Whoopi Goldberg was keen to show off her ‘new body’ during Thursday’s episode of The View as she modeled her recent weight loss in some chic designer clothing.
Whoopi, 69, and her cohosts welcomed fashion designer Christian Siriano into the ABC studio, which was adorned with mannequins decked out in his stylish designs.
‘The is the most stunning set I’ve ever seen ever, that I’ve ever done, thank you so much, this is like incredible,’ Christian said, before joking: ‘I didn’t even know they look this good!’
Sunny Hostin replied: ‘They do!’ as Sara Haines added: ‘We did and that’s why we’re all wearing your stuff today as well.’
Sister Act star Whoopi, who admitted to taking weight-loss medication Mounjaro earlier this year, then said to him: ‘You haven’t seen me in my new body, have you?’ before standing up to show off her svelte figure.
The Oscar winner was wearing a chic white shirt with a black blazer over the top, which featured oversized frilly cuffs and a matching hem.
‘And you look incredible,’ Christian told her, before adding: ‘This coat was made for you, it’s yours, you get it!’ as Sara looked stunned at his gesture and squealed: ‘Ooooooh Whoopi!’
Earlier this year, Whoopi spoke openly on the daytime show about taking controversial weight-loss drug Mounjaro in order to slim down.
Whoopi Goldberg was keen to show off her ‘new body’ during Thursday’s episode of The View
Whoopi, seen here with Sara Haines and Joy Behar (right), quickly stood up to flaunt her svelte figure in one of Christian Siriano’s designs
The Ghost star told her fellow panelists back in March that she turned to the medication after her weight soared to 300 pounds while she was filming the movie Till in 2021.
Whoopi’s weight-loss confession came while the hosts on the daytime show were discussing Oprah Winfrey’s new ABC weight loss special, Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, in which the TV mogul touted Ozempic, while defending her decision to use it.
In response to 70-year-old Oprah’s vehement defense of the drugs, Whoopi chimed in to reveal that she had herself turned to medication as a last resort in her weight loss journey, having tried a number of other methods to help her slim down.
‘I will tell you, you know, I weighed almost 300 pounds when I made Till,’ Whoopi revealed.
‘I had taken all those steroids, I was on all this stuff and one of the things that has helped me drop the weight is the Mounjaro… That’s what I use.’
This prompted her colleague, Sunny, 56, to make a similar confession, sharing that she had gained 40 pounds during the COVID pandemic, and made the decision to use Mounjaro to try and shed that weight.
Whoopi also called on people to ‘stop judging everybody’ over their appearance.
‘Maybe that’s the key. Because, listen, when I realized how much I had put on, because… I always felt like me. And then I saw me and I thought, “Oh, that’s a lot of me,”‘ she quipped.
The View panel, including Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin (right), were interviewing fashion designer Christian
Whoopi, pictured left in 2021, turned to medication after her weight reached almost 300 pounds. She’s seen right in May this year
‘And my weight has come and gone up and down but it’s never been an issue for me because I don’t listen to what other people say about me, so it has never been a problem. But I think it’s very hard for people to just know what a normal weight would be.’
Back in 2022, Whoopi slammed a critic who falsely accused her of wearing a fat suit in Till.
Writer Kyndall Cunningham had originally wrote that the star donned a ‘distracting fat suit’ in the review published by The Daily Beast before the release of the Emmett Till biopic in 2022.
Whoopi used her platform to call the writer out as she said: ‘A lady who writes for one of the magazines and she was distracted by my fat suit in her review.
‘I’m just going to say this, I don’t really care how you felt about the movie, but you should know that was not a fat suit — that was me.’
Whoopi made sure to note that it was ‘okay to not be a fan of the movie,’ but urged that the writer not judge the way people look when it comes to critiquing film.
She explained: ‘Just comment on the acting, and if you have a question, ask somebody. I’m sure you didn’t mean to be demeaning.’