Whoopi Goldberg revealed the truth about her sexuality during an episode of Raven-Symoné and her wife and co-host Miranda Maday’s podcast.
On Monday, the legendary actor appeared on the Best Podcast Ever With Raven and Miranda, and the 37-year-old wanted to delve deeper into Goldberg’s sexual identity, Hollywood Life reported.
“Honestly, when I was around you, I loved you so much, like I just wanted to be up underneath the t—- the whole time,” Raven confessed during the episode. “But that’s also because you just kind of gave me lesbian vibes!'”
The That’s So Raven alum, who co-hosted The View with Goldberg from June 2015 to October 2016, added, “You give me lesbian vibes, you give me stud vibes.”
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Maday chimed in, indicating that Raven enjoys when people decide to reveal their sexuality and live their truth.
“I think this is a secret fantasy of Raven’s. I think she just wants everybody to be gay and she’s just really hoping you’ll come out right here, right now,” she said during the episode.
The actor responded, “So if you want to tell us anything, Whoops, you’re more than welcome to!”
This, however, isn’t Goldberg’s first time having to address speculation about her sexuality. The EGOT winner finally set the record straight on the podcast.
“Women have been asking me this for as long as I’ve been around,” Goldberg said on the podcast. “I am not a lesbian. But I know lots of them, and I’ve played them on television.”
She continued, “But I have always had lesbian friends because they’re just my friends.”
The Sister Act star also opened up about her boundaries with her LGBTQ+ friends.
“I’m not gonna kiss you, but I’ll kiss you over here, I’ll do this but I’m not going to do this. … And they’re like, ‘OK!'” Goldberg explained to Raven.
Raven then admired Goldberg’s ability to display both masculine and feminine traits.
“Which makes me happy because I can also say, to all those people who judge the lesbian community or the gay community,” she said. “There is something beautiful about a woman being able to embrace their masculine and feminine at the same time and wear it so well, like you do. “It’s fantastic, you’re not either one or the other, you’re just a human living in your body and doesn’t really correlate to sexual orientation or any of that. It’s just the way you present and it’s so warming. … You live in this duality so well, and I just want to applaud you for that.”
People reported that Goldberg was married three times. She was 18 when she married her drug counselor, Alvin Martin, in 1973. The former couple married for six years and had a daughter, Alexandrea, before divorcing in 1979.
The 67-year-old then married cinematographer David Claessen from 1986 to 1988. Her last marriage was in 1994 to actor Lyle Trachtenberg, and they divorced the following year.
