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Yup, That's Whoopi Goldberg Farting on The View This Morning

by Natalie Finn Fri., Dec. 16, 2011 1:52 PM PST

Whoopi Goldberg's probably wondering, "Why couldn't everyone have been talking at once when this happened?!"

The Oscar-winning cohost of The View suffered an all-too-human embarrassment on the air this morning when she let down her guard for a split second—and let one rip.

Hey, it happens! Not always when Claire Danes is talking, but...

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The Golden Globe nominee was discussing why she thinks her critically acclaimed Showtime series Homeland was so well-received, when, from the other side of Joy Behar came a little "poot"!

"How polite!" Danes exclaimed, laughing.

But we're going to have to hand it to Goldberg for not playing the it-was-the-chair card and, instead, patting her belly, glancing down at her backside and saying, "Oh, excuse me! I think I just blew a little frog out of there!"

And then she asked her question and all was forgotten. Well, you know, except for the million hits on YouTube and stuff.

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