Whoopi goldberg misses third day of 'the view' this week due to 'bad virus' but co-hosts say 'she'll be back'

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Whoopi Goldberg missed several days co-hosting _The View_ this week as she continued to fight off illness. "Whoopi's still out sick today," Joy Behar said at the beginning of

Thursday's show. "She's got a bad virus of some sort." It was the third day the co-host, 67, was away from the show. (She's off on Fridays.) "She'll be

back next week," Behar continued. "She'll be back." On Wednesday, Behar relayed that "Whoopi is still out, coughing up. I'm sorry, you're stuck with us.

She's fighting a bad cold." Sunny Hostin added, "Those colds are going around." On Tuesday, her first day absent, _Black Panther_ actor Michael B. Jordan started off his

segment with well-wishes, saying, "Shout out to Whoopi. Mwah! Get better." Goldberg was sick a few times last year. In November 2022, _Entertainment Weekly_ exclusively revealed

that Goldberg contracted COVID-19 for the second time, which led to a prolonged absence from the ABC daytime talk show. Goldberg's _The View_ co-host Sara Haines took over as moderator

of the show. She was joined by Hostin and new co-hosts Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin. _NEVER MISS A STORY — SIGN UP FOR __PEOPLE'S FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER__ TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON

THE BEST OF WHAT PEOPLE HAS TO OFFER, FROM JUICY CELEBRITY NEWS TO COMPELLING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES._ Goldberg had previously tested positive in January 2022 and missed a few episodes after

the Christmas holiday break. She told her fellow co-hosts about her diagnosis via livestream, saying she started experiencing mild symptoms over the break and had taken some time off the

show to rest. "It was a shock, because I'm triple vaxxed, I haven't been anywhere, I haven't done anything," Goldberg said. "It's one of those things where

you think, I've done everything I was supposed to do. Yeah, it doesn't stop omicron."