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Whoopi Goldberg is saying goodbye to her glasses. After wearing glasses for almost 30 years, the co-host underwent surgery that has made them unnecessary.«I had an operation and they replaced the lens [in my eye],» Goldberg told her co-hosts on Monday's episode of the ABC morning show.

Whoopi Goldberg has stopped wearing glasses for the first time in 28 years!

Whoopi Goldberg’s appearance during Monday’s episode of “The View.”Goldberg, who has been wearing eyeglasses for 28 years, hosted without them, explaining during the “Hot Topics” segment that she had undergone eye surgery over the weekend. “I had an operation, and they replaced the lens and the lens they replaced it with is kind of like my eyeglass lens,” the 67-year-old announced.

After actors Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell demonstrated the importance of using a good moisturizer during the Oscars on Sunday, “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg had a gift for Grant on Thursday. Yes, it’s exactly what you think.In case you missed it, while appearing on stage together to present the Oscar for production design, Grant joked that they were also there to show the “vital importance” of the skincare product, based on the differences in their appearances.

Whoopi Goldberg had a slight hiccup on the air.

Audie Awards will feature special guest judges Whoopi Goldberg and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten. Comedian and podcast host Michelle Buteau will host the festivities. The Audie Awards will take place on March 28 at the Chelsea Piers’ Pier Sixty in New York City. The ceremony will be available to stream for audiences. “I’m truly so damn excited to be hosting this year’s Audie Awards,” Buteau said in a statement Thursday. “As an audiobook narrator myself, it’s necessary to celebrate my peers and the critical craft of storytelling. I simply can’t wait to put faces to the voices!”

Whoopi Goldberg has apologized after being criticized for using a derogatory term on “The View”.

The View.On Wednesday’s episode (March 15) of the US talk show, the panel discussed Donald Trump’s alleged connection to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. Goldberg then segued into a point about Trump’s larger support base.“The people who still believe that he got, you know, gyp**d somehow in the election, will still believe that he cared enough about his wife to pay the… “ Goldberg said, pausing to burp.

one Twitter user wrote.“She burped. They are soooo loud and talking over each other,” another user responded.“Wait did Whoopi just fart on national tv #TheView,” another asked.“Sure did,” said a responder.The talk show was interrupted weeks ago by another odd fart noise.In January, during a serious discussion about classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home, a drink spilled and began leaking off the table.Goldberg pointed out to co-host Sara Haines that something was dripping, and as Haines looked down to see, she moved a little in her seat while what appeared to be a fart noise sounded on the mic.“We had a little spillage on the other side of the table,” co-host Alyssa Farah said, laughing and appearing a bit flustered. “Now it’s on my pants,” Haines said as she and Goldberg tried to clean up the spill.“The View” has had its share of unwanted interruptions in recent years.Last year, Joy Behar face-planted in front of the audience — which caused the show to unveil new chairs on set.More recently, Goldberg was heckled by an audience member who called her an “old broad” on live television.

Whoopi Goldberg is issuing an apology for unknowingly using an offensive term during a recent conversation on an episode of .«You know, when you’re a certain age, you use words that are from, you know, when you’re a kid or you remember saying,» Goldberg shared in the message to viewers, shared on 's Twitter account. «And that’s what I did today, and I shouldn’t have.»While discussing Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Goldberg offhandedly said of Trump supporters that some were «people who still believe that he got, you know, gypped somehow in the election.»The term is considered a racist and derogatory slur toward people of Romani heritage and culture, and is derived from the word «gypsy.»In her apology, Goldberg said of her word choice, «I should have thought about it a little longer before I said it, but I didn't. I should have said 'cheated,' and I used another word, and I’m really, really sorry,»A message from Whoopi Goldberg regarding today's episode of #TheView.

about Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels on Wednesday’s episode, the 67-year-old longtime co-host referenced “people who still believe that he got gy—d somehow in the election.”Less than an hour after the live show aired, Goldberg offered a mea culpa online.“You know, when you’re a certain age you use the words that you know from when you were a kid or you remember saying, and that’s what I did today — and I shouldn’t have,” Goldberg said in a video tweeted by the show’s official account. “I should have thought about it a little longer before I said it and I didn’t.

#TheView. pic.twitter.com/PIvwYRWMsyThe slip occurred as the panel – among them Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin – were discussing former president Trump’s legal battle with adult film star Stormy Daniels and the alleged hush money he and former attorney Michael Cohen paid her after an alleged affair.

Whoopi Goldberg has apologized for her use Wednesday on The View of an offensive term derived from an outdated and derogatory term for the Romani people.

South By Southwest during the Empowering the Next Generation to Build a Better Future featured session. “Asali: Power of The Pollinators,” is an animated action-adventure short film that follows honey bee Asali after she meets a group of pollinators and a human environmental scientist. The unlikely group slowly saves Asali, her family and their home from a deadly monstrous force. Penn stars alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Monique Coleman (“High School Musical”), Ronen Rubinstein (“9-1-1 Lone Star”), Joy Ofodu (Mighty Express) and activist Lupita Pineda. Viola Davis and Julius Tennon serve as executive producers. In addition to starring and directing the short, Penn is also animating and producing the film with her production company Upenndo! Productions. 

Whoopi Goldberg called out her own employer on Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” warning them about their treatment of working mothers at the company. According to the host, ABC’s “gotta pay more attention to the mothers.”Whoopi’s comments came toward the end of the show, during the appearance of Paula Faris, the show’s final guest and, ironically, former co-host.

Wendy Williams is ready to return to daytime television and has expressed her interest in joining the “Hot Topics” table at The View as a guest.

Whoopi Goldberg has been racking up sick days on “The View” this week.

Whoopi Goldberg has been cast as a guest star in an upcoming episode of ABC’s The Conners.

is a new generation, Whoopi still pushed back.“She may be younger than most of those people, but her rhetoric is the same,” she added. “She’s saying the same BS and I love the young kid, but you know what? The only way you’re gonna get younger people to run, dude, is if you’re out there talking to people.

Oops! Joy Behar nearly gave audience members a peep show during The View on Tuesday, February 14. 

Joy Behar said something she shouldn’t have said on The View. This time, it was about one of her colleagues.

Whoopi Goldberg is trending because of this clip.

Living legacies! While many celebrities in Hollywood are grandparents, only a special few get to meet the fourth generation of their family.

Last Wednesday, as The View moderators making their entrance and taking their seats, someone in the audience seemed to yell “old broad” at Whoopi Goldberg, with cameras then cutting to a fur-hatted woman in the audience.

Was an audience member at The View today insulting Whoopi Goldberg by yelling out “You old broad”?

Whoopi Goldberg has made headlines for her controversial remarks just as often as she has for her storied, EGOT-winning career.

Whoopie Goldberg is once again apologizing after making more insensitive comments about the Holocaust, but has she really learned from her mistakes?

Revisiting her scandal. Whoopi Goldberg issued an apology after seemingly doubling down on past controversial statements about the Holocaust.

UPDATED with statement: Whoopi Goldberg issued a statement to Deadline today after an interview she did with the Sunday Times of London sparked a strong response from the ADL and other organizations which combat anti-Semitism. In the statement, Goldberg indicates that, in the interview, she was simply recounting what she said earlier this year, not “doubling down on hurtful comments.” She also says plainly that “I believe that the Holocaust was about race, and I am still as sorry now as I was then that I upset, hurt and angered people.”