple from the advice column should, in theory, be a good match. “Isn’t it great that he has a fetish?” she asked. “If you love foot massages and happen to be married to a man with a foot fetish who wants to give massages, this is the perfect marriage.”
While the ladies debated the topic, Goldberg kept his mouth shut. When Griffin interjected, “You must accommodate your partner’s kink within reason,” Goldberg simply stood up and walked away.
“Excuse me for a moment, keep talking,” said the Sister Act the star said as she briefly left the stage and handed a card to someone off camera.
Griffin, 34, joked: “Whoopi left the building.”
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Joy Behar then explained why she didn’t address the topic.
“Not to brag, my feet have created foot fetishes, so I can’t really comment,” said Behar, 81. “I feel like I’m responsible for a lot of the foot fetishes out there.”
When Goldberg returned to her seat, she put her hands on her face and signaled that she was not interested in the discussion.
When Behar asked why she left, Goldberg didn’t hesitate to explain.
“I was so enamored with what you said that I felt like I needed to take a breath so I could pull myself together so I could get back to the table!” she joked. “So I just got up and walked away and just got myself together!”
Behar then joked: “This is what my feet do to people.” However, Goldberg didn’t buy it and replied: ‘This is what this conversation does to people. It gets them up and moving.”
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Goldberg further admitted that she isn’t particularly interested in feet because of her own appendages. “I don’t care because my feet are huge and no one wants to touch them,” she said.
Feet were also a hot topic The view in February 2022 when the hosts discussed whether it is appropriate to ask guests to take off their shoes when they come to your home.
Goldberg said she didn’t agree with guests taking off their shoes.
“You can’t tell people what you will or won’t do if they invite you to their home,” Goldberg said. “You can say you don’t want to come, but you can’t talk to people like that.”
Behar responded, “Well, not everyone has beautiful feet like me,” as she swung her leg up on the table to show off her bare foot. Hostin, 55, and cohost Sara Haines followed by also proudly showing their feet.