Whoopi Goldberg
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The Original Sneakerhead: Whoopi Goldberg Shares Her Longtime Love of Sneakers with Complex
Whoopi Goldberg is well-known as a giver of zero fucks, but what is less acknowledged about her—despite her seemingly contradictory identities as both an unapologetic comfort dresser and a constant front-row presence at New York Fashion Week and the Knicks games—is that she’s a bit of a fashion trailblazer. In fact, Goldberg was one of…
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The Whoopi Goldberg Vs. Judge Jeanine Pirro Beef is So Deliciously Messy
Fox News host and author, Judge Jeanine Pirro appeared on The View to talk about her new book, Liars, Leakers and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy and of course it was a shit show. During the discussion, Pirro accused The View host, Whoopi Goldberg of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which literally sounds like…
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NYFW: Christian Siriano Celebrates 10 Years of Loving Us Unconditionally
Fashion designer Christian Siriano is one of America’s most beloved fashion designers. He first won our hearts with his memorable performances on Project Runway, where he threw shade like no other and cut his way to the top, one fierce and fabulous frock at a time. Now in his 10th year as head of his…
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NYFW: Chromat Shows Us Diversity Is Body Beautiful
You cannot put Chromat designer Becca McCharen-Tran in a box. Diversity is not “a thing” for her—it’s life. As a child, she busted her dolls out of their boxes and made clothes and dollhouses filled with her own handmade furniture so that they could fulfill her own unique vision of femininity. Now in her 10th…
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Tiffany Haddish Kills Louis C.K. on SNL: Keep Your ‘Thang-Thang’ in Your Pants Until She Takes Her Clothes Off, Mkay?
Wow. Before we get into Tiffany Haddish’s epic takedown of Louis C.K., the comedian who loved to whip his dick out on women through the years, let’s talk about the fact that after more than 40 seasons on the air, Saturday Night Live had, in Haddish, its first black female comedian to host the show.…
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Why the Sister Act 2 Soundtrack Was a Major Milestone of My Black-Ass Childhood
This week at VSB, we’re running a series called Albums That Changed My Life in which different writers let you in on the music that helped shape and mold them into the people they are now. Today we hear from Alex Hardy as he explains how Whoopi ’nem affected his life with the Sister Act…
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Whoopi Goldberg Challenges DeRay Mckesson’s Claim That Planet of the Apes Is Racist
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg criticized Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson for creating controversy over the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes movie. Mckesson wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted, “Given the history of black people as apes, I am offended and appalled by the lack of consciousness in…
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Responding to Pepsi Ad, Whoopi Goldberg Says Wearing a Weave Is Cultural Appropriation
Whoopi Goldberg shared her views about Pepsi’s Kendall Jenner commercial on The View Thursday afternoon, saying she doesn’t understand why people are calling the commercial “cultural appropriation” in their critiques of it. “I think they thought they were deeper than they were,” Goldberg said. “If you’re 19 or 21, you think it’s a great thing…
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The "What If?" Game: Whoopi Goldberg Edition
An unexpected, annoying, and occasionally entertaining biproduct of the untimely deaths of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac has been the “What if?” game hip-hop heads love to play. You’ve surely heard it before. It starts with a lament on how wack and soft today’s artists are. And then someone says something like “If Biggie was…