The View erupts into CHAOS during a fiery debate over Kate Middleton’s Photoshopping controversy – as Whoopi Goldberg SLAMS co-hosts for ‘buying into’ conspiracy theories while furiously defending Princess of Wales

Whoopi Goldberg slammed her co-hosts on The View, telling them it “really annoys” her that they are buying into the various conspiracy theories surrounding the Princess of Wales, as she defended the future Queen of England during a very fiery debate.

A Hot Topic segment about Kate got very heated during Wednesday’s episode of the ABC show when Sunny Hostin claimed that a photo of the future queen, 42, and her husband Prince William sitting in a car was also photoshopped, while Joy Behar brutally declared: ‘I don’t trust the royal family!’

However, their wild claims about the royals were not tolerated by 68-year-old Whoopi, who appeared increasingly irritated by her co-hosts’ speculation and criticized them for asking her ‘stupid questions’ as they argued about editing a Mother’s Day photo of Kate and her three children, who were recalled by photo agencies due to fears of ‘manipulation’.

When mum-of-three Sara shouted: ‘I’m worried about Kate’, Whoopi warned her she would be ‘hammered’ for her comments and angrily told the ladies: ‘It’s not cute or funny.’

When Joy, 81, told Whoopi she was “getting too angry now,” the Sister Act star fired back, “Yes! Because people do this to you… this hasn’t been done to you yet!’ while Sunny intervened and joked, “It’s Sara’s fault!”

But Whoopi was having none of it and shouted, “No, no, it’s our fault, because we helped in this. When you buy things like this, when they do it to your family or they do it to your children, it’s not cute, it’s not funny and it really annoys me.”

Her frustration comes just two days after she defended Kate’s editing skills on Monday’s show, admitting she knows “very few people who don’t manipulate their own photos.”

In response to Kate’s statement, in which she admitted to ‘editing’ the photo of her and her children, Whoopi said: ‘You know what, I have to tell you. She may be the future queen, (but) she’s still an amateur photographer. That’s what they do!’

Wednesday’s discussion started when Whoopi announced: “The conspiracy theories about Princess Kate and the royal family photo are piling higher and higher, what the hell is going on here?” as Sunny claimed Sara was “responsible” for her going “down a rabbit hole.”

Confirming that she has now got her husband Emmanuel involved, Sunny continued: ‘Sara keeps texting me about pictures and what’s being worked on, and yesterday they released another picture of Kate in a car and you can’t see Kate , and now I let Manny look at the picture and Manny said the rock doesn’t fit through the glass.’

The mother-of-two then jumped out of her seat and walked to the screen to point out the details of the royal photo, while Whoopi dismissed her theory, saying: “This just shows you don’t know what’s going on . in buildings!’

“No, no, that’s Photoshop!” Sunny fired back when Whoopi asked her, “Can you finance that?” to which the lawyer replied, “I’m counting on the eyes of my husband’s surgeon!” as Alyssa claimed the palace could “fix this in two minutes by putting her directly on camera.”

Whoopi couldn’t hide her annoyance as she tried to take the show to a commercial break, but when the music started playing, the bickering continued and the theme song quickly stopped.

“I’m worried about her, I don’t know what’s going on,” said Sara, 46, while Joy added: “I don’t trust the royal family to be honest,” while Sara continued: “I don’t I’m worried about Kate. People think it’s because we hate them, but I’m actually worried about Kate.

“I think the media frenzy has been dangerous for their family and they should come out with a video saying, ‘Hey, I’m okay,’ that’s all I need,” she suggested as Whoopi fired back, “This is the part I don’t understand, why do you think what you need is important to them?”

“They won’t, but then stop Photoshopping and give me whatever!” Sara shouted back when Alyssa pointed out that the Mother’s Day photo was “officially published by the palace.”

“When I worked in the White House, the White House photo office couldn’t ethically alter photos, so if Trump had ketchup on him, they couldn’t remove it. The palace has an ethical guideline that journalists are expected to adhere to,” the 34-year-old explained.

But Whoopi was keen to let her speak again and defended the photo while telling her co-hosts to stop asking her ‘stupid questions’.

“I believe she took the photo and gave it to them because she wanted to take charge of the story being spread…and didn’t think like most people who photoshop their photos,” as Joy asked, “Why did she isn’t that? Did she just get the family together and get a photographer to take the picture?’

Sara had her head in her hands and blurted out, “Because she’s not here!” before asking if the show would go to commercial, but Whoopi declined.

“No, no, I’m going to put this out there because you’re going to get hammered for this,” Whoopi told her, before adding, “I’m just going to say it.” This is all speculation and we’re having fun, okay? Just know that we know that we don’t know!’

Viewers tuning in at home had many thoughts on the heated debate and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to comment.

“Damn Whoopi is defending these royals. Move on to a new topic #theview,” one person posted, while another claimed: “Whoopi is really mad about this #TheView.”

A third person joked: ‘Whoopi’s blood pressure must be extremely high behind this doctored Kate photo! #TheView,” and a fourth referred to the King and suggested: “#TheView Looks like Whoopi is getting a little puffed up there. I suspect her friendship with Charles makes her defensive on this subject.”

Someone else commented, “Whoopi aggressively defends Kate Middleton’s ‘photoshop’ again,” and another viewer posted, “Lmao, Sara is hilarious! #The view.’