Whoopi Goldberg just dropped a major hint about who she wants as the next cohost on The View, and it’s someone who’s been driving Donald Trump up the wall for months – Pope Leo XVI. Chatting with Us Weekly on May 12, 2026, Goldberg said, “I’d like to have Pope Leo asking people questions.” “As an American Pope, it would be great to sit with him, and it’d be great for him to sit with us.”
Leo and Trump have been locked in a very public, very messy feud for months now, trading jabs on social media and in interviews. The idea of them facing off, even indirectly, on The View’s “Hot Topics” table is the kind of drama daytime TV thrives on. Whoopi is fully aware of the buzz it would generate.
