‘The View’: Whoopi Goldberg Explains Why She’s in Jeffrey Epstein Files

Amanda Bell
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After Whoopi Goldberg‘s name appeared on a lengthy list of high-profile individuals whose names were mentioned at least once in the Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, The View cohost addressed the matter as the very first “Hot Topic” of the day on Tuesday’s (February 17) show, which was also the debut of Savannah Chrisley as guest cohost.

At the top of the hour, Goldberg asked producers to show the email where her name appeared and invited audiences to read through the document, which discussed whether Epstein would want to offer her a plane ride during her travel plans.

“Now, in the name of transparency, can you put up my name is in the files? Yes. And what does it say? It says, ‘Whoopi needs a plane to get to Monaco, John Lennon‘s charity.’ It should say Julian Lennon‘s charity is paying for it. ‘They don’t want to charter, so they’re looking for private owners. Here’s the info,’ and they give all the information,” Goldberg explained. She went on to point out that he declined, and she never rode on Epstein’s plane.

She then told her cohosts, including Sara Haines and Joy Behar, that she felt people were twisting her association with Epstein based on her name being on the DOJ’s list, which includes people like her who had no actual association with Epstein.

“People are trying to turn me into… I wasn’t his girlfriend,” she said. “I wasn’t.”

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Behar then countered that others on DOJ’s list of names have alleged ties to the child sex trafficker, saying, “Trump is on the list 38,000 times.”

“Well, I can’t speak to him, but I’m speaking about me because I’m getting dragged. People actually believe that I was with him. It’s like, honey, come on. Every man that I’ve ever been with, you’ve known about it because The Enquirer wrote about it. Your people wrote about this stuff. So no, I never had this, and no, I didn’t get on the plane,” Goldberg then said.

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  1. P

    Pseudonym Sam

    The term "in the files" does a whole lot of heavy lifting when it comes to Trump, but when liberals are implicated, then whoa Nellie, things suddenly get a lot more nuanced. Because they don't really care about the victims. They only care about USING the victims for partisan advantage.

    The "implication by association" is the "McCarthyist tactics" (Who's in a picture with who, and who looks like he might be smiling at who, but wait, that's a cropped photo and there's another person in the picture) that they used to emphatically decry. Sad to see them USING them now, because they have no sense of decency.

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      Kp

      I would live ti aee the trump files. He is on drugs of the top criminal people in america.

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    NoDrama

    I wish they would apply the same grace to people they crucify on their show. When you stir the pot, you should lick the spoon.

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    Jena

    Yeah, a lot of names appear in the files, many of which are emails. If I had to list every person (living or dead, fictional or real) that I've ever mentioned in emails..... it would take a long time and involve many unusual names: Sherlock Holmes, King George III, George W. Bush, Clark Gable, a couple different popes.... you get the idea. Those names would be in MY files, but that doesn't mean I ever met any of them, mucn was be involved in 'business' with them.

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      Antonio Montealegre

      If you'd look at my IMDb reviews (under tavm and tonyvmonte and some numbers), you'd see lots of mentions of Laurel & Hardy and Abbott & Costello in them but I certainly never met any of them (though if ever lived in Hollywood as a kid of the early '70s, maybe I could have met Bud Abbott if I was near whatever home he was living in by then before 1974).