‘Shark Tank’ Tried to Rent Whoopi Goldberg to Be a part of Present

Shark Tank‘s Barbara Corcoran revealed that apart from sharpening her tooth on would-be investments, she as soon as set bait for Whoopi Goldberg to affix the workforce as a possible visitor shark.

Throughout The View‘s Tuesday, October 17 episode, Shark Tank stars Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O’Leary, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, and Corcoran had been visitors. The View cohost Sara Haines inquired about Corcoran’s curiosity in having Goldberg be a part of the traders on the present.

“You will have a variety of nice visitor sharks this season, however I heard you actually pushed for somebody we all know to be a visitor shark on the present,” Haines requested, leaving Corcoran to reply, “That will be Whoopi. Nobody would argue with me. She tells it like it’s.”

Cuban enthusiastically recommended that Goldberg would make an distinctive addition to the shark tank, eliciting a hearty snort from the acclaimed EGOT-winning actress of Ghost as she contemplated the proposal. In response, the studio viewers, The View‘s cohosts, and the personalities from Shark Tank united in unison, chanting Goldberg’s title amidst a convincing, “Do it! Do it! Do it!”.

“Look, I really like this present,” the 67-year-old discuss present moderator stated earlier than O’Leary joked that each one Goldberg wanted was $100 million of money to burn. “There may be the issue,” she jested. “If I might do it with ABC’s cash… ?”

Subsequently, Corcoran supplied additional perception into her need for Goldberg to look on the present, the place business tycoons similar to themselves consider and determine to put money into or go on entrepreneurs and their product proposals.

“Each nice shark we’ve had stems from the center; they actually wish to assist folks, and that’s what you may have,” Corcoran said. “Who wouldn’t wish to have you ever as their associate?”

Love ya Whoopi #TheView pic.twitter.com/GX6l7HdTSo

— Barbara Corcoran (@BarbaraCorcoran) October 7, 2021

The invitation follows an incident two years in the past when Corcoran made a body-shaming joke about Goldberg on The View, main her to apologize to her longtime buddy on social media.

“I simply got here again from The View and noticed my outdated buddy Whoopi. She has an outstanding humorousness, and I’ve recognized Whoopi for years. I made a joke at Whoopi’s expense, which I now notice wasn’t humorous,” she said in an apology video on Twitter. “For anybody who I could have offended unintentionally, I simply needed to say I actually am very sorry.”