{"id":250906,"date":"2025-10-30T21:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250906\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:23:13","slug":"the-view-hosts-struggle-to-interview-harry-potter-stars-during-intense-cookie-decorating-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250906\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The View\u2019 Hosts Struggle to Interview \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Stars During Intense Cookie Decorating Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The hosts of \u201cThe View\u201d typically run their interviews pretty smoothly, but on Thursday morning, they struggled to get through one with \u201cHarry Potter\u201d alums James and Oliver Phelps. That\u2019s mostly because the ABC hosts were competing in a cookie decorating challenge at the same time.<\/p>\n

The Phelps twins, who played Fred and George Weasley respectively in all eight \u201cPotter\u201d films, stopped by the talk show in support of the second season of \u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking\u201d on the Food Network. The competition show sees contestants team up to create insane treats based on the \u201cPotter\u201d universe.<\/p>\n

So, in keeping with the spirit of the show, the actors challenged the hosts to each decorate the best halloween cookie possible during the interview. The winner would get their own Triwizard Cup, as made famous in \u201cHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The women immediately dug in, but the interview also immediately stalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell\u2026\u201d host Sara Haines started.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo\u2026\u201d Whoopi Goldberg said, almost simultaneously, before realizing host Sunny Hostin had the first question.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it me? All right, so, we\u2019ve got a few questions, umm, while decorate,\u201d Hostin said slowly. \u201cThe first season of \u2018Harry Potter Wizards\u2019 \u2014 I\u2019m really focusing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, Hostin realized she\u2019d have to put her tools down to actually ask the question, as she only got the title of the show half-right at first. It was a technique her co-hosts also quickly understood was needed. But, even as the Phelps twins gave their answers, the hosts were locked in on the cookies.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I just point out that there\u2019s nothing coming out the bottom of this?\u201d Whoopi mourned, struggling with her frosting bag.<\/p>\n

Eventually, it actually was Haines\u2019 turn to ask a question, which she directed toward James \u2014 but she first needed to confirm that James was the twin that was sitting next to her.<\/p>\n

As the actors answered host Alyssa Farah Griffin about a recent reunion with their on-screen sister Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley in the franchise, Whoopi audibly cracked up, looking at Haines\u2019 cookie progress.<\/p>\n

As Oliver Phelps discussed his training for the upcoming New York City marathon, Hostin got distracted again, noting that \u201cThis icing\u2019s really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ladies did make it through though, and in the end, it was Hostin (who happens to be very competitive) that won the Phelpses votes for best cookie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe View\u201d airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.<\/p>\n

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