Iconic star of stage and screen Whoopi Goldberg unexpectedly and tragically lost her mother over a decade ago, and she never felt the same afterward.

Before welcoming Senator John Fetterman as the day’s guest-slash-grill meat, The View cohosts dug into a difficult “Hot Topic” at the start of the hour on Monday’s (January 27) episode: the mass deportations of undocumented immigrants by Donald Trump’s administration.

The ADL seems less forgiving of suspected antisemitic comments and gestures when they come from Black celebrities.

During her hiatus from The View as she takes a long break, Whoopi Goldberg revealed a dramatic change in her appearance.

Fans of The View were left wondering where Whoopi Goldberg was during the Tuesday, January 21 episode, just one day after Donald Trump 's inauguration.

The View is once again forging ahead without Whoopi Goldberg. As loyal viewers know by now, the show has been down a co-host since Tuesday (Jan. 21), when Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro returned from the three-day weekend with Goldberg nowhere in sight.

Goldberg has opened up about her relationship with fashion in the past. During an October 2023 interview with Page Six Style at the Fashion Group International Night of Stars gala

As the January 2025 wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, a rumor circulated online that one of the blazes destroyed actor, comedian and television host Whoopi Goldberg's California mansion. A website called Esspots.com published the claim in an article (archived) on Jan. 10. It began:

Whoopi Goldberg wants people to stop “pointing fingers” and assigning blame for the deadly LA fires. On Monday’s episode of “The View,” the Oscar-winner, 69, said that last week’s hurricane-force winds that blew throughout Southern California are responsible for sparking the flames that have wreaked havoc across Los Angeles County.

Whoopi Goldberg was noticeably missing from The View table during the Tuesday, January 21, episode, just one day after Donald Trump ‘s inauguration. Since Goldberg is often very vocal regarding her feelings for Trump, viewers were looking forward to her post-inauguration takes, but she was not present to give them.

Whoopi Goldberg, "The View" co-host, calls for sympathy for celebrities who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.

Paris Fashion Week was visited by Whoopi Goldberg recently, with the View host and EGOT winner attending a fashion presentation for the brand AMI in France on Wednesday