The View’s Whoopi Goldberg clashed with her co-hosts yet again during Tuesday’s show – when she sparked uproar on the panel by admitting that she thinks it’s acceptable to ‘yell at your kids from time to time’.
The 67-year-old actor urged Sara Haines not to feel guilty for ‘screaming’ at her children and argued that sometimes you need to get ‘a little bit louder’ when disciplining your offspring.
However, the Sister Act star was left stunned when the show’s executive producer Brian Teta took her advice on board and shouted at her live on air mid-discussion and ordered her to take a break.
As Whoopi consoled mother-of-three Sara about parenting tactics, Brian’s loud voice interrupted her and she quickly turned around to try and figure out where the noise was coming from.
‘Go to a commercial! Do it now!’ Brian yelled from behind the camera, and once Whoopi realized it was him, she relaxed and said sarcastically: ‘I’m sorry, did you say something?’
The View’s Whoopi Goldberg clashed with her co-hosts during Tuesday’s show
Whoopi told Sara Haines (right) not to feel guilty for screaming at her three young children
Sunny Hostin spoke up and claimed it’s ‘damaging’ to yell and scream at children
The Hot Topic began when Whoopi mentioned a new study published in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect which claimed that shouting at, denigrating or verbally threatening children can be as damaging to their development as sexual or physical abuse.
Whoopi insisted that it was a ‘common move for parents to raise their voice when their kids act up’, and referring to the study, she argued that verbal discipline shouldn’t be grouped in with physical and sexual abuse.
‘I’m sorry, you have to yell at your kids from time to time… you do,’ she told the panel, which consisted of Sara, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
‘Sometimes they just don’t get it so you have to get a little bit louder. Now that’s not to say you’re saying, “you dumb, ugly punk!” That’s not what we’re doing,’ Whoopi added.
She then passed the conversation over to Joy, 80, and revealed: ‘I know Joy, you really think it’s horrible when parents hit their children?’
‘Yeah, I don’t believe in that. Don’t hit the kid,’ Joy replied, and claimed: ‘You can say the nicest thing and yell and you can see the meanest thing and say it whispering, so it’s not the volume that counts, it’s what you’re saying.
‘But I believe that children are very vulnerable. To put sexual abuse in that category is a horrible idea. An innocent child… you are taking their childhood from them and they will suffer for the rest of their lives, it’s not the same as yelling, sorry.’
Mother-of-two Sunny then piped up and said: ‘I think as parents, we do the best we can but we tend to model the behavior we experience as children.
Host Joy Behar revealed that she doesn’t agree with parents hitting their children
Whoopi argued that sometimes you need to get ‘a little bit louder’ when disciplining kids
The View’s executive producer Brian Teta left Whoopi stunned when he shouted at her live on air
‘My parents never hit me and never yelled at me,’ she continued as Sara butted in and admitted: ‘Oh, my mom was a screamer!’
Sunny then added: ‘My husband’s mother was a yeller, and he’s a yeller. I’ve had to teach him not to do that,’ as Sara interrupted her again and offered: ‘You can come to our house because I also scream and I feel very guilty when it happens…’
Joy then jokingly begged Sara to show them how she does it as Sunny was heard saying off camera: ‘I think it’s damaging.’
Ignoring Sunny’s comment, Sara said: ‘No, but when you’re screaming at them, you recognize you’re not modeling what you’d like because you’re teaching a child to regulate their emotions while not regulating your own.’
Defending Sara, Whoopi said loudly: ‘Nah ah! You’re teaching the child, “don’t touch the oven because I said so!”‘
Sara replied: ‘Yeah when there’s danger involved, but sometimes I’m yelling about menial things and I feel so guilty,’ as Whoopi reassured her: ‘Don’t feel guilty!’
Alyssa, 34, then attempted to say something and claimed: ‘Under discipline is a thing…’ but she was interrupted by Brian shouting at Whoopi to go to a commercial break.
Viewers tuning in at home thought it was hilarious and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts.
Sara couldn’t stop laughing when Brian yelled at Whoopi to go to a commercial break
TV host Sara pictured with her three young children: Sandra, Caleb and Alec
How long has Bryan been waiting to yell at Whoopi? Chile… Whoopi was like #TheView (sic),’ one person posted.
‘Lo Brian yelling! #TheView,’ another said, while a third fan simply commented: ‘Haha.. Whoopi #TheView.’
Someone else suggested: ‘Damn, what can parents do? Yall want perfection from parents #TheView I def don’t believe Sunny don’t yell at her kids. Lol.’
