Whoopi Goldberg stunned viewers with an on-air confession about why she’s named in files linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
“The View” co-host left audience members stunned when she explained that her name is in a 2013 email exchange between Epstein and an individual who is redacted.
Whoopi previously criticized Epstein and anyone linked to him in the Epstein files.
In January, the Department of Justice released 3.5 million documents linked to Epstein, who took his own life at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in NYC in 2019.
The email discussed an attempt to find a private plane for Whoopi to fly to Monaco to attend an event hosted by Julian Lennon’s charity.
As the email appeared on the screen, Whoopi quickly noted that she’s named in the files. “Now, in the name of transparency… my name is in the files.”
She read the email out loud: “It says, ‘Whoopi needs a plane to get to Monaco… 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 and they’re saying, ‘Do you want to offer your G2?'”
Co-host Sunny Hostin stressed that Epstein declined to offer his private plane for Whoopi.
“And it looks like they said no thanks,” Sunny said.
Joy Behar, who is also named in the files, said: “So, in other words, anyone can be on this list?”
Whoopi noted that she and Epstein were not close friends.
“This is my point because, when I tell you people are trying to turn me into…” she said. “I wasn’t his girlfriend. I wasn’t his friend. I was not only too old, but it was at a time where this is just not… You used to have to have facts before you said stuff.”
Joy happily announced that President Donald Trump’s name appears in the files 38,000 times.
“I can’t speak to him, but I’m speaking about me because I’m getting dragged,” Whoopi Goldberg explained.
