The host claimed, “The folks that own the groceries are pigs,” as she blamed them for rising prices at supermarkets on last Thursday’s show. The episode aired live just one day after Donald Trump won the presidential election by hammering on inflation during his campaign.

Goldberg spoke about how the working class struggles financially, which is something she can identify with. “I appreciate that people are having a hard time. Me, too. I work for a living,” Goldberg said in the Hot Topic segment of the show.

Whoopi Goldberg has been a mainstay on The View for 17 years, but that doesn’t mean she wants to stay on the show forever. On Nov. 12, the EGOT winner spoke candidly about her job on the talk show, detailing under which scenario she’d no longer work for the ABC program.

The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg said she is part of the working class on Tuesday, adding that she would not be co-hosting the talk show if she could financially afford not to. Goldberg and her fellow co-hosts discussed a recent social media post from Rep.

A viral post shared on Threads claims Riley Gaines purportedly criticized Whoopi Goldberg on ABC’s daytime talk show, “The View.” View on Threads Verdict: False The claim is false and originally stems from an article published on the satire site “SpaceX Arena.