[OldDeckHand]

"Whoopi and The View’s producers had a deluge of frightening phone calls and emails. Otherwise, she would have merely tossed out a bone tickling retort."

I watched the clip of her "retraction". It was the first words out of her mouth at the start of the show. She read from the teleprompter the statement verbatim (sans any Whoopisms), and then she moved to another subject, quickly.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for your report. Confirms my suspicion her statement was prepared by The View’s attorneys.