Whoopi Goldberg passes gas

Whoopi Goldberg passed gas while interviewing Clare Danes on 'The View' today (16.12.11).

Whoopi Goldberg broke wind on live television today (16.12.11).

The 'Sister Act' star was interviewing Clare Danes on panel show 'The View' when she farted, and quickly owned up to the incident.

Looking around to a giggling audience, she said: "Oh excuse me, I just let a frog out there."

Clare responded: "It's OK!"

However, far from being embarrassed the 56-year-old star continued to interview the actress without mentioning it again.

A spokesperson from network ABC did not confirm that the incident was real and suggested it may have just been a joke.

The representative said: "It was clearly a joke and all in good fun. Secretly we hoped it would get posted on YouToot."

Whoopi is not the only star to have used a fart noise to make people laugh - Hollywood hunk George Clooney, himself renowned for practical jokes, loved making the sound when on the set of 'The Descendants'.

His co-star Shailene Woodley said: "We didn't get any infamous George Clooney pranks, because it was a very family based environment because we had a 10-year-old on set. But we did get a lot of the fart application on the phone. George loves that."