With The View being a staple program on daytime TV, people tune in every weekday to see Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro discuss the latest pop culture news.

At the beginning of the Monday episode, Behar revealed to the viewers that Goldberg is in Italy right now getting an award for her memoir, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, at the Taormina International Book Festival.

Whoopi Goldberg is taking some time off from The View. The Sister Act star is currently in Italy and won't be returning to the daytime talk show until July. "We are all jealous of Whoopi today because she's in Italy - I hope it's 100 degrees,