Whoopi Goldberg Explains How She Came Up with Her Name, Talks The Change Comic Book
Whoopi Goldberg talks about how going through menopause inspired her to write The Change, spreading her late mother's ashes throughout a ride at Disneyland and how she created her own name.
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Whoopi Goldberg Explains How She Came Up with Her Name, Talks The Change Comic Book - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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I will personally never go through the change, but I am an avid enjoyer of stories. A woman who menopauses so hard she transcends reality sounds absolutely badass, I couldn't be more on board!
As someone who is going thru the change pretty sure I can start fires with my hot flashes 😂🤯🥵
@nelsaf365
20 күн бұрын
My son, as a young teen, forgot they are called hot flashes and asked me one day if I was still getting heat waves.
@kallen868
19 күн бұрын
@@nelsaf365😅
I will always love this lady. Amazing person, actress and comedian. The best❤❤❤
@Tuturial464
19 күн бұрын
And she reminds me what's wrong with people who don't know history
@Tuturial464
19 күн бұрын
And she reminds me what's wrong with people who don't know history
From the moment I saw the video of Whoopi Goldberg's one-Woman show on Broadway, I was hooked. I love intelligent comedy that makes you think. I have 4 favorite comics & unfortunately, two of them are no longer with us, but their presence will always be a great part of my life. In Order Of Their Birth Years: George Carlin Lily Tomlin Robin Williams Whoopi Goldberg
@debbievalentine6810
13 күн бұрын
She did a one woman years before called telephone
Whoopi is so amazing. I love her
I just love Seth’s interview skills, notice no notes. ❤❤❤
I periodically reread The Color Purple. Celie always becomes Whoopi in my head. Whoopi doesn't stop. I love that about her.
As we all get older we have no problem becoming Invisible. Thanks Whoopi for making it a super power
I ordered mine❣️❣️❣️❣️ I’m 65 and know exactly what she is talking about ❣️❣️❣️❣️
I’m not a big fan of celebrity culture but Whoopi is one I’ll make an exception for. What an incredible person.
@ordinarryalien
20 күн бұрын
We have no choice but to love Whoopi. 😌
@Tuturial464
19 күн бұрын
Until she talks about ww2 events@@ordinarryalien
@ordinarryalien
19 күн бұрын
@@Tuturial464 Oh... I’ve just seen it. It's not as bad as I expected, but still... She said, "The Holocaust isn't about race. It's about man's inhumanity to man. [...] This wasn't based on skin. You couldn't tell who was Jewish. They [Nazis] had to delve deeply to figure it out." How ignorant. Then she later apologised and accepted it was about race. She said on TV, Hitler and the Nazis considered Jews to be an inferior race. I'm very disappointed.
@ordinarryalien
19 күн бұрын
@@Tuturial464 Oh... I’ve just seen it. It's not as bad as I expected, but still... She said, "The Holocaust isn't about race. It's about man's inhumanity to man. [...] This wasn't based on skin. You couldn't tell who was Jewish. They [Nazis] had to delve deeply to figure it out." How ignorant. Then she later apologised and accepted it was about race. She said on TV, Hitler and the Nazis considered Jewish people to be an inferior race. I'm very disappointed.
@ordinarryalien
19 күн бұрын
@@Tuturial464 Oh... I’ve just seen it. It's not as bad as I expected, but still... Very ignorant. I'm disappointed.
An Icon… a Legend… we’re so blessed to have Ms. Whoopi Goldberg… 💛.
Woopi's mom reminds me of that old maxim that it's better to have $5000 in a plastic bag, than $5 bucks in a Louis Viton purse.🤣😅Do you want to look rich, or be rich?🤑🤑
@Tuturial464
19 күн бұрын
And she reminds me what's wrong with people who don't know history
@tomtom8786
14 күн бұрын
@@Tuturial464why so negative and bitter???
what i love about seth is that there is no phony laugh, he is genuinely laughing, which i appreciate, unlike jimmy fallon
What a wonderfully respectful interview of this fantastic woman!!! Way to go Seth!!
I was thereeeeeeee🎉 i was the woo lol 1:04
@leenaalshenaiber8267
19 күн бұрын
6:45
I've been in love with Whoopi my whole life. ❤❤❤❤
Whoopi explains the Goldberg part here, but as for the Whoopi, this is from Wikipedia: She has stated that her stage forename ("Whoopi") was taken from a whoopee cushion: "When you're performing on stage, you never really have time to go into the bathroom and close the door. So if you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.' And that's where the name came from."
Whoopi is one of GOAT! 😊❤😅
@Tuturial464
19 күн бұрын
She needs to brush up onnhistory
@emilianozapata7690
12 күн бұрын
uhhh. . . can you share with us, ONE thing, that makes her "GOAT". Besides the fact that she is old, and sounds like an actual goat.
@BerniceCrossin
7 күн бұрын
@emilianozapata7690 She's smart, RICH, humble, an author, a great actress, & an EGOT## Emmy, Grammy, Oscar & Tony winner.😊She started acting in the 80's, & earned everything she has. NOTHING was given to her like some of these overhyped actresses today that can't act their way out of a paper bag, but get jobs because of the way they LOOK, & who they napped with overnight.
She will always be Guinan to me lol
@KamInBim
20 күн бұрын
🖖🏾
@barryberkmanblock
19 күн бұрын
Yessss 💜
Interestingly, now that Whoopi mentioned it I can confirm that I received super powers AFTER (or while?) I was going through Menopause ;) xoxox
@carolz5090
19 күн бұрын
My super power was being generally irritable and cranky and no one could tell the difference.😜
On Graham Norton she said she chose Whoopi because she farts a lot. That was like 10 years ago. I remember the weirdest things.
@Bmayo27
19 күн бұрын
Join my trivia team. Not all heroes wear capes!
I'm going through perimenopause so I can understand
Honestly my entire life I thought that was her birth name. When my step mom was in the hospital she met a woman who just had a baby and named her Pa Ja Ma, so she said that's quite a name how'd you think of it? She showed her the magazine she was reading... it was a pair of pajamas. She was illiterate.
Have been going thru menopause for 20 years and have finally been started on stuff for it finally
I love Whoopi!
Whoopi is always the best
Love Whoopi so much
Whoppi Goldberg was the voice of "Gaia" in the cartoon "Captain Planet".
@NellieKAdaba
9 күн бұрын
I didn't know that, I used to watch Captain Planet.
She is a fantastic soul .. and this was a great interview .. thank you Seth 💙🩵
I've been rewatching Star Trek TNG and thought Whoopi great as Guinan.
A perfect interview, she's a natural. Just an amazing storyteller (whether it's acting, writing, standup). It's a shame so much garbage falls out of her mouth on The View, but she's a remarkable talent and the superhero idea is genius. I think this appearance sold a lot of copies of both books!
Viola Davis could play that comic part, i think. Not a shot at her age, she just reminds me of a younger Whoopi.
Whoopi. THE LEGEND.
Both of these people are among the coolest celebs around. It makes me happy watching them whatever they’re doing.
So cool to finally hear the story about her name!!❤ Just the coolest woman ever, for sure!😎💜💜💜
@NellieKAdaba
9 күн бұрын
Yes, at last.
I adored your memoir - and your mother. Bless you
I listened to her audiobook and I loved it very much. Whoopi is special
Sounds like she was a great old lady.
OMG, I know someone whose late husband’s ashes are in “Small World” in Disney World. Definitely stay in the little boat when doing that ride.😮😂
I have loved Whoopi since being a young child. I hope she never goes away
Love Whoopi.
I love you babe, you keep getting better like fine wine, so beautiful. When I was 12 years old I was in a new home and they were prejudiced started to talk about you and I stood up for you and still do I love you Whoopee
She’s so awesome!!
Where can i get her comic books?
So self deprecating .. even after all these years I don’t think she sees herself as the amazing star we all know she is .. humility is a wonderful quality ❤
Much respect and ❤❤❤❤ for Whoopi. Love Seth❤❤❤
She's is such an interesting, unique, hilarious woman. Love her ❤️
Where do i get this comic book, i adore whoopi
I have loved Whoopi ever since I saw her first one woman show on tv!
I think Whoopi is secretly Guinan. Not the other way around.
I really like Whoopi
@NellieKAdaba
9 күн бұрын
Me too, and what she said about what she said with her mother's ashes was interesting.
now I gotta do it
I thought she was going to say her parents made Whoopi, and there she was! Lol
Very Great Whoopi, this is great,… hopefully we’’ll see more of this, Graphic Novel comic book from Whoopi Goldberg. Top life to all coming through.😎
Love you whoopi!!!!
Her real name: Karen Johnson 😉
@kallen868
19 күн бұрын
I think it's spelled Caryn.
@carenmontgomery2384
16 күн бұрын
l think it's spelled Carin
She’s a quirky old broad, I truly dig her ❤️
❤
She's a treasure imho
It's nice twist on an old idea. The X-Men are about powers awaking in a time of hormonal change, puberty. This is the same idea but shifts the focus onto a group that can feel invisible. Really smart concept. More surprised, having heard the idea, that it hasn't been used before. Feeds into the idea of being forgotten. Love to anyone going thru this x P.S. To Guinan, sorry Whoopi, does the protagonist have siblings? I'd mean she'd be a #SisterAct . If the protagonist dies she will be a #Ghost . Might her fave color be #TheColorPurple ? :P
✰!!
I forget where I heard this, but I think that's a common thing to dump someone's ashes at Disney 🤔
🤭 recently read that Disney was utilizing cameras in the Pirates of the Caribbean because of people emptying cremains along the ride so, word to the wise. But I totally get the sentiment.
Wow
The best
ICYMI, she’s wearing Keen shoes. 😊
So this finally confirms that Goldberg is Whoopi’s Ancestral name
@NellieKAdaba
9 күн бұрын
I don't know if it's her ancestors' surname.
We need to stop listening to people merely because they're famous.
I love Woopi Goldberg. Yay her in Sister Act and her in Ghost. They didn't say, but she's originally a Karen like me!
I'd love to know of women that never had menopause that didn't die young.
gerry wilson never heard of this book and like the idea don't always approve of her but interested to learn about her stage name as my stage name "capt gerry" wilson was given to me at a halloween open mike night where i'd dressed as the phantom of the opera
Before I watch, I'm guessing she sat on a cushion that bears her name.
@a4andrei
20 күн бұрын
You're not that far off
Sorry to say, but they regularly vacuum up the ashes that people sneak in there ...
@dceplay
16 күн бұрын
How does one vacuum ashes out of water?
HS 7054(a),” and if found guilty, “subjected to up to six months in jail and/or a fine of $500.”
Whoopi now has Covid..Seth, brother!!, isolate and pray! 1:38
She should of left America back in 16 when she said she was going to.
@dceplay
16 күн бұрын
Should of?
I hope she wrote the comic as a personal project, and not something to make money.
@peachesandpoets
20 күн бұрын
She has what we call "eff you" money. She can do her dream projects now
@jprsfragoso
20 күн бұрын
@@peachesandpoets Good on her. Gl hf
@nikobatallones
20 күн бұрын
It was mentioned she wrote it 25 years ago, so I suppose it's something she just wanted to see through at this point.
@DuelScreen
19 күн бұрын
Why can't it be both?
❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love, love, love Whoopi!!! 🥰
woman has shaved her eyebrows off for over forty years for being "itchy". because yeah.. that's not mental illness
Whoopi's opinions on the view have definitely lost her my support
She told Disney? 😑
Her new name is Poopi Goldberg.
I respect her as an actor, but can’t stand her as a person
Whoopi is not telling the complete truth - she said in the past she chose the last name 'Goldberg' because her mom told her it was a jewish last name and would garner her more attention.
@NellieKAdaba
9 күн бұрын
Wow.
Whoppi is a disgrace still
Funniest Karen.
PLEASE HAVE GEORGE CLOONEY ON TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ALL SEE WITH OUR EYES AND HEAR WITH OUR EARS😬
@DuelScreen
19 күн бұрын
No. Biden will be the Democrat nominee. Only he can defeat Trump. On their records it's no contest. Biden will win in a landslide. People will vote for Biden's corpse--if it comes to that--over Trump. Don't worry now but definitely vote in November.
Did she poop her pants before the interview? Just like Joe Biden?
@justsaying14
16 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your projection 🤗
"I stopped bleeding so I could make you bleed." 😂
I hate Whoopie! Does Whoopie Goldberg think she knows ALL & can advise the people of USA what to do politically? She should be FIRED from the View! Politics is PERSONAL & everyone is entitled to their opinions, so she should keep her personal opinions to herself. Why is she still on this show??
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