Whoopi Goldberg is admitting that she’s not perfect, especially before she became sober.
The TV personality, 69, was discussing the recent controversy surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on the Thursday, October 23, episode of The View with her fellow co-hosts when the topic of drunken behavior came into play.
It was recently revealed that Platner, who is running in the Democratic primary in the 2026 United States Senate election, had his chest tattoo with Nazi imagery covered up.
According to the Associated Press, Platner got a skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007 after a night of drinking in Croatia when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. He claimed that he did not know the symbol inked on his skin was associated with the Nazi party.
Some of the ladies on The View, however, don’t believe Platner’s story. “I don’t buy it,” said Joy Behar. “When I have a couple of glasses of wine, I don’t start spouting Nazi slogans.”
Behar, 83, added that she believes, “When you’re drunk, you tell the truth.”
Still, Goldberg said she can see both sides of the coin. “I’m sorry, when I was drinking, strange stuff came out of my mouth,” she confessed, to which Behar replied: “But it wasn’t racist. It wasn’t antisemitic.”
Goldberg then said, “You don’t know that! Listen, I’m simply saying I can’t tell you that when I used to get drunk I didn’t do stupid stuff. But what I can tell you is that I know I drank and did stupid stuff, and I took responsibility for it — and that’s what I’m saying — before it’s uncovered by other people.”
Before the show cut to commercial break, she told the audience, “And don’t think I don’t think y’all will be looking for stuff. But you can’t find anything of me drunk cause I haven’t drank in years. But that’s my point. My point is I understand people do stupid stuff, but you got to take responsibility.”
While it is unclear how long Goldberg has been sober, she has opened up about previous addiction in her memoir Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, in which she revealed she really hit rock bottom in the 1980s.
When The View returned from commercial break, Goldberg wanted to clarify what she said.
“Before we start, I just want to point out that my point was that people say stupid stuff sometimes when they’re inebriated. I am not a racist,” she insisted. “I know how folks like to send that stuff in. Please don’t do that, OK?!”
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