changes that Candi has implemented in the show and not liking the way Candi speaks to the talent, Whoopi blew up a few days ago. She told Candi: “I don’t take orders from your a**. Stay in your lane like you did when you worked on The Oprah Winfrey Show.”‘
Among the changes which upset Whoopi was the producers moving the Hot Topics segment briefing meeting from 9am to 8.30am.
Whoopi was reportedly infuriated by the expectation that she would arrive 30 minutes earlier for work. She reminded them: ‘I’m contractually obligated to be here at 9am and you won’t see me a minute earlier.’
The source also said that none of the View’s hosts-Joy Behar, Raven-Symone, Michelle Collins and Paula Farris- like Candi because they think she is being way too controlling. But Whoopi apparently was the only willing to speak out about it.
'Whoopi is at the point where she could care less and keeps reminding everyone that if they don’t like her style, pay her the rest of her money and send her home,' the source said.
There are also some rumors that Whoopi is about to get axed soon:
The return of Joy Behar was an ‘eleventh hour decision’ that was not told to Whoopi.
The source said: 'There's now a buzz backstage that ABC is going to let Whoopi work for the months of her existing contract until December and then not have her return after the holiday break. They would then shift Joy to the regular moderator post and bring back Sherri Shepherd full-time to pick up the slack.'
Hate her or love her, there’s no denying that Whoopi is right in this scenario. Sure, her comments might have been offensive to some, but she should not be asked to work for free and do anything outside of the confines of her contract. That’s the whole point of a contract.
If these allegations are true, it makes me wonder if the new View producer, Candi, is falling victim to the “Respect me or else syndrome.” Many of us have experienced it on the job, where the new head honcho gets hired and overcompensates by throwing the weight of their position around, just so folks can get the message that they now run the show. I could be wrong about that, but based on this alleged tension between Candi, Whoopi, and the other hosts, it’s a possibility. Hopefully no one ends up getting led out of the ABC offices in handcuffs for disturbing the piece or throwing blows…LOL.
Next time they try Whoopi, somebody might wanna tell em’ this…
