Whoopi goldberg is gay

You were an early ally of the LGBT community at a time when identifying as such was a much bigger risk. Whoopi loves a blunt. If you're not doing your job, then I'm gonna bitch. I don't know yet. I think now, people get it.

In this recent interview with Whoopi, the comedian-actress talked about how being a lesbian had no effect on Moms becoming "the funniest woman in the world," the longstanding rumors of Goldberg's own sexuality and her commitment to the fight for gay rights.

The realities of the world I grew up in was: It was nobody's business. Nobody was thinking about it. Funny trumps everything. Your sexuality, who you were — whether you were a man or a woman — didn't matter. But I'm not gonna bitch at anybody 'cause they're gay, or because they weigh a lot more than me.

Whoopi Goldberg Addresses Her

Laughs That's what people thought! You see bad situations or stupid situations, like folks having an issue with who you cared about, who you wanna be with, all that kind of stuff that has nothing to do with the realities of our world. There was nothing anybody could do to me then, because I felt that these were my friends and my people, and no one had a right to judge them.

I don't want people messing with me, so I defend everybody's right to be themselves. It makes a lot of sense, then, that one of Goldberg's earliest comedy heroes is veteran standup Jackie "Moms" Mabley, the 20th-century trailblazer — and later, a civil rights activist — known for a so-what attitude, her edgy humor and dressing like your grandma.

How do you think a black lesbian like Moms managed to have such a following in the '20s and '30s, a time when homosexuality would've likely been a career breaker? Whoopi Goldberg has opened up about her sexuality in a candid new interview, after a former co-host told her that she gave off 'lesbian vibes'.

I was like, "Uh, no. She just wrote a column about it. Never one to give a flying you-know-what, Whoopi Goldberg has made a career out of not caring. If you weren't funny, you didn't work. That has always been my battle cry. Whoopi, 67, was keen to address the rumors about her.

Whoopi Goldberg has spoken candidly about her sexuality during a recent episode of Raven-Symoné’s podcast The Best Podcast Ever, after The View co-host was told she gives “lesbian vibes”. At that point in time, people would automatically assume an ally was someone who just did not want to come out of the closet.

At the time, it just seemed so stupid to me that this was what people's issues were. As an ally and as someone with a long history in the movement, what's your take on the role you played then and the evolving nature of being identified as an ally?

Ask her about her sexuality — to some, a lingering enigma since the '70s, when Goldberg made lots of lesbians laugh at San Francisco comedy clubs — and she doesn't get all the fuss. Whoopi Goldberg revealed the truth about her sexuality during an episode of Raven-Symoné and her wife and co-host Miranda Maday’s podcast.

Ask her what she thinks about pot — actually, don't even bother. It was ridiculous.