Here's why Whoopi Goldberg isn't on 'The View' this week, plus when she'll be back at the Hot Topics table following the show's summer hiatus that begins Monday, June 30.

Whoopi Goldberg is taking some time off from The View. The Sister Act star is currently in Italy and won't be returning to the daytime talk show until July. "We are all jealous of Whoopi today because she's in Italy - I hope it's 100 degrees,

Whoopi Goldberg is absent from "The View" this week amid intense backlash for her controversial remarks about Iran.