Whoopi Goldberg calling herself 'a working person' garners criticism from 'The View' fans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/11/14/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-working-person-backlash/76290204007/
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Twitches@lemm.ee · 68 pts · 1y
Her and Oprah man. I liked it when we were ignorant and just thought they were neat people.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y
Have you ever seen the Oprah and Ellen talking about cosplaying as poor people by going to the bank?
https://youtu.be/HbwARJNjI3M
Bearbi3@lemm.ee · 28 pts · 1y
That was truly nauseating to watch.
yesman@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y
She's forgotten her roots. Back in the 90s she had to hold down all kinds of jobs to get by like psychic, showgirl-nun, and dinosaur cop.
anachronist@midwest.social · 25 pts · 1y
Don't forget futuristic space bartender.
Subtracty@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Her work with the St. Katherines Sisters Choir was very impressive. Doing God's work.
Delphia@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 1y
Look, technically she is right. She still has a boss, she still has to turn up somewhere at a certain time and do a certain thing in order to get paid. But lets not pretend that she still NEEDS to be a "working person".
Once you have enough money for working for the rest of your life to be optional (even if you had to take a significant reduction in lifestyle) you are now a different class of "worker" and that is a HUGE difference in stress and demand on your life.
Subtracty@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Agreed. She has no frame of reference for what the overwhelming majority of the population calls work.
LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 1y
Ah yes, because we all know someone worth at least 30 million is a "working person."
Subtracty@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 1y
Celebrities are out of touch. No matter if they were nepo babies or genuinely started off like the rest of us. After a few years in that world, they are convinced that the work they do merits millions of dollars. There is no way for that money to not warp the brain.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 1y
Spend most of your waking hours acting as a different person for insane amounts of money and the adoration of millions of people you've never met. -Yeah, I'm sure that never causes problems.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 19 pts · 1y
Delphia@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Exactly technically she is right. She still has a boss, she still has to turn up somewhere at a certain time and do a certain thing in order to get paid. But lets not pretend that she still NEEDS to be a "working person".
Once you have enough money for working for the rest of your life to be optional (even if you had to take a significant reduction in lifestyle) you are now a different class of "worker" and that is a HUGE difference in stress and demand on your life.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
You completely lost me at "from the view fans"