Whoopi Goldberg makes rare Friday appearance on 'The View' for Donald Trump guilty verdict

Whoopi Goldberg rarely shows up on "The View" on Fridays, but it's a rare day in our nation's history.

The panel's moderator mainstay made a surprising Friday appearance following former President Donald Trump's 34 guilty counts in a New York hush money trial.

"Do not adjust your TV set: Yes, I'm here on a Friday because this a unique moment in history. That's why we're all here at the table," Goldberg said, surrounded by her co-hosts on the nation's reigning No. 1 daytime talk show.

Trump is a frequent hot topic on "The View" which is co-hosted by Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro.

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"Donald John Trump is a convicted felon," Goldberg said to the studio audience and at-home viewers.

On Thursday, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in his New York criminal hush money trial. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, was convicted of falsifying business records to hide a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Hostin chimed in and said prosecutors will likely recommend a five-year sentence for Trump, with four and a half years of probation and "a six-month split: six months at Rikers (Island)."

"A man with the temperament of a toddler cannot withstand being all of the things that you would have to do to be on probation," Hostin continued, who said the verdict "felt like the Knicks won the tournament" and called it "a miracle."

Haines discussed the effect it had on her role as a parent explaining the verdict to her three children.

"It popped up on my phone, it was like 'guilty' and I remember feeling like something punched me in my chest and it wasn't because, this isn't a binary reaction. It's not because I'm sad or happy," Haines said.

"It was so somber and sober to get that news because we're living in a country where we have a former president convicted who's also running for office," she said.

Contributing: Aysha Bagchi, Bart Jansen, David Jackson, Kinsey Crowley