KEVIN COSTNER REFUSES TO SHARE STAGE WITH WHOOPI GOLDBERG AT THE OSCARS, SPARKING MAJOR CONTROVERSY Full story

Two time Oscar-winner Kevin Costner appeared on the hit daytime talk show The View on Monday, June 17, to promote his new movie Horizon: An American Saga — which releases on June 28. After he finished talking about it though, host Whoopi Goldberg had nothing to say and instead decided to cut to commercial, leasing Costner to tell her to “take control.” We dive deep into what exactly happened during this viral video moment and why Costner felt the need to say that below. America ran right into the dream of another people that had been existing quite nicely without us.”

Once Costner finished talking, Goldberg said, “Oh, OK. I just — yeah, OK,” before announcing the forthcoming commercial break.

Costner, however, was less than pleased with this, telling the host, “Take control of this Whoopi, honestly. Tell those sponsors to stand down. We’re talking!”

The audience laughed, and so did Goldberg; however, it was unclear whether Costner was joking or not. The two did keep talking though, after the commercial break.