Did Whoopi Goldberg call Erika Kearse on The View and when?

1. What people are actually claiming — and where the name mismatch appears to matter

Multiple contemporary reports describe a heated exchange on The View in which Whoopi Goldberg directed a personal insult at a guest identified as Erika Kirk, calling her to “sit down, Barbie” and labeling her a “T.R.U.M.P puppet,” and reporting dates around September 23, 2025 for coverage of that incident ^{[1] [2]}. None of the articles or schedule summaries in the corpus name Erika Kearse as the target, nor do they describe a telephone call made by Goldberg to anyone named Kearse in connection with The View. The distinction between Kirk and Kearse is central: the available incident reporting names Kirk, and the claim specifying Kearse is unsupported by these sources ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Direct evidence: sources that document the on-air episode and its date

Contemporary news items explicitly covering the exchange identify the episode and reaction on or near September 23, 2025, documenting Whoopi Goldberg’s on-air outburst toward Erika Kirk and subsequent defenses from other commentators who called for civility ^{[1] [2]}. These articles present the episode as a live-studio interaction during a panel discussion rather than as a private phone call; they report reactions, commentary, and the broader public response. The reporting is dated and specific to that timeframe, and the pieces do not reference any follow-up in which Goldberg later telephoned or otherwise “called” any Erika by name on The View ^{[1] [2]}.

3. Absence of corroboration for “Erika Kearse” in program schedules and feature pieces

A number of schedule listings, feature write-ups, and retrospectives checked for mention of a guest or target named Erika Kearse return no supporting evidence; program guides and profiles either list guests for weeks in 2025 or discuss Whoopi’s career and episodes without referencing Kearse, making it impossible to verify the Kearse claim from these records ^{[3] [4] [5]}. A separate library or local news item included in the corpus is unrelated to the show and likewise offers no corroboration ^[6]. The absence of any mention of Kearse across program schedules and episode summaries in the dataset is notable and undermines the specific Kearse assertion.

4. Why confusion between names is a plausible explanation for the false attribution

The evidence shows active reporting about an exchange with Erika Kirk that attracted commentary and corrective framing from third parties; such widely covered moments are prone to name errors in downstream summaries, reposts, or social posts. Two independent articles in the dataset explicitly identify Erika Kirk as the target and describe the incident as happening “this week” relative to their September 23, 2025 publication dates ^{[1] [2]}. Given the similarity of the names and the circulation of short-form summaries, misnaming or conflation is the most straightforward explanation for why someone might assert that Goldberg called “Erika Kearse” when primary coverage identifies Kirk.

5. The broader context and what the sources leave out that matters

The pieces that do document the September 2025 confrontation focus on the on-air dynamics and public reaction rather than on any off-air contact or a phone call, and none of the articles supplied mention a follow-up telephone call by Goldberg to anybody named Kearse or Kirk ^{[1] [2]}. Several background items about Whoopi’s role on The View and schedules are included in the corpus but do not add evidence of a phone call, leaving a gap between the reported live incident and any alleged post-show communication ^{[5] [3]}. The available reporting therefore supports a claim about an on-air insult directed at Erika Kirk on or about September 23, 2025, but it does not support claims about Goldberg calling Erika Kearse.

Conclusion and recommended next steps for verification

The documented facts show an on-air confrontation involving Erika Kirk reported around September 23, 2025, and do not show any instance of Whoopi Goldberg calling someone named Erika Kearse on The View ^{[1] [2] [3]}. To fully resolve remaining uncertainty, consult primary video or transcript archives of The View for the episode^[7] aired in mid-to-late September 2025 and search authoritative press releases or direct statements from the show’s producers for any record of off-air contact; absent such primary-source confirmation, the claim that Goldberg called Erika Kearse remains unverified and appears to stem from a name confusion with Erika Kirk ^{[1] [2] [4]}.