Why Was Whoopi Goldberg Missing From ‘The View’ Today? Her Wild Reason Revealed

Getty Images Whoopi Goldberg had a very unexpected reason for missing The View.The 70-year-old moderator was absent from the Monday (July 6) episode after getting stranded in Sicily, Italy, where Mount Etna erupted and disrupted travel in the area. The show played a video message from Whoopi, who explained that airport closures were keeping her from returning to the United States.What did Whoopi Goldberg say?Whoopi joked that her absence came with a pretty unbeatable excuse in a video that playe