Whoopi Goldberg walked off the stage of “The View” on Thursday morning, but not out of frustration or anything. She was just looking for her friend Samuel L. Jackson after learning he was lurking in the audience.
Of course, the actor wasn’t just there for the fun of it. His wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson was one of the ABC talk show’s guests for the day, discussing her new Broadway show “Purpose.” Getting into her background on theater, host Sara Haines noted that it spanned back to Jackson’s college days, which is when she met her husband of now 55 years.
“And he’s here with me now, because he won’t let me do anything by myself,” Richardson Jackson joked, rolling her eyes.
At that, Whoopi questioned if she was serious and, indeed, the camera panned to the audience to find Samuel L. Jackson sitting in a spot by himself near the doors. So, Whoopi hopped up to go find him herself.
“I see you! Too late man,” she said as someone called out that he didn’t want to come on stage.
Taking his hand, Whoopi led him to the stage, earning huge reactions from the crowd. He was given a mic and the stage crew ran out to set up a chair, but Richardson Jackson was quick to lovingly wave her husband off before it went any further.
“OK! OK, bye!” she said with a giant grin.
And with that, Samuel L. Jackson ran back off stage and the interview continued as planned.
“The View” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.
