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After finding herself caught up in the ongoingAmerica's Next Top Modelreckoning,The ViewcohostWhoopi Goldberghas publicly apologized for laughing at a formerANTMcontestant's expense onTyra Banks' modeling reality show.

In response to finding out thatNetflix's newReality Check: Inside America's Next Top Modeldocuseries included brief 2010 clip of Goldberg laughing atcycle 14 contestant AlexandraUnderwood falling off of a runway plagued by moving pendulums, the Oscar-winningGhostactress offered an apology to the model on Wednesday's live episode of the talk show.

"Here's something I want to do, because in this documentary there's a clip from our show, where I had showed the ladies this thing. Now, this was, to me, one of the funniest things I had ever seen in my life," Goldberg, 70, said as old footage played of her onThe Viewlaughing at Underwood's spill — which saw a giant pendulum knock the model off of a runway during the cycle 14 competition.

"You still say that," panelistSara Hainesadded, which Goldberg confirmed.

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"I do. I know, but I wanted to apologize, because there's a person who got knocked off there, and her name is Alexandra Underwood from cycle 14. I'm sorry I laughed at this," Goldberg said. "I couldn't help it, it was funny as hell. But, I am telling you it's one of the funniest things, if I had to point to something, it is one of the funniest thing I've sever seen."

Haines again cut in to save Goldberg's apology, hugging Goldberg as she quipped, "What she means is she's sorry she's still laughing about it!"

Guest cohost Savannah Chrisley jumped in to add, "Back then, I'm sorry, we're held to a different standard now. People tip-toe a lot more in today's day and age," which prompted Goldberg to clarify her words again.

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"I have fallen down. You have to take it when people are laughing, but this is maybe 10 years ago, and she's a grown-up now, a grown woman, maybe she's got kids, and I just wanted her to know that I wasn't laughing [at her], I was laughing because to me people slipping and falling [is funny]," Goldberg said.

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Comedian Joy Behar finished the segment by voicing a long-standing adage: "When I fall, it's tragedy. When you fall, it's comedy."

Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to Underwood for a response.

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The Viewcohost's words join a wealth ofANTMpersonalities who also spoke out about the show.Reality Checkincludes multiple interviews with Banks, former judges Jay Manuel, Nigel Barker, and Miss J. Alexander, as well as multiple contestants and producer Ken Mok.

Topics covered include allegations of sexual harassment and instances where models were tasked with darkening their skin to portray women of different races in photo shoots.

EW previously conducted a 20th anniversary oral history onANTMwith 14 past contestants speaking out onshocking moments from the program, including the switching-races shoots that took place on cycles 4 and 14.

"I kept saying, 'You guys are putting me in blackface,'"cycle 13's Jennifer An previously told EW, alleging that the show's team pinned her hair "so they could 'fro my hair out" to complete her evolution into a woman with African heritage. "They definitely didn't show any of that footage."

In a statement to EW at the time of the 2023 interviews, a spokesperson for Banks said that the intention of the shoots were to combat an industry where "lighter skin and straight hair were pervasive beauty standards," which "perpetuated deep insecurities within women." The spokesperson maintained that such shoots were "meant to be a moment celebrating and spotlighting underrepresented ideologies of beauty — textured hair and darker skin — on a global scale."

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Modelis now streaming on Netflix.

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An official trailer for season 4 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives was released on Feb. 18, and once again, MomTok's future seems uncertain

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• The sneak peek shows big moments for the reality stars, like Taylor Frankie Paul's casting as The Bachelorette and Whitney Leavitt and Jennifer Affleck on Dancing with the Stars

• The show's highly anticipated upcoming installment will premiere on March 12 on Hulu

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wivesis returning for a fourth season, and MomTok is looking to be as full of drama as ever.

Theofficial trailerfor the upcoming installment of the Hulu reality series was released on Wednesday, Feb. 18, and it spotlights all of the cast members' biggest recent achievements. As always, the high-highs — likeTaylor Frankie Paul's casting asThe BacheloretteandWhitney LeavittandJennifer Affleck's run onDancing with the Stars— are complemented by some tough blows teased in the sneak peek.

"Everyone is going after their dreams, but it potentially could pull us apart,"Layla Taylorsays at one point in the trailer, which also glimpses her appearance walking in New York Fashion Week.

Many were left wondering whether or not Demi Engemann would be moving forward with the series after she was at the center of several controversies shown during season 3, from herVanderpump Villafallout to her Halloween party run-in with Chase McWhorter and more. She was also notably absent fromthe season 4 teaser trailerreleased in January and is not featured alongside the cast in the official artwork for the new season.

However, Engemann is confirmed to be part of the cast, though the trailer sees her peering down alternative career paths, like singing. One snippet sees her crooning into a microphone, seemingly recording a song.

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Relationships will also wind up and unravel over the course of season 4. Less than two weeks ago, Taylor confirmedshe split fromher boyfriendmMason McWhorter,in an emotionalTikTok video. In the trailer, though, the now-exes are seen showing affection at an earlier point in their romance.

One year out from Paul's breakup with ex Dakota Mortensen, she is shown telling confessional cameras, "It's time for me to do whatever I want to do with whoever I want to do." While the details of her pursuits have yet to be revealed, the group is shown hanging out with fellow reality starHarry Jowsey.

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Even with specifics left to be seen in episodes to come, the group is sure to be tested as they balance their personal lives with their presence on a public stage. Later in the trailer, Paul can be seen crying in a hospital bed just after Jessi Ngatikaura asks aloud, "Is she gonna be a pregnantBachelorette?"

Season 4 ofThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wiveswill premiere on March 12, with all 10 episodes streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

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Mere days into herweek-long guest-cohosting gigonThe View, reality starSavannah Chrisleyhas already been shut down by the permanent panelists over a false claim she made about Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The moment came at the top of Wednesday's broadcast, as the cohosts led the show's Hot Topics discussion about Ocasio-Cortez's heavily criticized handling of a question about Taiwan at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 13.

AsJoy Beharcountered pushback to AOC's response — which included the New York congresswoman pausing for several moments during the scattered reply — she urged critics to focus on Donald Trump's multiple on-camera mishaps instead: "Check him out before you start attacking AOC," the 83-year-old quipped.

"Mispronouncing a word is totally different than not knowing your position on Taiwan. What's important is how you recover from something. Trump, he's done things, and then he's continued on with his speech, and then continued on to meet with world leaders. So, the recovery is what matters, and AOC just didn't have a recovery," theChrisley Knows Bestpersonality said, while Behar stressed, "He does it over and over again, how about the quantity?"

ModeratorWhoopi Goldbergreplied to Chrisley by stressing that Trump "is the president," and that she can put up with fumbled answers "from congresspeople" because in that case "that's on you." But, she "can't take it from the guy who says he's the leader of the free world."

Still, Chrisley dug in, claiming, "I understand that wholeheartedly. AOC, though, is also the Democrats' pick for the next election."

The panel quickly pushed back at Chrisley's assessment, with Goldberg andSara Hainesshaking their heads while the Oscar-winningGhostactress repeated, "No, no, no!" while Behar added, "You better tell that to Gavin Newsom!"

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Legal expertSunny Hostinthen elaborated, pointing out that Ocasio-Cortez has "made it pretty clear that she's not running for president" in 2028.

Ocasio-Cortez recently maintained that she's not entering the 2028 race for president following Trump's second term, stressing to theNew York Timesthat she attended the conference in Munich "not because I'm running for president, not because I've made some kind of decision about a horse race or a candidacy, but because we need to sound the alarm bells that a lot of those folks in nicely pressed suits in that room will not be there much longer if we do not do something about the runaway inequality that is fueling far-right populist movements."

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Chrisley is at the Hot Topics table through the week, filling in for fellow conservative personalityAlyssa Farah Griffin, who temporarily departed the show last week afterthe birth of her first son.

Other guest panelists slated to sit in Griffin's seat during her maternity leave include Amanda Carpenter, Sheryl Underwood, comedian Whitney Cummings, and formerViewcohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck, whopublicly slammed Behar and the show in early 2025.

The Viewairs weekdays on ABC.

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