THE VIEW watchers have possibly explained host Whoopi Goldberg's questionable behavior on the show in a new theory.
The actress has concerned fans with her actions in recent weeks.
One Twitter user pointed out the talk show host's out-of-the-ordinary demeanor during Thursday's episode.
They tweeted: "Why does Whoopi keep “laugh talking?” ," prompting others to weigh in with their thoughts.
"It’s her defense mechanism," one person theorized.
"Yeah it's annoying with serious issues, but like someone else said it's probably a defense mechanism ," another agreed.
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Viewers previously commented on Whoopi's conduct during the live episode after she blasted her co-hosts and made demands from her studio audience.
The View co-hosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, and Ana Navarro were discussing gun violence when Whoopi told them she’d had enough.
It started when the 66-year-old was about to go into a commercial, but Sunny wanted to add one more thing.
Whoopi told her she had to do it “quickly,” but it turned into the hosts all jumping in once again to share their own thoughts.
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Eventually, it got to be too much, and Whoopi cut them all off.
She blasted them, saying: “Okay, I can’t do this with y’all!
“I gotta go. I can’t do it anymore.”
The moderator took the show to its commercial break, and she then turned her attention toward the studio audience and told them they could “clap” now.
One shocked fan tweeted about Whoopi demanding things from the audience, writing: "What was that? You can clap?"
Another was surprised by the moderator’s annoyance with her co-hosts, with “Whoopi saying she can't do that with them anymore!”
SINGLED OUT
One day earlier, Whoopi singled out just one of the hosts, shading Sunny during an uncomfortable moment.
The shady behavior came amid a Hot Topic discussion, as Sunny and her co-host, Joy, got into an argument.
The two battled back and forth until the commercial-time music began to play.
That's when Sunny decided to halt their chat and say they'd pick it back up later, which is usually Whoopi's role on the show.
Seemingly because of that, when the camera turned back onto the moderator for her to tell viewers they were going to break, she took a beat first.
Whoopi stared directly into the camera, then gave a little sideways glance to the live audience, looking annoyed by what had just happened.
One fan tweeted: “Whoopi's facial expressions are unmatched.”
Another wrote: “Lol Whoopi's look to the audience!”
A third said that “Whoopi's facial expressions are priceless!”
MORE BACKLASH
This comes after fans called out Whoopi for making a rude comment to Sunny on the show last week.
Fans were shocked by Whoopi cutting off Sunny at one point and practically telling her to hurry it up.
One fan tweeted: “Whoopi stays on Sunny's neck.”
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Another surprised viewer wrote: “Wish Whoopi would treat Sunny with more respect.”
Fans have been petitioning to have her fired from the show after various comments and on-air blunders, including her 'racist' remarks about the Holocaust during the January 31 episode.