Whoopi Goldberg made her return to The View after a two-week absence.
The Oscar-winning actress appeared on the Italian soap opera Un Posto Al Sole which caused her to miss time from the show.
“So, Alyssa [Farah Griffin] is out today, and I am back today! Back from Italy,” Goldberg said.
Ana Navarro joked, “I think this b*tch has forgotten to speak English.”
Goldberg said her role was on the region’s longest-running soap and she had a “really good” time.
“I learned a lot, because I’d never done a soap opera before. So doing a soap opera in a different language, in a different country, made for a really interesting time,” Goldberg said. “It was great. I sent you guys stuff all through, because I wanted you to know I was actually working. And I was gone for two weeks in Naples, Italy. It rained every day.”
Goldberg said the weather was “rain, rain, storm, thunder,” describing it as “crazy” to work in.
“Starring in a fake soap opera sounds so much better than living in the real one,” Navarro said.
“One doesn’t ever stop living in the real one. I didn’t need to take it with me, because everyone there is aware,” Goldberg responded.”But you know, this is the thing about other countries, they’ve lived through this. They’ve gone through this, they know what this is like. And they’re just biding their time, saying, when the people decide enough is enough, it will be enough.”
On the The View‘s Behind the Table podcast, Goldberg said she may seek political office in the future.
“I know this is the craziest thing ever, and it will never happen while [The View] is going on, but I still want to represent our country in another country,” Goldberg said. “I’ve always wanted to be an ambassador.”
Goldberg continued: “I think there are terrific things about this country. I know we’re not perfect, and there’s a lot of stuff we’ve got to fix. It’s what I’ve always said: There are great things about us and terrible things about us. We fix what we can, and sometimes we fix it really well, and sometimes we don’t fix it well enough.”