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How Whoopi Goldberg destroyed her reputation with controversial and problematic comments, here’s one example

Whoopi Goldberg’s career in Hollywood has been full of ups and downs, with her EGOT status sometimes overshadowed by controversy.
Her comments about the Holocaust and associations with polarizing figures have often put her in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Despite her talent, these moments have overshadowed her success, leading to PR disasters like one example where her own words backfired

Whoopi Goldberg has had a long, complicated career in Hollywood. While she’s an EGOT winner, her name is often in the headlines for the wrong reasons. From her controversial comments about the Holocaust to her ties with other polarizing figures, her reputation has taken some serious hits.

Despite her talent and success, it’s these moments that tend to steal the spotlight. Here’s one example of how she managed to dig herself into a hole, turning her own words into a PR disaster.

Whoopi Goldberg rose to prominence through her comedy career and even had a notable relationship with The Good Place star Ted Danson in the early ’90s, which lasted about a year and a half. But the tragedy begins here, Hollywood, has a complicated history with blackface, a practice that is both undeniably racist and a troubling part of white America’s entertainment tradition.

Danson in October 1993, at a Friars Club roast for Whoopi Goldberg, appeared with dark brown face paint, a wide white stripe around his mouth, and used the N-word repeatedly. But that is not all, he also made jokes about their s-x life, offensive comments about her cleaning his parents’ house, and ended with him eating watermelon from a tray, which left many in shock.

Thankfully, the audience, both inside and outside the hall, wasn’t having it at all! Critic Roger Ebert noted that each joke got less and less laughter from the 3,000 people which included names like Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams, and RuPaul, in the crowd at the New York Hilton.

While many were furious and condemned the performance, there was one person who stood by Ted Danson through the chaos, and that was none other than his then-love of his life, Whoopi Goldberg.