WHOOPI HAS ABC OVER A BARREL!

Playing hard to get as View tops daytime ratings

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BOSSES at The View - TV's most-watched daytime gabfest - are terrified their ratings rocket will go up in smoke if moderator Whoopi Goldberg walks at the end of her $8 million contract, insiders dish.

The 68-year-old loudmouth's pact ends this coming fall and the Ghost Oscar winner has so far refused to huddle over an extension, leaving bigwigs fearing their gravy train will derail.