Whoopi Goldberg has addressed why her name appears in the Epstein files, explaining the context during an episode of The View. The 70-year-old co-host brought up a document on screen showing an email exchange from May 2013, in which Epstein was asked if he could lend his plane for her travel to Monaco.
Goldberg read from the email: 'Whoopi needs a plane to get to Monaco. John Lennon’s charity is paying for it.' She corrected that it should be Julian Lennon's charity. The email asked Epstein if he wanted to offer his G2 jet, but co-host Sunny Hostin noted the reply was 'No thanks.'
Goldberg rejected any suggestion of a relationship with Epstein, stating: 'I wasn’t his girlfriend, I wasn’t his friend. I was not only too old but it was at a time… you used to have to have facts before you said stuff.' She added that she did not board the plane, partly due to her fear of flying, as co-host Joy Behar quipped.
The View panel highlighted that names in the Epstein files do not imply wrongdoing, as they can appear in news articles, third-party emails, or contacts. Goldberg's clarification comes amid renewed public interest following the release of more Epstein documents earlier this year.
