The View co-host and Black icon Whoopi Goldberg had most of us laughing thanks to her priceless response to a lengthy statement from fellow host Meghan McCain.
The panel was discussing the interview between Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry. The conversation shifted to British commentator Piers Morgan, who devoted time on morning television in the U.K. to bash Markle.
One of Morgan's co-hosts finally stepped up and called out the British anchor for his openly bigoted, misogynistic tirades, prompting him to walk off set and eventually quit the show entirely.
As The View hosts discussed both topics, McCain gave a long-winded answer saying she was a "red-blooded, 100 percent American who celebrate freedom anyway I can" and added that monarchies "are stupid, the American experiment is the way to go."
She compared herself to Markle, telling the audience that she has also had to deal will unfavorable press coverage and news outlets covering her life closely. The host went on to say how happy she was that two Americans, Winfrey and Markle, were doing so much damage to the British monarchy.
"If we have two American women — Meghan Markle and Oprah Winfrey — who are single-handedly finishing what George Washington and our Revolutionary counterparts did, I'm all for it," McCain told the panel.
The camera then panned to Goldberg, who responded with an "Okay" that resembled how many felt about McCain's lengthy comment.
It’s 2021 and we are all Whoopi. pic.twitter.com/SncHJPxHTW
— Justin Martindale (@justmartindale) March 9, 2021
Many people had fun responses to Goldberg's brief response.
I don’t know who wins. Oprah’s “What?” or Whoopi’s “Okay”. pic.twitter.com/vTZ0hEzJ9L
— Tony Beayno (@tonybeayno) March 9, 2021
Unless Whoopi wants to come to dinner, I'm going to make a cardboard cut out of this look and place it across from certain relatives at dinner when they're explaining what they read online today about the Covid vaccine pic.twitter.com/vBcbQO1CtD
— Lucy Small (@lucyleid) March 9, 2021
Whoopi got me weak. She hit Megan with the “….ok” lmaoooo ???? ???? #theview
pic.twitter.com/bSh8Krex4L— GiGi Knowles (@yeahthatsreese) March 9, 2021
The New Whoopi meme of her shutting down foolish co-host Meghan McCain. #TheView
pic.twitter.com/j7rc4DjIAj— Chantay Berry ???????? (@iamchanteezy) March 9, 2021
Whoopi's reaction will be my new favorite GIF/meme. pic.twitter.com/D0BtnwZpvc
— Let The Science Speak (@WuWei2021) March 9, 2021
Whoopi was so confused. She looked like she wanted to tell Meghan “wtf does that have to do with what I asked you?” #TheView
pic.twitter.com/UISrVACiWS— ????Tee???? (@BaNaNaCoCaInE) March 9, 2021
Meghan McCain : *breathes*
Whoopi : pic.twitter.com/eG1TAm1WU6
— Kandy Muse’s Thick Ass Tongue (@chulito_jotito) March 9, 2021
Whoopi’s Okay after Meghan just spoke has me dying laughing #TheView
pic.twitter.com/heqkvLLoNn— Xubeauty06 (@xubeauty06) March 9, 2021
Queen Oprah and Queen Whoopi are serving it up this week. #OprahMeghanHarry
#Whoopi
pic.twitter.com/xEULMpBF4W— Sandra Renrick (@TVSandra) March 9, 2021
McCain, angry about the jokes at her expense, later took to Twitter, where she wrote, "I am extremely patriotic. I love the founding fathers. I don't know why this is shocking or confusing for anyone [who] has met me for even five seconds."