Whoopi Goldberg Blasts ‘Harmful’ Rumor She Visited Epstein’s Island

Whoopi Goldberg discusses Jeffrey Epstein on The View on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2023. (Credit: Twitter/ABC)

Whoopi Goldberg says there’s a rumor going around that she visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island — and it’s “insane.”

On Thursday, The View moderator took aim at conspiracy theorists and satire websites that have been spreading false information about newly unsealed court records related to the convicted sex offender.

Goldberg slammed the false reports, as her co-host Sunny Hostin talked about the “biggest revelations” in the documents.

“Let me bring that up, the conspiracy theory folks. I have to explain, because there was a fake list and I’m on it,” Goldberg said to laughter. “They said I was on the island. And I’m like, I don’t go anywhere! So I’m just going to say, there’s just been a lot of stuff recently. I don’t know what I’ve done to anybody, but apparently there are a lot of these sites, but people don’t realize that they can be harmful.”

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Goldberg, 68, called out several other rumors she’s heard about herself.

“I never got kicked out of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant. I never got kicked out of Guy Fieri’s restaurant. I didn’t get kicked off Bill Maher’s show. I didn’t get into a fight with Oprah backstage here at The View,” she said. “It’s insane. It goes on and on and on.”

Over the years, the EGOT has been open about her fear of flying after witnessing a midair collision while standing on a balcony in San Diego in 1978.

“I feel like I shouldn’t be flying,” Goldberg said in a 2011 interview with CNN. “I should be rolling in my bus.”

As for the first batch of Epstein documents released on Jan. 3, they were part of a lawsuit filed against Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015.

While Goldberg’s name is not listed, former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump are mentioned in the documents.

According to NBC News, Clinton and Trump’s names surfaced in depositions by Maxwell and one of the girls she hired for Epstein, “neither of which includes allegations of wrongdoing.”

Johanna Sjoberg, one of Epstein’s victims, said in a 2016 deposition that Epstein once mentioned Clinton. “He said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” Sjoberg stated. She added that she had never met Clinton and never saw him on Epstein’s island.

Sjoberg said she went to dinner at one of Epstein’s homes and magician David Copperfield was there. She said Copperfield did magic tricks and asked her if she was aware “that girls were getting paid to find other girls.”

She also testified that she met Prince Andrew during a 2001 visit to New York. She said the British royal touched her breast while they posed for a photo at Epstein’s Manhattan home.


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