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Caryn Elaine Johnson, known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of 17 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.

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15 Dec, 2014

The View interview

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Goldberg speaks with Johnson regarding Cosby’s rape allegations and her memory of meeting with him at his home:

So I went to the brownstone and we had a little light um dinner downstairs and then when you go upstairs into the living quarters, um its a huge cappuccino contraption on the bar there and he said I want you to act like you were a drunk woman….

19 Sep, 2014

The View interview

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Crystal is interviewed by Goldberg on The View. They talk about their friendship with Robin Williams, Crystal’s tribute to Williams on the Emmy’s and the person that Robin Williams was to them. Goldberg comments:

I met him ten years before I met you because he used to come to the comedy store in San Diego and we would improvise. I mean it was Robin Williams he used to do Mork and Mindy and when he saw me he said ‘Boy, you grew up!’

16 Jul, 2014

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Fallon talks to Goldberg about her movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and having her first great-grandchild. The two also sing a duet and do a Flip Lip sketch. Goldberg:

These are the buffest turtles you’ve ever seen. These guys are big. Their shells are big, and they don’t play.

Whoopi Goldberg's Great-Granddaughter Better Call Her Whoopi

1 Jun, 2014

Masterclass

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Goldberg takes on the questions most people want to ask her from her childhood, relationships, sexual orientation to why she dresses the way she does.

If you’re going to lie, make it interesting

Whoopi on Marriage and Why She Prefers Being Single | Oprah’s Master Class | Oprah Winfrey Network

20 Nov, 2013

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Hall interviews Goldberg on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about her meeting with Spielberg and her role in the The Color Purple. They also talk about a show that she pitched to called BleeT which deals with assimilation.

He understood that is was about. If we over assimilate people we want, we demand people be exactly as we want them to be and forget to let them be themselves and their culture and be part of ours. But it’s a blend!

26 May, 1994

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Goldberg in interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about Hall’s success, and the network’s expectation of her when she initiated a show.

When I did my show they expected something completely different and of course couldn’t give it to ’em. But that’s not what you did you didn’t promise anything you didn’t deliver.