The EGOT winner has had multiple health issues throughout the years which have forced her to skip out on her hosting duties.

Goldberg has been open about her own weight loss on The View. During a March 2024 episode of the show, she disclosed that she took the weight loss drug Mounjaro. “I will tell you, I weighed almost 300 pounds when I made Till ,” she said, referring to the 2022 film she produced and starred in.

After nearly a decade away from the Academy Awards stage, Whoopi Goldberg made a dazzling return at the 2025 Oscars.