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In an effort to relate to working-class Americans, Whoopi Goldberg has revealed that she too struggles with money.

The 69-year-old Oscar winner and co-host of ABC’sThe View admitted during a recent episode of the popular daytime talk show that she can’t afford to stop working. “I appreciate that people are having a hard time. Me, too. I work for a living,” Goldberg said on Tuesday (November 12). “If I had all the money in the world, I would not be here, okay? So, I’m a working person, you know?”

“My kid has to feed her family. My great-granddaughter has to be fed by her family. I know it’s hard out there,” the Sister Act star added.

Goldberg – who rose to fame in the 1980s as a comedian, before landing breakthrough roles in both film and on Broadway – has hosted The View since 2007. While she has cemented herself as one of the most prominent figures in television, Goldberg’s career successes span far beyond the daytime talk show. In fact, she’s one of the few recipients of an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award – collectively known as the EGOT.

The New York native, born in 1955 as Caryn Elaine Johnson, came from humble beginnings. Her mother, Emma Johnson, was a nurse and a teacher while her father, Robert James Johnson Jr, was a Baptist clergyman. She was raised in the public housing project Chelsea-Elliot Houses in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea.

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After dropping out of high school at age 17, Goldberg moved to California in the 1970s where she worked odd jobs such as a waitress, bank teller, bricklayer, and a mortuary cosmetologist. While living in Berkeley, she joined the city’s oldest theater troupe, the Blake Street Hawkeyes, and developed her 1983 one-woman show, The Spook Show.

It was there that director Mike Nichols discovered Goldberg and became a mentor for the comedian as they developed her show for Broadway. The show, retitled to Whoopi Goldberg, ran from October 1984 to March 1985. According to Broadway World, the show earned $1,973,901 over its 156 performances. Her show was also taped for an HBO special, titled Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway, for which Goldberg was credited as producer through her company, Whoop Inc.

The audio recording of Goldberg’s one-woman show earned her the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 1986, the first Black female comedian to win the recognition. While Goldberg went on to star in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 1996, her theater career has since progressed far beyond acting. In 2002, she won the Tony Award for producing the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, a Broadway smash hit that reportedly made back around 80 percent of its $9.5 million capitalization during its two-year run.

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While Goldberg got her start on the stage, she has since become one of the most prolific on-screen actors of all time. During performances of her one-woman Broadway show, she caught the attention of filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who offered her the lead role of Celie in 1985’s The Color Purple – her film debut. The Color Purple, based on the novel by Alice Walker, became a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $98.4m at the worldwide box office. The movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including a nomination for Goldberg as Best Actress. She ultimately won the Golden Globe for her role as Celie, once again becoming the first Black woman to win the category.

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Goldberg made history yet again in 1990 when she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as psychic Oda Mae Brown in Ghost. The Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze classic became the highest-grossing movie of the year, earning more than $505m worldwide.

Perhaps one of her best-known roles is Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer who goes undercover as a nun to escape the mob, in the 1992 musical comedy Sister Act. The film made $139.6m at the U.S. box office, grossing $231.6m worldwide. In 1993, Sister Act was named the most rented film across the country.

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The movie even spawned a successful franchise, so much so that Goldberg was able to negotiate a salary for Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit between an estimated $7m and $12m – making Goldberg the highest-paid actress in Hollywood at the time. The sequel grossed about $60m in the U.S. and almost $100m worldwide.

Throughout the 1990s to 2000s, Goldberg made several appearances in film, notably voicing Shenzi the hyena in Disney’s 1994 animated classic The Lion King – the third-highest earning animated film in history, grossing $968.5m worldwide.

On television, Goldberg appeared in five seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, co-starred with Jean Stapleton in Bagdad Cafe, and hosted her own syndicated late-night talk show, The Whoopi Goldberg Show.

In 2007, Goldberg joined The View as moderator and panelist, alongside creator Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. In a 2016 report from Variety, Goldberg’s one-year contract was estimated to be worth between $5m-$6m.

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Aside from her role as an entertainer, Goldberg has also made a fortune as an entrepreneur. In 2022, she launched her brand of cannabis products, Emma & Clyde, named after her late mother and brother. She also co-founded a line of holistic menstrual relief products, Whoopi & Maya, in 2016, though it ceased operations four years later. After parting ways with a former business partner, Goldberg announced in July 2024 that Whoopi & Maya was being revived under her WhoopFam company.

Following her move to California in the 1980s, Goldberg purchased a Victorian-style house built in the 1890s for just $335,000. In 2015, she sold the two-story home for $1.275m after owning it for 30 years. Goldberg then moved to the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, where she lived for another two decades before selling the five-bedroom home for $8.8m in February 2018. She also purchased a rustic vacation home in Vermont in 2003 for $950,000. Goldberg reportedly listed the historic property in November 2012 for $1.5m.

After landing her gig on The View, Goldberg relocated back to New York City, where she bought a full-floor loft in SoHo for $4m. She sold the two-bedroom apartment in 2010 for just under $3m. In a search for more privacy, Goldberg moved to the New Jersey suburbs, purchasing a $2.8m mansion in the gated community of Llewellyn Park.

Goldberg has been married three times. Her first marriage was in 1973 to drug counselor Alvin Martin, though they parted ways in 1979. She was later married to cinematographer David Claessen from 1986 to 1988, and tied the knot with union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg in 1994, though their union lasted only one year.

She welcomed her only child, daughter Alexandrea Martin, with her first husband in 1974 when she was just 18 years old. Goldberg’s daughter, who also became an actor and producer, has since given the actor three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

Earlier this year, Goldberg shared that she will be bequeathing “everything” to her now 50-year-old daughter during a May episode of The View.

“One of the great answers is children learn by what they see,” Goldberg said at the time. “My mother worked her behind off and so that’s why I feel the way I feel and I’m leaving my kid everything that I have.”

Most TV adverts for sweets, crisps and chocolate shown when children are likely to be watching are placed by firms who claim not to promote their products to that age group.

The disclosure, in new research by the University of Liverpool, has prompted claims that food giants such as Mars, Haribo and PepsiCo are in “flagrant” breach of their own codes of behaviour.

The academics found that 80% of all ads for confectionery and snacks shown on UK TV before the 9pm children’s viewing watershed were from those three firms, plus Kellogg’s and Mondelez.

Their analysis of ads shown on 76 channels also revealed that 49% of all such ads are broadcast between 5.30am and 9pm, when viewing by children is at its highest.

“The discrepancy between these company commitments and the large number of their ads aired before the watershed suggests a flagrant disconnect between their marketing policies and what actually happens in practice,” said Rebecca Tobi, the senior business and investor engagement manager at the Food Foundation.

The findings are contained in the thinktank’s annual report, published on Thursday. Its analysis of ads for sweets and snacks shown in July and August 2022 found that 13 different food and drink firms had ads shown during those hours, of which five firms provided 80%.

Haribo accounted for the most – 25% – with ads for products such as Starmix, closely followed by Mars UK (20%) with ads for products such as Galaxy, Snickers, Maltesers and M&Ms. Tobi highlighted that Haribo’s corporate responsibility report says: “Haribo does not advertise in any media primarily directed to children under 16 years.”

Similarly, PepsiCo’s UK-responsible marketing policy states: “We do not promote or market HFSS [high in fat, sugar and salt] products to under-16s across any media.”

The findings illustrate why Labour ministers have decided to ban the advertisement of junk food – anything judged HFSS under its nutrient profile model nutritional assessment rules – on TV before the 9pm watershed, and at any time online, from 1 October 2025.

“This is yet another example of the opaque marketing strategies of some of the biggest players in the food industry and illustrates why the government is right to protect children and young people” said James Toop, the chief executive of Bite Back, the campaigning arm of Jamie Oliver’s organisation.

“These companies have been spending too much money and effort advertising unhealthy products to children.”

Earlier this year, before he became the health secretary, Wes Streeting criticised food firms for using marketing to manipulate people into buying products that contributed to bad diets.

“As citizens we are highly manipulated by the marketing that’s thrown at us. Certainly in terms of children, parents will experience the ordeal of going around the supermarket and being tugged down [by children] to get that KitKat cereal or chocolate bar,” he said in February.

Tobi urged Streeting to force all food firms to disclose what proportion of their sales came from healthy or unhealthy products. While some big firms agree, most are opposed. The last Conservative government considered making such disclosure mandatory, but relented and made it purely voluntary in the face of pushback from the sector.

“Good data drives good decision-making yet ingrained food industry secrecy means, as things currently stand, neither policymakers nor businesses have a clear idea of who is selling what,” Tobi said.

The Food and Drink Federation, which represents major producers, said manufacturers took obesity and poor diet seriously and accepted that they had a role in tackling these issues.

A spokesperson said: “Companies have made significant progress to create healthier options for shoppers, based on government guidelines and the high fat, salt and sugar regulations. Thanks to substantial investment, FDF members’ products now contribute far fewer calories, salt and sugar to the British grocery market than they did in 2015.”

The industry complied with all advertising rules on unhealthy food, they said, adding: “The food and drink industry is open to working with government to consider how we can collectively report on progress in a transparent and consistent way, and we recognise that this is important in gaining a better understanding of the food system.”

The Department of Health and Social Care said: “We are committed to tackling [obesity] head on, shifting our focus from treatment to prevention as part of our 10-year health plan.

“We have already made a strong start by restricting junk food advertising on TV and online, limiting schoolchildren’s access to fast food, and confirming that we will take steps to ensure the soft drinks industry levy (sugar tax) remains effective and fit for purpose.”

MARRIED At First Sight fans found their hearts melting after Caspar surprised his ex-wife Emma with a sweet tribute to her.

Caspar and Emma were brought back together for the reunion episode of the E4 series and viewers were shocked at his reaction.

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Despite the couple splitting midway through the series, Caspar decided to show his ex-wife just how much she did – and still – means to him.

Sitting on the couch with their MAFS UK friends Kirstina and Kieran, the full time gardener reached around his neck while talking to Emma.

Caspar then revealed his wedding ring, which he had been wearing on a chain ever since their marriage broke down.

As she blushed, he told her: “I’ve still got my wedding ring on.”

With Kristina sandwiched in between them gasping, Emma replied: “Ahhh. That’s nice, that’s cute.”

Caspar explained: “It’s still part of my life, isn’t it?

“It was a really big part of my life. I want to keep it there. It’s somewhere close and personal.”

Smiling, Emma said: “Ahh, there I am, right next to your heart. That’s cute, that’s cute.”

Caspar’s sweet tribute gained approval from the MAFS UK experts, too.

Watching on a screen backstage, Paul C. Brunson said: “I rate this. He is showing there was something about the process that was important.

“He’s trying to show Emma, ‘Hey, there’s care here. There’s a level of respect here’.”

Fans also thought it was a kind move by Casper.

“I will go to my grave saying that Emma was the best one of this entire bunch and I’m glad Caspar knew how precious she was in the end by still wearing his ring!” one viewer wrote on X.

Emma was delighted when she first saw Caspar waiting for her at the end of the aisle on their wedding day back in September.

Warning bells for the couple began ringing earlier on, however, after he told the cameras Emma reminded him of his sister.

Caspar later shared his thoughts with his wife, savagely telling her there was no sexual chemistry due to the comparison.

Matters were then made worse when he told Emma she wasn’t his usual type as she was ‘too curvy’.

Before telling her that he does not find her “sexy”, Caspar brutally said: “I’ve rarely gone for the curvier person.”

When asked if he fancies her, Caspar brutally added: “Not currently no, let’s be honest.”

Emma and Caspar eventually split during a later commitment ceremony, with them both agreeing that their marriage had run its course.

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Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has revealed that rather than voting for either official presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, he decided to write in an alternative option on his 2024 ballot.

Speaking on a new episode of the PBD Podcast, the 54-year-old journalist shared that he voted for his older brother, disgraced New York politician Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo’s admission left the hosts shocked, with host Patrick Bet-David repeatedly asking if he was serious.

After showing picture evidence of his ballot, the TV journalist joked: “He didn’t win by the way.”

Cuomo went on to share that his brother, who previously endorsed Harris, reacted unfazed by his decision, saying: “[Andrew] had other things he wanted to talk about.”

He continued: “My feeling is this: America can do better than these two candidates. I’m not a Trump fan and I’m not a Democrat. I think this country can do better.

“… I just believe that the choices are beneath the standard of American leadership.”

Cuomo was fired from CNN in December 2021 after it came to light that he had served as an adviser for his brother Andrew Cuomo while he was battling sexual harassment allegations as governor of New York, forcing him to resign in August of that year.

The US attorney general found that Cuomo crossed normal journalistic lines of objectivity in public affairs, reaching out to sources and other journalists to see if there were further accusers planning to step forward, as well as conducting research on various accusers.

He later filed a lawsuit against the network seeking $125m in damages for his “unlawful” firing.

During his time as New York Governor, Andrew, 66, faced a wave of sexual harassment allegations by multiple women beginning in December 2020.

While he denied all the allegations, he ultimately resigned in August 2021, explaining that his situation had consumed the state’s attention while officials battled a resurgence of Covid-19.

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In December 2021, a judge dismissed the only criminal charge the former governor had been facing in connection to the sexual harassment allegations.

Cuomo and Andrew are the sons of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo. They also have two sisters: Madeline and Margaret Cuomo.

MARRIED At First Sight UK fans can bag an iconic dress from this year’s series as one bride confirms her marriage is over.

Sacha, 29, is flogging her ‘naked’ vow renewal gown for just £800 on secondhand selling site Vinted after splitting with her husband Ross.

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The aesthetics practitioner claims she paid £1,500 for her stunning dress, which certainly caught the eyes of Ross and viewers at home.

Covered in sparkling crystals, it features sheer straps, a sheer bodice and skirt, a plunging neckline and a dramatic thigh-high split.

Sacha has posed for several pictures of herself in the size 6 gown, which she’s posted on Vinted and described as being in “very good” condition.

She has also revealed it was also previously worn for a beauty pageant, rather than being made especially for her renewal with Ross.

Sacha is charging £10 for postage and packaging.

The description for her listing reads: “White flower long dress.

“Ideal for a prom, pageant or wedding dress as it has a train. Band inside to cinch waist.

“Custom made paid £1500 for it. Worn for a pageant and on MAFS final vows.”

Sacha and Ross were one of four couples to make it to the finale of Married At First Sight UK.

The couple’s marriage had been a rollercoaster since they met for the first time and said ‘I do’ on the E4 show.

Ross dropped the bombshell that he has a child on their wedding day and, consequently, where they were going to live once MAFS UK was over was a sore point.

They were seen having several explosive rows and Sacha even sparked concern by saying she ‘didn’t feel safe’ moving to his home city of Manchester.

But as they turned up to the vow renewal in Tuesday night’s finale, Sacha found herself being branded “selfish” by fans.

Sacha burst into tears as Ross talked about needing to be close to his daughter and she ran off.

The pair later regrouped at the alter and Ross told Sacha he will move to her home town of Walsall to be with her, prompting them to say their vows.

The Sun has since revealed Sacha and Ross broke up two weeks after filming finished. He has since moved on with a new girlfriend.

Meanwhile, Sacha isn’t the only bride to sell her wedding dress.

Polly has also tried to flog her bridal gown following her disastrous marriage to Adam.

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The BBC has shared a first look at the cast of Outnumbered doing a sketch for Children in Need – and the show’s child stars are looking all grown up.

Hit sitcom Outnumbered originally ran for six series from 2007 until 2014, and followed the hectic Brockman family, led by Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as the parents. In 2016, the show returned for a Christmas special.

Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez played the three troublesome siblings Jake, Ben and Karen. They were 11, seven and six years old when the show began, and now they are now all in their twenties.

Fans can tune into BBC One at 7pm on Friday 15 November to watch the Outnumbered segment of Children in Need, which will be presented by Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush.

It will help raise funds for young people across the UK, and also includes a sneak peek at the Christmas special of Doctor Who.

The skit comes ahead of the Outnumbered Christmas special airing next month on BBC One.

In the new Christmas Day special, parents Pete and Sue struggle to adjust to their newly downsized home and cope with their three kids, who are now fully grown adults.

“In a moment of adversity, Sue and Pete gather all their offspring (including one grandchild) to try and celebrate a traditional family Christmas,” the BBC previously said in a statement.

“But fate, neighbours, hyenas and bus replacement services get in their way.”

Dennis said at the time: “I’m sure family life will prove to be just as chaotic as ever.

“Working on this wonderful BBC comedy doesn’t feel like work and is one of the greatest joys for us all.”

Dennis and Skinner got together after the sitcom last aired back in 2016, and this will be the first time the couple have worked together on the show since embarking on a romantic relationship off-screen.

At the National Television Awards in September, the cast told The Independent about some of their best memories working on set together as youngsters, including when Drew-Honey fell victim to an April Fool’s Day prank.