( CNN ) -- `` The View '' returned to TV on Monday with a new set , two new faces and a pair of returning hosts who 've spent their time away focusing on their health . During the season premiere , the revamped `` View '' cast , which now includes Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace , introduced themselves and caught the audience up on their lives . Rosie Perez , Nicolle Wallace and a brand-new 'View ' For Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell , some of their big news included new physiques . Goldberg has shed 35 pounds , and O'Donnell , who previously co-hosted `` The View '' in 2006 and 2007 , has lost more than 50 pounds . `` I 'm good , I 'm happy since you saw me last , '' O'Donnell told `` The View '' audience Monday . `` I got married , I have a new baby . ... I lost 50-something pounds with surgery because I had a heart attack two years ago . I had the vertical gastric sleeve -- if you 're morbidly obese , it can save your life . '' When it was Goldberg 's turn , she admitted that she , too , has `` lost a little weight . '' `` I ended up weighing 217 pounds , which was way too much of me for anyone , '' Goldberg quipped . Former `` View '' star Sherri Shepherd , who left the program in August , inspired Goldberg , 58 , to get in better shape . `` I happened to notice that I had begun to look like a linebacker , '' Goldberg told ABC News backstage . `` I happened to look over and there was Sherri ( Shepherd ) , skinny , and I said , 'What did you do ? ' She said , ' I 've been doing Rocco DiSpirito 's one pound a day diet . ' I said , 'Please , I want to do it too . ' `` O'Donnell , who first shared her weight-loss success in April , told ABC News that the change has n't been easy . `` The fact that I look so different has been difficult and unexpected , '' the 52-year-old said . `` Everyone assumes that obese people would just be jumping for joy that they were healthier and thinner and able to fit into store-bought sizes , we do n't have to go to the plus store . But it 's also filled with a lot of emotional turbulence , you would n't expect . '' See more about funny people at CNN Comedy .
Two of ` ` The View 's '' co - hosts shared their weight - loss stories . Rosie Perez has lost more than 50 pounds through surgery . Evan Peters has lost 40 pounds . ` ` The View '' premiered its new season " .