💥 BREAKING NEWS: Whoopi Goldberg turns 70 in style with a surprise gift from Joy Behar that left fans speechless ⚡.NH

The Gist

• Whoopi Goldberg celebrated her 70th birthday on The View on November 14.
• Her co-star, Joy Behar, sent a birthday gift she has become known for.
• After hurting her foot, Joy Behar was off of The View for most of this week, but eventually returned on November 14.

Whoopi Goldberg turned the milestone age of 70 on November 13, and Goldberg’s The View co-host Joy Behar had a special, albeit unexpected, gift for her.

Behar has been off of the show for a few days dealing with a foot injury, but was thoughtful enough to send a lasagna to Goldberg for her big day on Thursday. As she walked onstage to a display reading “Happy birthday Whoopi,” Goldberg’s other co-hosts presented her with Behar’s famous lasagna.

“As you can see, Joy is not here, but she will be back,” Goldberg said, before Sunny Hostin added, “However, Joy has sent you her lasagna.”

“She has been home baking, and she said to please enjoy it before the costs of tariffs hit,” Hostin added.

Elsewhere in the episode, Goldberg danced to the Staple Singers’ 1972 hit “Respect Yourself”—chosen for a deliberate reason. “I walked out to one of my favorite songs,” Goldberg explained. “People ask me why that song. It’s because it’s my birthday and because that’s my mantra these days—respect yourself. If you don’t respect yourself, nobody’s gonna do it.”

Now that she’s 70, what dreams does the successful Goldberg have yet to attain? She told The View producer Brian Teta in Thursday’s episode of the show’s “Behind the Table” podcast, “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.”

“I’ve always wanted to be an ambassador,” she added.

Thursday marked the third scheduled appearance on The View that Behar had missed this week, and Goldberg explained her absence on the November 12 episode of the show. She announced that Behar had “hurt her foot,” and Behar eventually returned to the show on November 14.

“Now, I’ve been off for a few days,” Behar said. “I dropped my iPad on my foot and I broke my toe. And they put the toes together because it’s broken, and it’s very, very, very painful. I do not recommend you dropping anything on your toes.”