Whoopi Goldberg | 01/08/2009 11:00 pm

Whoopi Goldberg Was Born in the Spotlight

By Whoopi Goldberg

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In response to: 'When I grow up ... ' When did you decide upon your career?

Emerging from my mother. At my birth, I looked up, saw the lights in the operating room and said, "This is for me."

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Nothing like the big lights,and a lifelong fan to get you started! Blessings, Linda

By Linda Myers on 01/09/2009 12:27 am

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Hey Linda I agree wid u, all u need is great fans like us for dear Whoopi and her name is gonna shine forever in our hearts. Wat a great woman eh? GO fav actress>

By FeliJane Ramjohn on 01/17/2009 10:22 am

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She has always been my favorite, She get’s it done without the glam! Some of my favorite movies by her were Jumping Jack Flash and Clara’s Heart, love them all but even the maybe lesser known she put some deep messages into them.

By Linda Myers on 01/17/2009 10:59 am

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“I was born in a trunk in the Princess Theatre in Pocatello Idaho….”

By Mugsy Peabody on 01/09/2009 12:32 am

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Specifically, was it the brilliance, the buzz or the promise of interrupted sleep that attracted you? I was in the hospital for nine months after being born. Back then, I’m pretty sure I wanted those darn lights off. But then, maybe that’s why I spend all day and night searching for enlightenment.

By Emcye Edwards on 01/09/2009 1:14 am

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Maybe my mother was right all these years. I was a breech baby born in the 1950’s. She liked to say I was born a$$ backwards, act a$$ backwards and will leave this earth a$$ backwards. I can not back out of a parking space at the grocery store without breaking into a cold sweat of fear. Thank goodness I boycott WAL MART or I would of goner years ago.

By j.m. sch. on 01/09/2009 6:08 am

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Wow your me - did you divorce, quit smoking and go through menopause at the same time too?

By Connie Godin on 01/09/2009 12:37 pm

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No divorce. My husband says I bring joy to his heart and he has too much fun trying to second guess what I will do next. Down to two cigarettes a day. Since I don’t drink, drug or fool around (besides husband) or take hormones for menopause I need to know I have ” my time” twice a day. Bad thinking on my part but my mother is right a$$ backward. So if you see a 4’11” woman running backwards in the parking lot waving to you, it is just me going to my car. See you at the grocery store!

By j.m. sch. on 01/09/2009 2:17 pm

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Well Whoopi call your Mom and tell her that we thank her for this delivery.

By Jeannot Kensinger on 01/09/2009 7:08 am

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You’re the best, Whoopi Your comment in the other night’s Patrick Swayze interview by Barbara Walters was direct & moving. You are a true friend and I know it must be hard for you. Bless you for being you! By the way, are you going to be at all the Inaugural ceremonies abd balls? Hope so! Want a full report, Whoopie! Barbara

By Barbara Oliver on 01/09/2009 8:42 am

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By Jim Henley on 01/09/2009 11:21 am

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You were a pretty smart baby, Whoopi. All of us who have admired you throughout your career are applauding your choice!

By Maurine H on 01/09/2009 2:52 pm

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I was born in big Mama’s (my great Aunties) bedroom. My older sister and my second to the oldest brother decided I must be hungry after being stuck inside my mother for nine months without any real food. My mother awoke to their giggles as I sucked down applesauce and wet saltine crackers they were feeding me.

By Bonnie Jean Smith on 01/09/2009 6:29 pm