GABOUREY SIDIBE TO CO-HOST “THE VIEW,” LIVE, MAY 4
Bill Geddie, executive producer of “The View,” announced today that Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe, who made her acting debut in the critically-acclaimed film “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” is confirmed to co-host “The View,” ABC’s Emmy® Award-winning talk and entertainment show, live, TUESDAY, MAY 4 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET) on the ABC Television Network. Sidibe’s appearance is her first as a featured celebrity guest co-host. She made her first guest appearance on “The View” in February, 2010. Sidibe, in fact, mentioned once being on the show during her “SNL” musical monologue last week singing “I’m not feeling blue, I’ve been on ‘The View’, I’m Gabourey” to the tune of the “Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss).”
Sidibe has stolen the hearts of millions, including ‘The View” moderator Whoopi Goldberg, who told Glamour magazine that she would love Sidibe to one day portray her in a movie. “I’d love Gabby Sidibe to do it,” Goldberg said “because that’s a girl with spirit. And in order to play Whoopi Goldberg, you’d have to have a spirit.”
“I cut class and went to an audition and now I’m an Oscar nominee. On one credit. I mean, how crazy is this world?,” she told “The View” hosts, including Sherri Shepherd, with whom Sidibe shares the screen in “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” during her first-ever appearance on “The View” in February.
“I think it was the Golden Globes. Mike Tyson was there because he’s in ‘The Hangover.’
I didn’t realize but I’m terrified of Mike Tyson. I saw him on the carpet and I was with Jill, my manager, and I was like, ‘Jill, don’t move. Don’t move.’ I stood there and let him walk by me. I’m sure he’s a very nice man, but there’s something about a face tattoo. I’m serious. Face tattoos say I’ve gone as far as I want to in society and, in fact, I think I want to take a few steps back,” said Sidibe when Whoopi Goldberg asked her about any “jaw dropping incidents” she’s had on the red carpet.
Sidibe earned both an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress and a Golden Globe nomination for Best performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her gut-wrenching role as Claireece “Precious” Jones, a physically, emotionally and sexually abused teenager. She will soon be seen in both “The Big C” on Showtime and the film “Yelling to the Sky.”
“The View” features Daytime Emmy Award-winning hosts Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. Theprogram is broadcast in HDTV with 5.1-channel surround sound, and is now available to watch online daily at 4:00 p.m., ET/1:00 p.m., PT on the ABC Digital Full Episode Player at ABC.com.
“The View” is produced by ABC Daytime and Ms. Walters’ Barwall Productions, with Ms. Walters serving as executive producer along with Bill Geddie, who also serves as executive producer for “The Barbara Walters Specials.” “The View” is directed by Mark Gentile. Musical performances produced and directed by Mark Gentile. For breaking news and updated videos follow “The View” (@theviewtv) and hosts Barbara Walters (@BarbaraJWalters), Joy Behar (@JoyVBehar), Elisabeth Hasselbeck (@ehasselbeck) and Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) on Twitter.(tm)