What’s essentially the most embarrassing means for somebody to defend a politician who berated their employees on digicam and had a historical past of offended outbursts? Nicely, throughout Thursday’s The View, ABC Information moderator Whoopi Goldberg stepped as much as defend California Democrat Katie Porter amid her heated gubernatorial race by admitting that she too yells at her employees. She even made an excuse for why Porter was in the suitable for allegedly pure scolding sizzling mashed potatoes on her then-husband.
In the meantime, co-host Sunny Hostin blamed President Trump for Porter’s dangerous conduct.
After enjoying soundbites from the CNN debate the place Porter was referred to as out repeatedly for her dangerous conduct, Goldberg swooped in to be her knight: “Perhaps, you realize, perhaps she does yell at folks. I yell at folks. You yell at folks. You yell at folks. And typically it’s not good.”
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin supplied some pushback given she used to work on Capitol Hill and handled many various lawmakers: “I feel how someone treats employees underneath them says a lot about their character. And we should always notice we noticed the video the place she berated a staffer in a means I’ve by no means in any job in politics been talked to.”
Whoopi Goldberg defends Katie Porter snapping and yelling at her employees by saying she does it too: “Perhaps she does yell at folks. I yell at folks. You yell at folks.” pic.twitter.com/RQXaWbGJRf
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) Might 7, 2026
Co-host Pleasure Behar wrote off Porter’s offended outbursts at employees as simply her being “excessive spirited.” Goldberg appeared to counsel that her husband deserved to be allegedly battered with scalding sizzling potatoes:
BEHAR: I do know. Look, Katie, she’s excessive spirited. Perhaps she had PMS.I do not know what her drawback was however the truth stays that she threw sizzling mashed potatoes at her husband’s head apparently. I learn that.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Allegedly.
BEHAR: So, she has anger points, which I –
GOLDBERG: Perhaps she has dangerous style in males.
Whoopi defends Porter battering her former husband with scaling sizzling mashed potatoes:
JOY BEHAR: Look, Katie, she’s excessive spirited. Perhaps she had PMS.I do not know what her drawback was however the truth stays that she threw sizzling mashed potatoes at her husband’s head apparently. I learn… pic.twitter.com/kkmwSUYjyS
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) Might 7, 2026
“You get caught in a second and, you realize, all people’s received a digicam. So, I am sorry. I’ve yelled at individuals who labored for me. I’ve yelled at folks,” Goldberg later doubled down on her protection of Porter’s yelling. “I am very cautious after I yell at folks now.”
Goldberg went on to elucidate that she’s cautious about yelling at folks now, not as a result of it’s incorrect, however as a result of they’d purportedly bait it out of her:
What you do not know is oftentimes persons are, you realize, messing with you. I used to get it on a regular basis and I used to get actually offended at folks as a result of they’d come up and go, ‘so what are you going to do when your woman loses as a result of Trump is up?’
I used to get — I would get proper again in folks’s faces and I spotted that is what you need. You need me to try this so that you study to do it. I am not mad at anyone would steps in poo. I am not. Now, I do not know what she did to her husband. I do not know something in regards to the potatoes or any of that.
Whoopi defends Porter battering her former husband with scaling sizzling mashed potatoes:
JOY BEHAR: Look, Katie, she’s excessive spirited. Perhaps she had PMS.I do not know what her drawback was however the truth stays that she threw sizzling mashed potatoes at her husband’s head apparently. I learn… pic.twitter.com/kkmwSUYjyS
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) Might 7, 2026
In the meantime, co-host Sunny Hostin blamed Trump, his administration, and the Republican Social gathering for Porter’s actions:
We all know that there’s a double commonplace. And I’ve received to let you know, the bar is so very low whenever you take a look at J.D. Vance, the way in which he behaves, you take a look at Pete Hegseth, you take a look at Donald Trump. It trickles down from the highest. We have now seen the worst — the worst conduct within the Republican Social gathering.
Sunny Hostin blames Porter’s horrible temperament on Trump and his administration, saying “It trickles down from the highest”:
SUNNY HOSTIN: We all know that there’s a double commonplace. And I’ve received to let you know, the bar is so very low whenever you take a look at J.D. Vance, the way in which he behaves,… pic.twitter.com/YIhulHFP39
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) Might 7, 2026
As they have been approaching the industrial break, Goldberg all however endorsed Porter, suggesting she was “the suitable particular person” to run California and that she had “a whole lot of religion in her.”
The transcript is under. Click on “broaden” to learn:
ABC’s The View
Might 7, 2026
11:16:22 a.m. Japanese(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I like — I just like the — I like the truth that she mentioned, wait a minute, me? Let’s discuss y’all. As a result of there’s like 45 of y’all and certainly one of me. And perhaps she — perhaps, you realize, perhaps she does yell at folks. I yell at folks. You yell at folks. You yell at folks. And typically it’s not good.
JOY BEHAR: I solely yell at my husband.
GOLDBERG: However he is an individual, although.
BEHAR: Yeah.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: There is not any query that ladies are held to a distinct commonplace within the public sphere, likability, all these points we discuss in politics. However I do not assume she’s the very best spokesperson for this. I feel how someone treats employees underneath them says a lot about their character. And we should always notice we noticed the video the place she berated a staffer in a means I’ve by no means in any job in politics been talked to.
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11:17:23 a.m. Japanese
BEHAR: However you realize what, Hillary Clinton was referred to as unlikable, nasty, and abrasive. Michelle Obama was topic to countless sexist and racist assaults. Kamala Harris – keep in mind ‘oh, I do not like her chuckle.’
FARAH GRIFFIN: However they’ve by no means been on digicam berating folks. All of them deal with their employees with respect.
BEHAR: I do know. Look, Katie, she’s excessive spirited. Perhaps she had PMS.I do not know what her drawback was however the truth stays that she threw sizzling mashed potatoes at her husband’s head apparently. I learn that.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Allegedly.
BEHAR: So, she has anger points, which I –
GOLDBERG: Perhaps she has dangerous style in males.
BEHAR: Or, I imply, potatoes.
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11:19:33 a.m. Japanese
SUNNY HOSTIN: We all know that there’s a double commonplace. And I’ve received to let you know, the bar is so very low whenever you take a look at J.D. Vance, the way in which he behaves, you take a look at Pete Hegseth, you take a look at Donald Trump. It trickles down from the highest. We have now seen the worst — the worst conduct within the Republican Social gathering.
I do not assume and I watched a whole lot of that debate and there was horrible bickering, horrible cross-talking, these males have been disrespectful and I feel she rose above the fray and I give her credit score for it and I believed that it was sensible politically to level out what was taking place.
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11:20:06 a.m. Japanese
GOLDBERG: Additionally I’ve to say, I – you realize – You get caught in a second and, you realize, all people’s received a digicam. So, I am sorry. I’ve yelled at individuals who labored for me. I’ve yelled at folks.
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I am very cautious after I yell at folks now.
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What you do not know is oftentimes persons are, you realize, messing with you. I used to get it on a regular basis and I used to get actually offended at folks as a result of they’d come up and go, ‘so what are you going to do when your woman loses as a result of Trump is up?’
I used to get — I would get proper again in folks’s faces and I spotted that is what you need. You need me to try this so that you study to do it. I am not mad at anyone would steps in poo. I am not. Now, I do not know what she did to her husband. I do not know something in regards to the potatoes or any of that.
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All I do know is, as a human being, I am topic to the identical issues that she’s topic to. I am topic to screwing up and messing up and being not the particular person folks need me to be.
But when I am the suitable particular person to run the — to run that state and I do know what I am doing, I would like you to say, ‘hey, pay attention, I would like you to be higher however I would like you to run the state.’ I’ve a whole lot of religion in her. I do not know if I’ve a lot religion in a number of the people.
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