They got a shocking “View” of a famous face in the audience.
“The View” hosts, including Whoopi Goldberg, 68, were surprised looking out at the audience for the Monday episode.
Ryan Reynolds, 47, was there in the crowd – not as a planned guest on the show, but just as a regular member of the audience, sitting in the front row with his mom.
Halfway through the episode, Goldberg drew attention to their presence.
“You never know what’s going on here at ‘The View.’ Sometimes you look up and you go, ‘Oh, this is really great.’ And then you look over and you go, ‘Oh snap, there’s Ryan Reynolds!’” she said, as the camera panned to the studio audience, where Reynolds waved from.
“Just out of curiosity … how come?” Goldberg asked him.
It seemed like it was a promo stunt for “Deadpool & Wolverine,” but Reynolds really was just there because his mom is a fan, he explained.
He joked, “By the way, this is way less stressful than up there,” referring to how sitting back as a regular audience member was more relaxing than if he was there for a formal interview.
He added, “My mom is here visiting her grandkids. And yesterday she said, ‘It’s my dream to go to “The View.” And I said — well, first off, I try to do what she says because you don’t know what she’s capable of. Unspeakable violence, my whole life,” he teased.
The “Deadpool” star said he “made a call” to make this happen as “Blake’s husband — does that get us a little further?” referring to his wife, Blake Lively, 36. They’ve been married since 2012 and have four children.
“And here we are,” he continued. “I think my mom might have thought she was going to be on ‘The View’ maybe, I’m not sure.”
Next to him, his mother shook her head and laughed, as she said she watches the show daily.
“You’re welcome any time, Mama Reynolds. You, as well,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, pointing to Reynolds. She also said, “Tell Blake to come on!”
The hosts seemed tickled, and told Reynolds, “Good to see you.”
Following that exchange, comedian Jo Koy, who notoriously bombed as host of the Golden Globes this year, came on as a guest, and also noticed Reynolds and his mother in the crowd.
“Oh my God! I know her!” he joked. “Vancouver! She came to my show!”
At the end of the episode, the hosts let Reynolds’ mom say the “Take a little time to enjoy ‘The View’” sign-off line while she sat in Goldberg’s chair.