Here's why Whoopi Goldberg isn't on 'The View' this week, plus when she'll be back at the Hot Topics table following the show's summer hiatus that begins Monday, June 30.

Fans of The View may have been surprised to see the panel did not include Whoopi Goldberg on Monday (June 23) morning, but Joy Behar revealed the reason the moderator and co-host was a no-show … and just how long she’ll be absent from the daytime talk show.

Whoopi Goldberg, who typically works Mondays through Thursdays, was not in her assigned seat this morning. Instead, Joy Behar — who is usually off on Mondays — stepped in as moderator to host a discussion about President Donald Trump‘s decision to bomb nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend,