Whoopi Goldberg has executed all of it. From starring in “Ghost,” “The Coloration Purple,” and “Sister Act” to turning into an EGOT winner, the Hollywood icon has constructed one of the crucial spectacular résumés in leisure. In 2007, she added daytime tv to that checklist when she joined “The View,” ultimately rising to the present’s moderator after years as a co-host. Now, practically twenty years into her run on the long-running speak present, Goldberg is opening up about what retains her coming again. In a current interview with Keke Palmer, Goldberg shared one factor she loves about “The View” and revealed one thing concerning the long-running present that she stated Palmer couldn’t even think about.
On a current episode of “Child, This Is Keke Palmer,” Goldberg opened as much as the “True Jackson, VP” actress and revealed why she joined “The View” within the early 2000s. “I wanted a job,” she stated.
Because the dialog continued, Palmer requested the 70-year-old to share one factor she loves about internet hosting the beloved speak present, to which she replied, “The examine. I really like the examine.”
Palmer shot again, “I can solely think about what that examine is,” prompting Goldberg to make a uncommon confession concerning the actuality of the scenario.
“No, no, you’ll be able to’t. Belief me, you’ll be able to’t,” Goldberg stated. “You’ll be shocked. As quickly as they confirmed you that examine, you’d be like ‘What the?’”
Whoopi Goldberg Beforehand Stated She Couldn’t Afford To Retire
It’s unclear whether or not Goldberg’s remark was constructive or unfavorable; nevertheless, the actress has opened up about her funds previously.
A 12 months in the past, Goldberg spoke with Leisure Tonight on the pink carpet about work and life, and when a reporter requested when she would resolve to decelerate, Goldberg implied she’d maintain working till she was bodily unable.
“Yeah, however who can afford to do this? You recognize, in the event you don’t marry nicely, you gotta maintain working,” she stated. “No, not by now. Not but. I gotta maintain paying these payments, child.”
Whoopi Goldberg Stated She Had To Work
Goldberg then made headlines in 2024 when she shared her ideas on cash throughout a Scorching Matter phase of “The View.”
“I respect that individuals are having a tough time. Me, too. I work for a residing,” she stated. “If I had all the cash on the earth, I might not be right here, okay? So, I’m a working individual, you realize?”
She didn’t cease there. She added, “My child has to feed her household. My great-granddaughter needs to be fed by her household. I do know it’s arduous on the market.”
Josh Peck Reveals How A lot Me Made Filming ‘Drake & Josh’
Goldberg isn’t the one actor who has spoken candidly about cash. In a June 2026 podcast episode, Josh Peck revealed how a lot he and Drake Bell made after starring within the Nickelodeon present “Drake & Josh” for 4 years.
“By the point we completed Drake & Josh, in order that was, like, 60 episodes complete for the entire present. The median fee, the typical fee per episode was about $15,000,” Peck shared. “So over 4 years, we wound up making about 900 grand.”
Nevertheless, after accounting for taxes and expertise charges, Peck stated he and Bell cleared “half of that,” which averaged out to about “$125,000 a 12 months.”
Different Performers Speak About How A lot They Have been Paid To Seem On TV
Whereas the “Drake & Josh” leads seem to have come out of their Nickelodeon days in good monetary form, they weren’t the one performers to make surprisingly little cash from main display screen initiatives.
“Jack*ss” star Steve-O previously revealed that he earned lower than $1,500 “for the complete first season” of the MTV sequence. On the time, his monetary scenario was so dire that he recalled, “Earlier than the present got here out, my sister kicked me out of the home. I used to be broke, unemployed, and homeless, and a star on this massive MTV present.”
“Wolf of Wall Road” actor Jonah Hill, in the meantime, revealed that he was paid simply $60,000 for his position in Martin Scorsese’s movie. Not like Steve-O, nevertheless, Hill didn’t see the paycheck as an issue. He famously stated he “would promote [his] home and provides him all [his] cash to work for [Scorsese],” including, “This isn’t about cash. You must do issues that you simply care about.”
