Whoopi Goldberg griped that she’s too poor to retire — regardless of sitting on a reported $20 million nest egg — and insiders say ABC executives are so fed up with The View host’s repeated on-and off-air gaffes that they could be near pulling the plug on her 18-year reign.
Whereas rankings stay excessive on the all-gal speak present, sources say community executives have been stung by the thrice-divorced Whoopi revealing to Entertainment Tonight, “Should you don’t marry properly, you gotta hold working.”
The remark comes months after a equally stunning assertion. Whoopi, who is alleged to earn $8 million yearly as one of many highest-paid ladies on TV, shared on-air in November 2024: “I admire that individuals are having a tough time.” Then Whoopi mentioned, “Me, too — I work for a dwelling! If I had all the cash on this planet, I might not be right here, OK? So, I’m a working individual, you recognize?”
An ABC insider says of the 69-year-old’s newest blunder, “It’s tone-deaf. On a regular basis individuals are struggling, and Whoopi’s crying poor on daytime TV. It makes her look fully out of contact.”
Nevertheless, Whoopi’s newest remarks are simply the tip of the iceberg.
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Because the Nationwide Enquirer reported, Whoopi was suspended from The View for 2 weeks in February 2022 after claiming the Holocaust — through which Nazis killed greater than 6 million Jews — was “not about race.”
In June 2025, the Oscar-winning Ghost actress additionally confronted backlash after apparently likening life for Black People to that of Iran’s residents dwelling below the nation’s brutal dictatorship, in accordance with CBN News.
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And at different factors over The View’s run, Whoopi defended Invoice Cosby, who denied the sexual assault allegations of 60-plus ladies. She insisted any accused are “harmless till confirmed responsible” earlier than pulling again her assist of the comedian, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.
She additionally as soon as recommended that Chinatown director Roman Polanski’s 1977 sexual crime towards a 13-year-old lady — for which he pleaded responsible to illegal sexual activity with a minor — wasn’t “rape-rape,” per the National Organization for Women.
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Now, sources say community bosses are “wanting onerous at a refresh — possibly even a complete overhaul” of The View’s panel.
“Executives are uninterested in cleansing up her messes,” an insider says. “Persistence is working out.”
