WHOOPI Goldberg has given a brutally honest reply when asked why she won’t leave The View.

The 69-year-old actress has been a mainstay on the hit show for 18 years, and she does not plan on that changing any time soon.

She was recently asked by Entertainment Tonight if she would want to slow down her career soon.

When asked if she was thinking of winding down to enjoy life, she gave a very blunt and brutal response.

“Yeah, but who can afford to do that? You know if you don’t marry well, you gotta keep working,” she said.

The reporter then suggested that she could be someone who could afford not to work.

Whoopi replied, “No, not by now. Not yet.”

Later on in the interview, she added, “I’ve got to keep paying those bills, baby.”

Joy Behar, who was also part of the interview, then added, “Creative people don’t retire, they don’t resign, they just keep going.”

This comes after rampant speculation that Whoopi had “checked out of her job” earlier this year.

There were even claims that she would be dropped as The View’s moderator.

Back in March of this year, The View‘s executive producers were said to be eager for Sunny Hostin to replace Whoopi, who had “checked out” of her job.

Multiple sources shared how Sunny is “being groomed to take over as the show’s lead moderator”.

The transition is even said to be underway, with the “writing on the wall”.

A senior show insider told Rob Shuter’s Substack: “The writing’s on the wall.

“The network knows The View needs a refresh — someone younger, more engaged, and more connected to the next generation. Sunny checks every box.”

An insider told Rob Shuter “Whoopi looked checked out. That’s become the pattern,” after an episode aired in the spring.

It is claimed that although ABC have “affection” for Whoopi and deem her a legend, “legends age out” and ABC is “looking at the future”.

And fans have spotted how “clocked out” Whoopi has been looking in recent months.

In July, one person wrote on X, “Of course Whoopi looks bored #TheView.”

“I love when Whoopi is bored, and it’s even more hilarious to me because I’ve watched the view live,” said another in July.

In May, someone else penned, “Whoopi’s whole “being bored” schtick is never (really) funny, even though the topic can be kinda boring. #theview.”

In February another wrote, “Whoopi Goldberg on The View is like an aunt at a family gathering—occasionally wise, mostly just tired of everyone’s nonsense.”

And in November 2024, someone else said, “What’s with Whoopi? Is she bored?”