During a chat with guest Claire Danes, Whoopi Cushion… er… Goldberg makes an audible toot and completely owns it.

Goldberg says, “Excuse me, I think I just blew a little frog outta there!”

Keepin’ it real, Whoopi.

Fartgate update: ABC reps say Goldberg was kidding, noting, “It was a joke. Every time there is a fun noise she pretends it was her.”

Check out the reaction after Barbara Walters reveals the Kardashians made the list – they boo her! (video)

When Joy Behar asked, “Why are they so fascinating to you?” Walters explained, “We tried to take people who have done something in the past year that has made them very important… we try to take positive people.”

Uh huh. Fascinating.

Walters added, “They have been in the news.”

Weak, Barbara. Weak.

Will you watch Barbara Walters Most Fascinating People special on December 14?

Watch Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Bill Maher fight on “The View” in this video clip, after Hasselbeck brought up a joke Maher made about her last year.

Hasselbeck asked Maher if he still stood behind the joke: “Would you say that again, if you’re so supportive of women?”

Maher quipped, “If I had a crystal ball and knew I was coming here and had to spend my whole segment talking about it, no I wouldn’t.”

Hasselbeck fumed “I wasn’t hurt, he can’t hurt me, I said that before,” after Barbara Walters suggested she was hurt by the joke.

Later, Elisabeth Hasselbeck got a little prickly when Maher joked “the Republican party doesn’t care about knowledge or knowing things,” and she fired back, “Really? ‘Cuz you’re so brilliant, wow, I actually feel smarter sitting next to you.”

Ever quick on his feet, Maher responded, “Really? ‘Cuz I feel like I’m in high school sitting next to you.”

Bill Maher chatted with David Letterman about the fight with Elisabeth, telling Dave, “I like her a lot. We have this relationship on TV where we play like we hate each other.”

Watch full “The View” video:

Huh? To be fair, Barbara Walters used the N-word to report on a story about the controversy surrounding Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, as a hunting camp he leased was referred to as “N*ggerhead.”

Sherri Shepherd told Barbara Walters, “I didn’t like the way you said it,” adding, “I’m not sure if it’s a semantics thing, but it’s something that goes through my body… I probably could never explain the way I feel.”

Shepherd commented, “When I heard you (Whoopi) say it, it was fine. You said it a different way. When I heard you (Barbara) say it, I didn’t like the way you said it. Because when you say it, you say (inaudible). And I don’t like (inaudible).”

Shepherd couldn’t pinpoint her feelings but noted, “It’s something about hearing you say it… I don’t like it when you use the word… when you say it it’s a different connotation…When white people say it, it brings up feelings in me.”

Whoopi said she didn’t find Barbara saying it as offensive because she was reporting the story, not calling Goldberg the N word.

Do you think Sherri Shepherd overreacted?

I’m kind of loving Lady Gaga’s more subdued look for her co-hosting gig. What did you think?

On Amy Winehouse’s death, Gaga said, “I’m so devastated, so sad.”

Gaga also had a beef with Tim Gunn ripping on Hillary Clinton, noting: “He’s being a bully… Hillary Clinton has more important things to worry about than her hemline.”

Beyonce shared, “My priorities have changed because I’ve accomplished so much and I just want to make music that makes people feel. And I don’t want to be put in a box and labeled and it’s really exciting, this point in my life. I’m turning 30 and I feel like I know who I am and I’m not afraid to do whatever inspires me.”

Aretha says she’s lost 85 pounds, following hospitalization in the winter and surgery (though she’s not telling what she was in the hospital for), by living a healthier lifestyle.

Aretha Franklin explained, “I feel wonderful, I’ve got more energy, I’ve changed my diet, going to Whole Foods now, getting the best stuff. Dropped the chitlins, drop the ham hocks, getting some — I won’t say better food, I’ll say other food.”

Good for Aretha Franklin and her tremendous weight loss!

Watch Aretha Franklin sing “Respect” and a new song in these View video clips.

Whoopi Goldberg smoked pot to relax before the Oscars, explaining during a recording session for film “The Pagemaster,” “I learned a great lesson: Never smoke pot before there’s a possibility of having to talk to unfamiliar people.”

Goldberg further says, “Smoking cigarettes and pot every now and then are my habits. And so I said, I’ve got to relax — so I smoked this wonderful joint, which was the last of my homegrown.”

Whoopi then explains getting up to accept the award – and after, when her mother called and knew Goldberg was stoned at the Oscars: “My mother called me and she said, ‘You smoked, didn’t you?’ I said, ‘yeah.’ She said, ‘Your eyes were glistening.’ So I panicked and I got the Oscar tape to see whether you could tell. And you couldn’t! You couldn’t tell.”

You can watch Whoopi Goldberg’s stoned Oscars acceptance speech for yourself – what do you think?

Also, check out Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Trump’s fight about Obama’s birth certificate (video) – Whoopi’s making headlines twice today!

Watch The View video to see Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Trump’s fight. Here’s what was said:

Trump agreed that he probably wouldn’t get Whoopi’s vote, but noted about President Obama, “Why doesn’t he show his birth certificate?” Trump adds that no one remembers Obama… and said of the birth certificate, “There is something on that birth certificate that he doesn’t like.”

Whoopi responds, “That’s the biggest pile of dog mess I have heard in ages.”

Goldberg asks, “It’s not because he’s black, is it?”

“That has nothing to do with it,” Trump responded.

Something tells me this debate could have gone on much longer than The View’s one hour timeslot!

Billy Ray said when he did the GQ interview in December, his life “was outta control… it was a dark mess, a storm like you’ve never seen in you life.”

He said the first mistake he made was doing the interview because he was “mad and scared” at that time.

Things are much better right now, and Cyrus said he and his family are communicating well, noting, “I dropped the divorce, I wanted to put my family back together.”