"He said in that interview, 'Elites with yards told those without yards to stay inside, where the virus was more likely to spread,'" said Sara Haines. And he said to me, 'You're underweight,'" recalled Behar.
"There's an interview I did on another show with him where he measured my BMI. When Sunny Hostin brought up Oz's "turn" during COVID and his claim that reopening schools during the pandemic will only lead to "a total mortality" of 2-3%, the co-hosts really went in. "What happened to him?" asked Joy Behar, after a clip of Oz's Fox News interview played on screen. Mehmet Oz wants to be the next senator of Pennsylvania," she said, promoting groans from the audience. Oz's Senate run and his Tuesday night interview on Hannity. mrpFZRPMdzĪfter the commercial break, Whoopi gave in and introduced a Hot Topic about Dr. #TheView rushes them when discussing hot topics of substance to talk about some dumb stuff. When you hear the next topic and why I'm being rushed, it will knock you out." "When we come back, we will - oh, who cares about this?" she asked, in what's sure to become an iconic Whoopi-ism. Oz talk actually began in the segment before, as The View's teleprompter cued her up to preview the discussion before a commercial break. "Talking about elites and who isn't elite - dude, we live in a similar area!" "You don't have the right to talk to people like this!" said the longtime moderator.
The panel was united in their criticism, but Whoopi Goldberg was by far the harshest as she called out Oz for blasting elites on Fox News. Oz announced that he would be running as a Republican in Pennsylvania, the co-hosts tore into the TV doctor for embracing the GOP position on the COVID-19 vaccine, mask mandates, and efforts to keep school-age children safe amid the pandemic. On Wednesday morning, just one day after Dr. Mehmet Oz's Senate run has just begun, but the women of The View are already campaigning against him.