Whoopi Goldberg recently expressed that despite her success, she felt unable to afford retirement due to ongoing financial pressures—a sentiment she said resonated with many working Americans. As a celebrity who earned between $5 million and $6 million in 2016, her comment sparked controversy.
While featuring on ABC’s talk show The View on Tuesday (November 12), Whoopi said: “I appreciate that people are having a hard time, 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?