Rachel Bilson criticized by Whoopi Goldberg after she talks about how many sexual partners a man should have

Whoopi Goldberg has criticized fellow actor Rachel Bilson while discussing her recent podcast comments on The View.

Bilson had been dating comedian Bill Hader, but the two celebrities went their separate ways last year.

In the wake of her newfound single status, Bilson has since made a series of intimate revelations on her Broad Ideas podcast - including how she misses her ex-boyfriend's 'big d**k'.

In other podcast, she discussed how she likes to be 'manhandled' the bedroom - sparking her to lose an upcoming gig.

Now, Bilson, 42, said that she thinks it's 'weird' if a man in their 40s hasn't had many sexual partners.

"This is gonna sound so judgmental, but if a dude is in his 40s and he [has] only slept with four women…" she said, before going on to label it as 'weird'.

Bilson did note, however, that if they'd been in a handful of long-term relationships which is why they hadn't slept around a lot then that was 'respectable'.

"But if he's single in his 40s and it's only four?" The OC star's co-host went on to further pry.

Appearing to backtrack on her previous remarks, Bilson replied: "I don't know. It's not fair for me to say either way."

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Her remarks have since been discussed on The View, and it's safe to say Goldberg wasn't here for them.

She went on to argue: "I think it's very odd that you're concerned if he's had any sexual partners.

"Why is it your business?"

Goldberg continued say that men have traditionally been encouraged to sleep around when women weren't supposed to, but that's been changing in more recent times.

The Sister Act star went on to say that women have been 'b*tching about' being told what to do for so long and questioned why you'd make it an issue about people's previous sexual partners if you're having a good time with them.

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Meanwhile, Joy Behar said she doesn't need 'thousands of men', and urged her fellow panellists to 'get [her] one good one'.

Goldberg continued to say that Bilson is assuming she knows anything about the supposed four people her prospective partner has been with.

"It's about quality, not quantity," Behar also said.

Bilson has since responded to the backlash - Goldberg's in particular.

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"I want to say that I've been a fan of Whoopi's for a very long time, so when I saw the tagline that she criticized something I said, I of course was concerned," she told Entertainment Weekly.

"We make it a very safe open place to discuss anything, and we were just talking. I have the power to edit our podcast, and I chose to keep the conversation as a whole in, because a lot of the time in life, you say something, and maybe you have a minute and you reflect on it."

Bilson further added that people's sexual history doesn't actually matter to her, but admitted that 'maybe in the past I would've looked at it [judgmentally]'.