Whoopi Goldberg tells the crowd she ‘likes to be eaten’
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ABC/Jenny AndersonWhoopi Goudberg the audience continued The view that she “likes to be eaten every now and then” during a segment celebrating her 69th birthday.
Get your mind out of the gutter – that’s not what she meant!
As usual, Goldberg spent her birthday episode giving away “Whoopi’s favorite things” on Wednesday, November 13. One of the items was a cheese wheel from the Italian company Parmigiano Reggiano with her face printed on it.
“I always wanted to have my face on cheese,” her cohost Sara Haines exclaimed.
After kissing the cheese, Goldberg added, “I like to be eaten every now and then.”
Whoopi Goldberg has made headlines as often for her controversial comments as she has for her legendary, EGOT-winning career. The View cohost found herself in hot water throughout 2022 after making anti-Semitic comments about the Holocaust that led to a two-week suspension from the long-running ABC talk show in February. The Ghost star, who […]
Almost as soon as the words were out of her mouth, Haines turned and walked off screen as Goldberg acted as if her own innuendos had left her speechless.
The audience’s chuckles and applause grew loud moments later when Haines returned to give Goldberg a hug and Goldberg stood on stage with his mouth open.
“It doesn’t matter,” she said, before quickly continuing with “this is a wheel of authentic Parmigiano Reggiano from Italy, and this has been aged for 24 months and it is a testament to Italian tradition and quality.”
“So if you’d like to win a wheel like this,” she continued before Haines interrupted her with, “and eat Whoopi Goldberg!”
Goldberg then revealed that everyone in the audience went home with their own block of cheese, although it didn’t sound like her face would be pressed onto each block, leaving the audience unable to eat Whoopi herself.
That wasn’t the case all the time Display host gave away — and that wasn’t the only moment in the segment that left viewers wondering what they’d just heard. One of her other favorite items was an Aleon suitcase, which Goldberg described as perfect for her travel needs because “it’s moisture resistant and I won’t explain about that.”
Goldberg also gave away Lavazza coffee, Barbera olive oil, Giusti balsamic vinegar and Ami Paris’ Fall/Winter 2024 clothing collection as more of her favorite things, before giving a shout-out to her All Women’s Sports Network. The AWSN has already launched in 65 countries and reaches more than 2 billion people.
Later in the episode, Goldberg locked herself in a wind machine, where she randomly selected an audience member to win a free trip to Italy.
But the episode wasn’t just about Goldberg giving away her favorite things. Cohost Joy Behar continued her long-standing tradition of gifting Goldberg her famous lasagna.
“Joy makes the best lasagna ever,” Goldberg declared.
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