Last month she couldn't even get on a plane. She had to take a bus cross country to get to California, where The View was filming for a week.
During a recent trip to London a week and some change ago, Goldberg was so frightened she needed medical help.
Whoopi had to fly overseas for the musical version of her hit film, Sister Act, which starts previews next month and she is producing.
But aside from going on a private jet, she also needed a doctor to accompany her. And the doc was nearby the entire time with some syringes and sedatives in case she had a panic attack.
Scary!
She even had to prepare for the flight through a program where she had to sit down with a psychologist and a pilot.
Whoopi says about that flight, "I had a guy with me, but I didn't need it. I'm kinda proud." She adds that now "I'm going to fly to the West Coast to surprise my daughter."
For the fourth week in a row, the estrogen-packed talk show The View came out on top of the daytime Nielson ratings with 4.42 million viewers last week!!
As well as being #1 for daytime, The View was also the second most-watched show by women for the week.
Babs and Co. are gaining steam on the Big O's Empire!!
Hasbeen reality whore, ex-convict, recording addict and Lauren Conrad's ex-boy toy, Jason Wahler, is probably just jealous!
When asked about Whitney Port's solo MTV show, The City, getting picked up for a second season, Wahler responded:
"I can't believe it got picked up for a second season. I thought it was a terrible show. I mean, I like Whitney, but they are trying to drag her show out too much. I didn't know that many people who were watching it to begin with, so for it to be renewed is shocking."
We agree, but those words coming out of his mouth…they just don't have the same gravitas!
NY Magazinecaught up with The View hostess Whoopi Goldberg this week at an NYC fundraiser and the conversation turned to the conservative side of things.
Whoopi revealed that Elisabeth Hasselbeck has moved on from the election, and is actually supportive of President-elect Obama!
Good, cuz we've all moved on from the election already.
"We are all starting on the same page, which is, this is our president, this is our country, and we’re going to do everything that we can to support him," said the even keeled Whoopi. "And this is why Elisabeth is unlike anyone else you’re going to meet, because she is willing to make the steps … That’s why I love her."
She also shared her assessment of the bitchfest that was Mann Coulter'sappearance on the ABC chat show: "She (Mann) wanted to sell her book, and she was able to go off looking like she was really upset. So, we gave her what she needed, and I hope she sells her books, and God bless her."
Whoopi seems to be keeping herself pretty busy these days.
As we mentioned earlier this week, Whoopi signed a new development deal with Discovery Emerging Networks and will be in charge of developing series for the Investigation Discovery and Science Channel.
And now, Miz Goldberg is going back to her beginnings. Somewhat.
Whoopi is set to produce a stage version of Sister Act to play in London.
The musical, based on Whoopi's 1992 hit, will open on June 2nd, 2009 at the London Palladium and will have preview performances starting May 6th.
Unfortunately, Whoopi will not be starring in the musical.
