Whoopi Goldberg REVEALS Who Will Inherit Her Fortune
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00:00My mother worked her behind off really fast, and so that's why I feel the way I feel, and
00:03I'm leaving my kid everything that I have.
00:06Whoopi Goldberg is revealing who will inherit her multi-million dollar fortune once she
00:11passes.
00:13The Oscar winner got candid about the topic on Thursday's episode of The View while weighing
00:18in on a recent Jeff Goldblum interview where he admitted he doesn't want his kids to rely
00:23on his fortune when they're older.
00:26The revelation got a quick response from Whoopi and started a lengthy discussion between
00:31the ladies of The View.
00:32Well, you've got to be doing it for them for a while because your kids are very young,
00:36but I mean, you're not cutting them off now, are you?
00:39No, I don't think so.
00:41So how far do you go to make kids find their own path?
00:44Depends on the kid, in my opinion.
00:47Like my kid, she's a very good girl.
00:48She was a waitress.
00:49She's worked hard.
00:50She knows how to work.
00:51She knows how to work.
00:52She's not a big spender.
00:53She's not a brat.
00:55She's not a taker.
00:56So I would leave her.
00:57I'll leave her money.
00:58Systemic problems with being able to accrue wealth that black families didn't get.
01:02And I'll be damned if my kids are not going to have to struggle even more than I did.
01:06I'm going to leave them.
01:07I'm going to give them an advantage.
01:10Many celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Gordon Ramsay have previously publicly stated that
01:14they don't plan on leaving any money for their kids.
01:18But when co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin admitted she's still figuring out what to do, Whoopi
01:23said she isn't leaving her 49-year-old daughter, Alex Martin, with nothing.
01:27As someone who struggled financially when we were young, but also throughout my 20s,
01:31it built a work ethic.
01:32So I'm trying to think balancing with kids.
01:34How do you make sure they have drive and a work ethic, but also the safety net that a
01:37parent can provide them?
01:38And I don't know what the perfect answer is.
01:39Well, one of the great answers is, you know, children learn by what they see.
01:43Yes.
01:44You know, I grew up with them.
01:46Yeah.
01:47I mean, my mother worked her behind.
01:48Oh, sorry.
01:49My mother worked her behind off really fast.
01:50And so that's why I feel the way I feel.
01:52And I'm leaving my kid everything that I have.
01:55Whoopi welcomed her daughter with her ex-husband, Alvin Martin, in 1973.
01:59She is now a grandma to three kids, Ameridine, Jersey Dean, and Mason Dean.