Whoopi Goldberg Faces Backlash Over ‘Have to Work’ Complaint

Whoopi Goldberg is facing backlash after claiming she has ‘to work for a living' during a recent episode of 'The View.' Whoopi’s comments sparked outrage online, with critics calling her 'tone-deaf,' for claiming to relate to economic challenges. In 2016, ‘Variety’ reported her contract on 'The View' to be worth $5 to $6 million. Having been a host on the talk show since 2007, social media users claim her net worth puts her 'out of touch' with the struggles of working-class Americans.

[batmanforpresident]

So why hasn't Whoopi Goldberg left the country already?

[torigillispie]

Sweetie, you do have all the money in the world…. You don’t have to work !!!! You don’t know what it is like to HAVE TO WORK!!!! Maybe you need a reality check!!!!

[TheCrimsonImpaler-USA]

Yes, sitting on a chair for 40 minutes, talking, and going back to your home is such grueling, back-breaking work. Can I have that job instead of warehouse work? 60 million net worth not enough?

[thetree]

If you are struggling, you are not wearing lots of jewelry. You would be pawning them to pay bills. She is truly out of touch.

[raulariza]

How dare you.... $600k monthly! 8 million a year! You have some nerve! And you call grocery owners pigs!

[jennslifeinhuntingtonwv]

I haven't liked her for a while. I used to love her in the movies, but her mouth never stops! It's hard to watch the View because she has to tell everyone why they're wrong.

[laurier]

This is why Americans don't need the Hollywood elite to tell us who to vote for. They are oblivious to the sacrifices many Americans have to make to just make ends meet.

[debbiecurtis]

Can't stand Whoopi. What is her appeal?

[hughabsher]

How is the view still on television...

[scraspjscraspj]

I thought you were going to leave the country the first time Trump was President. Please leave

[kandykaye]

We have spoken Whoopi. We can’t stand you. Working women don’t watch you, we’re at work.

[TreeHouse_]

The fact that whoopi downplays the economy PROVES she doesn't understand 💎

[Hellcat]

Whoopi, so let’s you and I switch jobs for 1 week. Wake up at 4am drive 70 miles to work in a 2003 Honda, work construction outdoors it was about 48 degrees today drive another 70 miles and walk in the door at 6pm. 5 days a week. For a lousy $1400 a week. I’ll do your 3 hour a day job for 10’s of thousands of dollars per week

[Qwerty]

Why does this woman speak like she is always Angry

[bebesomething]

sitting there and yapping isn't work. I'm sorry

[AboJamaX]

A group of hypocrites gathered in one place.

[mikephillips]

Maybe she should sell her vacation home in Italy.Better yet she should move there permanently.

[loridameron]

$60 million net worth and a annual contract with the View of $8 million. Oh gee I wish I could struggle financially with that salary

[Calguy]

Remember her comment about the Holocaust not being about race? And she only got suspended for a couple of weeks. If she was a conservative person or worked at a regular job, management would have fired her for that remark.

[robertl]

Perhaps the world needs to stop listening to the ramblings of multi-millionaire actors and athletes.