Whoopi Goldberg whines on The View about her multi-million dollar gig
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Whoopi Goldberg whined that her multimillion-dollar job co-hosting The View can ‘feel like hell,’ after returning from a two-week break following backlash over her controversial comments on Iran.

The 69-year-old delivered the self-pitying remark at the start of Tuesday’s episode, as she and her fellow hosts were met with an especially raucous round of applause.

‘Let us say this to you: Thank you for that, because sometimes this gig can feel like hell,’ she said, moved by the display. 

‘And sometimes you feel like people are just angry at you all the time. So, to get a welcome like this this morning, we really appreciate it.’

Goldberg had returned to The View on Monday for the first time in two weeks, following a trip overseas and the show’s annual weeklong summer hiatus.

Before she left, she faced blowback for insisting to her fellow panelists that living in the United States as a black person is just as bad as living in Iran.

She appeared to shrug off the controversy by attending a ceremony in Sicily, where she discussed the ‘challenges’ of being a celebrity.

While her salary has not been disclosed publicly, an insider told The US Sun in 2022 that she earned a cool $8million as The View’s highest paid host.

'[S]ometimes this gig can feel like hell,' Whoopi Goldberg said on The View Tuesday. 'And sometimes you feel like people are just angry at you all the time'

‘[S]ometimes this gig can feel like hell,’ Whoopi Goldberg said on The View Tuesday. ‘And sometimes you feel like people are just angry at you all the time’ 

Goldberg returned to The View this week following a trip overseas and the show's annual weeklong summer hiatus

Goldberg returned to The View this week following a trip overseas and the show’s annual weeklong summer hiatus

Goldberg, who has appeared on the show since 2007, is worth an estimated $60million. 

Her frequent off-the-cuff remarks have gotten her into hot water over the years, including her June 18 comments that human rights violations in Iran were on par with the treatment of marginalized groups in the US.

The response on social media was swift ruthless, with comics Bill Maher and Adam Carolla also weighing in to pan the star.

After appearing to reference the criticism on Tuesday, viewers again tore into the star.

‘Out of touch celebrity says $8 million a year to co-host the View can be hell,’ one commenter wrote on X.

‘Then donate [your salary] buffoon,’ another added.

‘Of course it sometimes feels “like hell” for Whoopi. She thinks she’s immune from feedback to the garbage takes she and her co-hosts bring to The View?’ a third asked. 

‘What arrogance.’

Goldberg, who has appeared on The View since 2007, is worth an estimated $60million

Goldberg, who has appeared on The View since 2007, is worth an estimated $60million

Goldberg told fellow panelists that living in the United States as a black person is just as bad as living in Iran

Griffin pushed back

Days before, Goldberg earned widespread condemnation on social media – including calls for her firing –  for telling cohost Alyssa Farrah Griffin human rights violations being perpetrated by the Iranian regime were on par with the treatment of marginalized groups in the US

In 2019, Goldberg told The New York Times that she viewed her hosting gig just ‘a job.’ 

‘These are not conversations that I’m having with my friends,’ she said. ‘If they were, we’d be doing it differently. My friends and I can talk about things in-depth in a different way than you can on television.’

In November, she claimed she was still on The View after so many years because she needed the money, before comparing the situation to those of millions of other working Americans.

‘I appreciate that people are having a hard time,’ she said. ‘Me, too. I work for a living. If I had all the money in the world, I would not be here, OK? So, I’m a working person, you know?’

The Daily Mail contacted ABC News for comment.

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