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Diana Taurasi Pulls Off Perfect Burn on Whoopi Goldberg For Mispronouncing Her Name

Stephen Douglas

Diana Taurai showed off her quickness on The View.
Diana Taurai showed off her quickness on The View. / The View / YouTub
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Diana Taurasi retired earlier this week, ending a legendary basketball career. The news inspired a number of tributes from some of her best friends and rivals and also earned her an invitation to appear on The View.

Whoopi Goldberg had the honor of introducing Taurasi to the audience, but stumbled over her last name calling her Diana "Tar-ees-i," which sort of ryhmed with Khaleesi. Co-host Sarah Hines immediately started shouting "Taurasi" and Goldberg asked her to finish the intro.

When Taurasi came out she sat down and almost immediately burned Goldberg by saying, "Good to see you Whippie. I mean Whoopi!"

Even in retirement Taurasi remains quick on her feet. You can watch the full interview below.

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Stephen Douglas is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in media since 2008 and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Douglas spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and previously wrote for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.

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