Actor Hugh Grant’s appearance on “The View” Thursday featured a mild insult of two of the ABC talk show’s five panelists — and reminded us just how much our world has changed in the past few years.
On Thursday, the British actor appeared on the show to discuss his viral moment at the Oscars, but before the hosts dug into that subject, Grant addressed his awkward entrance onto the set.
“That was a difficult entrance,” he said, “because there’s no kissing anymore, right? Kissing’s stopped.”

Grant was addressing the fact that prior to the pandemic, he likely would have greeted the women …