The legendary actress, often at the helm of the “Whoopi Goldberg War Room” traditionally focused on attacking controversial topics and difficult co-hosts, has revealed she once launched an undercover mission to expose an internal “mole” on The View.

The 68-year-old host and Ghost star shared this inside story during Thursday’s Hot Topics segment, where she and her co-hosts were discussing the dangers of gossip in both social and professional circles.

“You know what I like to do? I like to try to catch a gossip. Because what you can do is plant false information and see if it spreads,” conservative co-host and former Trump White House associate Alyssa Farah Griffin said, prompting Goldberg to recall that she, too, had orchestrated an undercover mission to unmask a leaker on The View .

“We did that, we did that,” Goldberg reiterated, looking toward Joy Behar. “We did that to see who was talking. Yeah.”

Behar initially reacted with confusion before muttering an “Oh” to the audience, as if recalling a battlefield flashback.

“Now, see, that’s a little gossip I’d like to know,” legal expert Sunny Hostin joked, prompting laughter from the audience just before the show went to a commercial break.

During Meghan McCain’s time on the show, The View was plagued by a number of leaks to the press, including stories on Page Six that cited behind-the-scenes tensions between McCain and her co-hosts. McCain ultimately left the show in 2021 and later criticized the show and her former colleagues on her Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat podcast and in subsequent interviews.