Whoopi Goldberg kicked off today’s episode of ABC’s The View by addressing the elephant in the room: “Did y’all really think we weren’t going to talk about Jimmy Kimmel ? I mean, have you watched the show over the last 29 seasons? No one silences us.”

The View drew speculation from viewers and commentators last week when the daytime talker failed to address the suspension by ABC of Kimmel’s late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live ! (Friday’s show was taped on Thursday.)

Today, Goldberg explained the show’s decision last week. “When the news broke last week about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, we took a breath to see if Jimmy was going to say anything about it first.” She added that the show took the same approach when news of the upcoming cancelation of CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Co

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