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  • WHOOPI

  • GOLDBERG!

  • CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHOOPI, I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE

  • HERE.

  • HOW ARE YOU DOING?

  • >> I'M GOOD!

  • I'M GOOD!

  • I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.

  • I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS,

  • ACTUALLY.

  • >> James: THAT'S A TREAT FOR US BECAUSE I KNOW YOU RARELY

  • EVER SPEND TIME ON THE WEST COAST.

  • BUT DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE MET?

  • >> YES, I THINK I DO.

  • I THINK I DO.

  • >> James: BECAUSE IT WAS A HUGE MOMENT IN MY LIFE.

  • I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST.

  • >> YEAH, AND I BELIEVE WE WERE MOVING IN, AND I SAW YOU AND

  • LOST MY MIND BECAUSE YOU WERE RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET.

  • >> James: IT WAS IN A CAR LEAVING MY HOUSE, AND I LOOKED

  • UP AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG JUST STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAR DOING

  • THIS.

  • AND IF I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MY LIFE HAD CHANGED A LOT AT THAT

  • MOMENT, THAT WAS A REAL DEFINING MOMENT FOR ME.

  • YOU WERE SO LOVELY AND GLORIOUS, I'VE TREASURIED IT EVERY DAY

  • SINCE.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • YOU'RE WORTH A BIG HUG AND A WAVE.

  • I DON'T KNOW EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT ANYMORE.

  • BUT IF I HAD YOU CLOSE I WOULD HUG AND WAVE TO YOU AT THE SAME

  • TIME.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) I LOVE YOU.

  • >> James: I'M SUCH A FAN.

  • FROM ALL OF YOUR WORK, YOUR MOVIES, THE COMEDY.

  • >> YOU SAW THEM WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE KID.

  • YOU CAN SAY THAT.

  • >> James: I REMEMBER VIVIDLY WHEN YOU HOSTED THE OSCARS.

  • I THINK I MUST HAVE BEEN 15 AT THE TIME.

  • AT THE END OF THE OSCARS SHOW, YOU LOOKED DOWN THE LENS AND

  • SAID, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE WHEREVER YOU ARE AND YOU DREAM

  • OF BEING ON THIS STAGE, KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO IT.

  • AND IT WAS, LIKE, 4:00 A.M. FOR ME.

  • I ALWAYS USED TO WATCH THE ACADEMY AWARDS AND I WAS LIKE,

  • YEAH, WHOOPI, YOU CAN DO IT.

  • AND I ENDED UP HOST AG SHOWT AT 1:00 A.M. ON CBS.

  • >> COULD BE WORSE!

  • >> James: IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE.

  • NOW, YOU, WHOOPI, YOU HAVE THE EMMY, GRAMMY, OSCAR AND THE

  • TONY.

  • >> RIGHT.

  • >> James: WAS THERE A MOMENT IN YOUR CHILDHOOD WHERE YOU

  • REALIZED THAT YOU HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL AS A PERFORMER?

  • >> BIRTH.

  • >> James: REALLY?

  • MM-HMM.

  • I CAME OUT, I LOOKED AROUND, SAW THE LIGHT, GOT INTO IT, AND MY

  • MOTHER SAID THAT'S WHEN SHE KNEW.

  • AS SOON AS I FOUND MY LIGHT, SHE WAS LIKE, SHE'S GOING TO BE ON

  • STAGE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) THANK YOU FOR THE LAUGH.

  • I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS BUT THANK YOU.

  • >> James: YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF LAUGHS IN THE STUDIO, A LOT

  • MORE THAN I GOT DURING THE ONOLOGUE. I GOT DURING THE

  • ( LAUGHTER ) DO YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT LIKE

  • THAT?

  • CAN YOU NOT REMEMBER A TIME YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM IN SOME

  • CAPACITY?

  • WAS IT ALWAYS WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO?

  • >> ALWAYS.

  • BECAUSE FOR ME, IF YOU'RE DYSLEXIC AT ALL, IT WAS ALL

  • ABOUT STORIES AND IMAGINATION AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

  • SO I ALWAYS KNEW I WANTED TO DO WHAT THOSE PEOPLE ON TELEVISION

  • SEEMED TO BE DOING.

  • YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD SEE BETTY DAVIS COMING DOWN THE STAIRWAY,

  • YOU KNOW, WITH HER CIGARETTE AND SHE'S SHOOTING SOME GUY, AND I

  • WAS, LIKE, YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.

  • AND I JUST THOUGHT, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN'T DO.

  • AND MY MOTHER SAID, THAT'S RIGHT, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T

  • DO.

  • BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DO THE WORK, YOU'VE GOT THE WORK HARD, AND

  • IT'S NOT PLAY TIME, IT'S ART.

  • THAT WAS HER ATTITUDE.

  • AND I THOUGHT, OKAY.

  • SHE NEVER SAID THIS WILL NEVER WORK.

  • ADULTS WILL SAY THAT TO YOU, BUT SHE WAS NEVER DISCOURAGING AT

  • ALL.

  • I WAS REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE HER.

  • >> James: THAT'S SO WONDERFUL TO HEAR AND, ALSO, I FEEL LIKE,

  • AS A PARENT, THAT'S ALL YOU CAN REALLY DO WITH YOUR CHILDREN IS

  • JUST ENCOURAGE THEM IN EVERY WAY.

  • DON'T TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN'T DO, TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN DO.

  • >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK MY MOM ALWAYS KIND OF FELT A LITTLE

  • BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE WERE IN AND

  • MAYBE SHE FELT SHE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE STRANGE, AND

  • SHE KNEW SHE WAS RAISING TWO STRANGE KIDS BECAUSE I HAVE AN

  • OLDER BROTHER.

  • WE WERE KIND OF A SMALL UNIT, I LOVE FILMS, MY BROTHER LOVES

  • SPORTS AND MY MOTHER LOVED EVERYTHING.

  • SO IT WAS GREAT.

  • >> James: THAT'S SO TERRIFIC TO HEAR.

  • IT'S JUST 28 DAYS TILL THE ELECTION.

  • >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE REFERRING TO ME, 28 DAYS.

  • I THOUGHT, HOW DO YOU KNOW?

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> James: IT'S 28 DAYS UNTIL

  • THE ELECTION.

  • YOU HAVE TALKED AND SEEN EVERY KIND OF NEWS STORY EVERY DAY.

  • IS THIS THE CRAZIEST NEWS ENVIRONMENT YOU'VE EVER SEEN?

  • >> YEAH, HONEY, YEAH.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) I MEAN, I DON'T -- WE CAN DIG

  • PEOPLE UP WHO HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR 50 YEARS, THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN

  • ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

  • THIS IS AS WILD AS IT'S EVER GOTTEN FOR ANYBODY.

  • YOU KNOW, I CAN'T -- I -- SEE, I DON'T KNOW -- HOW DO YOU POINT

  • TO ONE THING?

  • YU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY.

  • >> James: WHEN YOU SEE THOSE SHOTS AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE NEWS

  • OF TRUMP GOING IN A HOSPITAL AND THEN HE PUTS OUT THE VIDEO LIKE

  • HE DID YESTERDAY, WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT WHEN YOU SEE THE

  • PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BEHAVING IN SUCH A MANNER?

  • >> WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HE'S SHOOTING A THING FOR HIS

  • REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

  • THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING.

  • HE WAS STANDING THERE.

  • HE YANKED OFF THE MASK TO SHOW HE HAD THE CAY HO NAS OF A -- I

  • DON'T KNOW WHAT, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, DUDE, BIG BALLS DON'T MEAN

  • ANYTHING, IF YOU'RE DYING, YOU KNOW.

  • THEY REALLY DON'T.

  • SO GO INSIDE AND MAYBE GET YOURSELF WELL AND STOP, YOU

  • KNOW, MESSING AROUND.

  • I KEEP HAVING TO REMEMBER WORDS NOT TO SAY EVEN IN LATE NIGHT.

  • >> James: YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.

  • >> NO, NO, BECAUSE I'LL GET UP TOMORROW AND YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL

  • THAT WILL COME OUT OF MY MOUTH.

  • SO I'M GOING TO BE GOOD.

  • BUT YOU CATCH MY DRIFT.

  • >> James: HEY.

  • ( BLEEP ) EVERYONE.

  • RIGHT?

  • ( LAUGHTER ) I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS

  • TO COOK, AND YOU HAVE BEEN POSTING THE RESULTS ON SOCIAL

  • MEDIA.

  • THIS IS A PASTA DISH.

  • >> NO, NO.

  • HERE'S THE THING.

  • IT WAS JUST DURING COVID TIME, OKAY.

  • NOW THAT PEOPLE CAN COME BACK TO THE HOUSE, THE PEOPLE WHO COOK

  • ARE COOKING.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD SAVE

  • MYSELF A FEW DOLLARS.

  • >> James: RIGHT.

  • I HAVE NO INTEREST.

  • I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE STUFF IS IN THE

  • KITCHEN.

  • I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST TRY.

  • PLEASE, WHY DO I CARE?

  • I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

  • >> James: WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'VE DONE THIS BECAUSE LOOK AT

  • THIS PHOTO OF A PASTA DISH THAT YOU MADE.

  • >> YES.

  • >> James: I MEAN -- SO SAD!

  • >> James: HOW MANY CLOVES OF GARLIC ARE IN THAT PASTA?

  • >> 54 CLOVES OF GARLIC.

  • >> James: 54 CLOVES OF GARLIC.

  • SEEMS LIKE AN ODD QUESTION, IS THIS YOUR OWN RECIPE?

  • >> IT JUST GOT GOOD TO ME.

  • SOMETIMES YOU GET IN THE KITCHEN AND YOU THINK, OH, THIS IS GOING

  • WELL.

  • THEN YOU GET IT DONE AND YOU THINK, WHAT THE -- HOW MUCH

  • GARLIC IS IN HERE?!

  • IT'S, LIKE, WHEN DID IT PUT ALL THIS ON THE PLATE?

  • WHEN DID I MISS THIS?

  • IF YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

  • YOU END UP WITH 54 CLOVES OF GARLIC IN A TINY LITTLE PASTA

  • DISH, AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE CLOVES WAS GREAT.

  • >> James: WELL, GOOD FOR YOU.

  • GOOD FOR YOU.

  • I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU WERE STARTING

  • OFF IN REPERTORY THEATER IN SAN DIEGO, YOU ALSO WORKED AT A

  • FUNERAL HOME AS A MAKEUP ARTIST.

  • >> YES.

  • >> James: TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS, HOW DID YOU END UP THERE,

  • WHAT WAS IT LIKE, DID YOU ENJOY THIS JOB?

  • >> SO I'LL TELL YOU A VERY FAST STORY, SHALL I?

  • >> James: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FAST.

  • YOU CAN TELL IT AS LONG AS YOU WANT.

  • >> SO I WENT IN ONE DAY WITH A GUY THAT HAD HIRED ME AND HE'D

  • ASKED ME TO COME TO HIS OFFICE, WHICH I DID.

  • I'M SITTING IN HIS OFFICE -- IN THOSE DAYS, THE DRAWERS -- THERE

  • WERE DRAWERS AND YOU PUT THE PEOPLE IN THE DRAWERS AND IT WAS

  • REALLY A LOT OF WOOD AND THE BIG THICK DOOR YOU HAD TO OPEN TO

  • COME INTO HIS OFFICE AND IT WAS GREAT.

  • SO I'M IN THERE AND I'M WAITING FOR HIM, AND I HEAR OUT OF JUST

  • THE CORNER OF MY BEING, I HEAR --

  • ( SQUEAKING NOISE ) -- AND I'M THINKING, WHAT IS

  • THAT?

  • NOW, PART OF ME IS YOU SHOULD GET UP.

  • AND I'M GOING, WHAT IS THAT SOUND?

  • AND THE OTHER VOICE SAYS, NO, NO, YOU SHOULD GET UP.

  • AND I'M THINKING, OKAY.

  • AND I'M GETTING UP SLOWLY, AND I'M TURNING, AND IT LOOKS LIKE

  • THE DRAWER IS OPENING.

  • AND, SO, I'M GETTING UP, I'M LOOKING, I'M TURNING, I'M

  • THINKING, THAT DRAWER IS OPENING AND, NORMALLY THERE'S A DEAD

  • PERSON IN THE DRAWER.

  • SO MAYBE I SHOULD GET OUT.

  • SO I'M GOING, I'M ABOUT TO GO, AND SOMEONE SITS UP AND GOES,

  • HELLO.

  • AND, BOOM!

  • I WALKED INTO THE DOOR.

  • RIGHT INTOO THE DOOR.

  • >> James: NO.

  • YEAH.

  • AND HE SAID TO ME -- IT WAS MY BOSS -- AND HE SAID, NOW THE

  • WORST THING THAT YOU THINK COULD EVER HAPPEN HAS HAPPENED.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) YES, HE SAID BECAUSE PEOPLE COME

  • IN AND THEY'RE NERVOUS AND THEY'RE JUMPY.

  • SO THIS WAS HIS WAY OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, OKAY, YOU DON'T

  • HAVE TO BE SCARED NOW BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED TO YOU.

  • BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THAT YOU SUDDENLY -- DO YOU REMEMBER THE

  • $6 MILLION MAN WHEN HE WOULD TURN HIS HEAD IN SLOW MOTION AND

  • IT WOULD BE, LIKE, 50 SIDE THINGS OF IT?

  • THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR ME, 50 FACES GOING, IS THERE

  • SOMETHING HAPPENING?

  • OH, MY GOD SOMEBODY'S COMING, OH, ( BLEEP ), BOOM.

  • SO THAT TOOK CARE OF IT FOR ME.

  • >> James: WOW, THAT'S RIGHT UP THERE AMONGST THE SCARIEST

  • THINGS I COULD EVER IMAGINE HAPPENING, GENUINELY, IT IS.

  • >> YES.

  • >> James: COULD I TALK TO YOU ABOUT "SISTER ACT" FOR A MINUTE?

  • >> YES.

  • >> James: "SISTER ACT" ONE AND TWO, IF YOU'RE EVER ON TV, THAT

  • WILL BE ME FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF.

  • I AM SUCH A FAN OF THOSE MOVIES.

  • DO YOU EVER SIT DOWN AND REWATCH THEM?

  • I WATCHED IT ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO WITH MY SON, I TOLD HIM, YOU

  • WILL REALLY ENJOY THIS.

  • I'M WONDERING, WHY HASN'T "SISTER ACT" THREE EVER

  • HAPPENED?

  • >> BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME THEY KEPT SAYING NO ONE WANTED TO SEE

  • IT, AND THEN QUITE RECENTLY IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT MAY NOT BE

  • TRUE, PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO SEE IT.

  • SO WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET

  • EVERY -- GET THE GANG TOGETHER AND COME BACK.

  • >> James: OH, MY GOD I WOULD LOVE IT SO MUCH.

  • >> LISTEN, IT'S A REALLY FUN MOVIE.

  • >> James: YEAH.

  • IT'S FUN AND IT FEELS GOOD& AND, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S MAD.

  • IT'S JUST, LIKE, LISTEN, BAD SINGING, GREAT SINGING, OKAY

  • SINGING, AND THEN NUNS.

  • WHAT'S BETTER THAN THAT?

  • >> James: I'M ALL IN.

  • WE'RE IN ON SISTER ACT THREE, AREN'T WE, GANG?

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S AN EXCLUSIVE, GUYS,

  • "SISTER ACT" THREE.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW SERIES ON CBS CALLED

  • "THE STAND."

  • >> YES.

  • >> James: TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.

  • I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU ACTING IN THIS SHOW.

  • >> ME, TOO.

  • ME, TOO.

  • WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

  • I HOPE IT'S GOOD.

  • BUT IT'S BASED ON STEPHEN KING'S BOOK, AND I'M A HUGE STEPHEN

  • KING FAN BECAUSE I LOVE HORROR, AND I'M PLAYING A 109-YEAR-OLD

  • WOMAN WHO HAS VISIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD RESTART THE

  • WORLD, AND THEY'RE ALL -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A VIRUS THAT

  • HITS AND WIPES EVERYBODY OUT -- YEAH.

  • THAT'S KIND OF -- YEAH, HMM...

  • ANYHOO, SHE'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF GOOD, AND THERE'S ONE WHO IS

  • NOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF GOOD, BUT I AM.

  • AND, SO, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN IT, TOO.

  • >> James: IT'S GOT A BRILLIANT CAST.

  • I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT.

  • "THE STAND" WILL AIR ON CBS ALL ACCESS IN DECEMBER AND WEEKDAYS

  • WHOOP WHOOP MORE WHEN WE COME BACK.

WHOOPI

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applause

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  • noun
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mess

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refer

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