Word around town is that Whoopi Goldberg isn’t happy with the way executives are running things over at “The View” and a new report claims that she blew up at producers and called herself a slave over the alleged bad treatment.
According to The Daily Mail, ABC executives allegedly cut Goldberg out of decision-making for “The View’s” Hot Topics segment by moving the meeting for the segment outside of her contracted hours.
In a fit of frustration, Goldberg allegedly had a “meltdown” in front of producers and referred to herself as a slave and even used stereotypical slave dialect as she called herself the N-word.
‘She was out of control. She paraded up and down the halls saying, ‘I’s a work for ABC who is my master. I’s a slave to ABC. It’s 12 Years a Whoopi at ABC,’ ” a source said.
“I’s just a n—– following orders around here, master!’ ” she also allegedly said.
The source claims that producers begged Goldberg to stop, but she refused.
However, Goldberg recently spoke with TMZ about the rumors and denied that she had a blowup. But she did imply that someone is stepping on her toes.
“I don’t do meltdowns. I’m a grown woman, man. I don’t do meltdowns and I guess people just can’t let me be me and let me do my job. Everyone wants to do my job,” Goldberg said.
Well, at this point, it’s normal to hear about behind-the-scenes dustups at “The View” so we wouldn’t be surprised if there was some tension over power at the show. But according to Goldberg, it’s far less dramatic than people claim.
