Whoopi Goldberg was on the Verge of Bankruptcy

Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg was thisclose to bankruptcy had she not landed a job on "The View."

Whoopi had a string of movies in the '90s and early '90s - like The Color Purple, Ghost and Sister Act - but she reveals she almost lost everything after acting roles dried up; she was once so cash-strapped, she would have done anything to avoid bankruptcy.

"Sometimes there is no choice. Often times people forget that sometimes you're a star and then things dry up and you still have to feed your family and these people have had everything at their feet. Suddenly there is nowhere for them to get a gig, no one will hire them," she said.

And the comedienne admits she has TV bosses at "The View" and executives at New York radio station WKTU, who picked up her Wake Up With Whoopi show, to thank for helping her get her career back on track.

"I'm talking to you this way because I have lived this, where you're begging people, please let me audition for you. If the radio show that I got hadn't come when it did, and 'The View' hadn't called when it did, I would have (been broke) and I'm not ashamed to say I need help," she told "The View" audience yesterday.

Her radio show was canceled last year.


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