Whoopi Goldberg is not shy about her money. On Keke Palmer’s podcast, the 70-year-old host revealed that her The View salary is so large, fans would be genuinely shocked if they saw the actual number. She didn’t spill the exact figure, but she made one thing clear: it’s not even the biggest paycheck she gets. That’s a flex most of us can’t even imagine.
A source later told Page Six that Goldberg pulls in a mid-seven-figure salary, making her the highest-paid co-host on the ABC daytime show. But there’s a catch. All The View co-hosts, including Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines, took pay cuts when Season 29 premiered in September 2025. Even the wardrobe budget was trimmed. So while Goldberg is out here teasing her massive check, her colleagues are tightening their belts. She explained her motivation to stay with a classic Whoopi line:“A girl’s gotta eat. I never married well, so, I still have to support myself.”
The reaction online is split. Some fans think she’s earned the right to talk about her success. Others think bragging about a giant salary while your coworkers took pay cuts is tone-deaf, especially with so many people struggling right now. What do you think? Is this no big deal, or should she have kept that to herself?
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