{"id":2200386,"date":"2025-12-15T21:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2200386"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:11:54","slug":"fans-rally-around-whoopi-goldberg-over-her-emotional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fans-rally-around-whoopi-goldberg-over-her-emotional-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Rally Around Whoopi Goldberg Over Her Emotional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\"><em data-node-id=\"0.0.0\">Whoopi Goldberg announced on <\/em>The View<em data-node-id=\"0.0.2\"> that she had become a great-grandmother for the second time. <\/em><\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\"><em data-node-id=\"0.1.0\">The <\/em>Sister Act<em data-node-id=\"0.1.2\"> alum also showed pictures of her new great-granddaughter, Lotus Dean, which later appeared on Instagram on December 8. <\/em><\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\"><em data-node-id=\"0.2.0\">Whoopi also revealed the unique name she chooses to go by for her great-grandchildren.<\/em><br data-node-id=\"0.2.1\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"2.0\">Whoopi Goldberg<\/strong> is celebrating her family expanding by one very special member. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">On December 8, the actress opened up about a major change in her personal life while taping <em data-node-id=\"3.1\">The View<\/em>. Sharing the news with <strong data-node-id=\"3.3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/a65833658\/the-view-sara-haines-finding-your-roots-season-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/a65833658\/the-view-sara-haines-finding-your-roots-season-12\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Sara Haines\" data-node-id=\"3.3.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Sara Haines<\/a>, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin<\/strong>, and <strong data-node-id=\"3.5\">Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/strong>, Whoopi announced she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1425961\/whoopi-goldbergs-2nd-great-grandchild-born\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1425961\/whoopi-goldbergs-2nd-great-grandchild-born\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"became a great-grandmother\" data-node-id=\"3.7\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">became a great-grandmother<\/a> for the second time. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">As she proudly displayed photos of her great-granddaughter <strong data-node-id=\"4.1\">Lotus Dean <\/strong>(whose dad is Whoopi&#8217;s grandson <strong data-node-id=\"4.3\">Mason Dean<\/strong>), the <em data-node-id=\"4.5\">Sister Act<\/em> star<em data-node-id=\"4.7\"\/> also noted she has a unique moniker she&#8217;d love to be called as Lotus gets older.<strong data-node-id=\"4.9\"\/><strong data-node-id=\"4.10\"\/><strong data-node-id=\"4.11\"\/><em data-node-id=\"4.12\"\/><strong data-node-id=\"4.13\"><br data-node-id=\"4.13.0\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;I\u2019m going to start out today because I have some fun news from over the weekend,&#8221; she stated in a clip posted <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSA5oxfFIGZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSA5oxfFIGZ\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"on Instagram\" data-node-id=\"6.1\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">on Instagram<\/a>. &#8220;My family welcomed Lotus Dean to the world. It&#8217;s a wonderful thing, and this is my second &#8230; I never thought I&#8217;d have two great-grandkids. And they call me Whoopi, because I&#8217;m not the grandma. I&#8217;m the great-grandma, just Whoop is OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When fans learned that Whoopi welcomed a second great-grandchild into the world, it didn&#8217;t take long before they bombarded her with excitement. <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-q14sem e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-16-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-16-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw eagam8p0\"\/>Read the Latest Pop Culture News<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;Congratulations to you and your family Whoopi! Welcome to the world Lotus! \ud83e\udd70,&#8221; one person wrote in the comments. &#8220;Gorgeous with a great name! Congratulations!&#8221; another agreed. &#8220;God bless her \u2665\ufe0f She is beautiful \ud83d\udc95,&#8221; a different follower added.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">For those who don&#8217;t know, Whoopi has one child, a daughter named <strong data-node-id=\"11.1\">Alex <\/strong>that she welcomed at age 18. Alex later welcomed Mason, along with daughters <strong data-node-id=\"11.3\">Amarah <\/strong>and<strong data-node-id=\"11.5\"> Jerzey<\/strong>, and Amarah gave birth to Whoopi&#8217;s first great-grandchild <strong data-node-id=\"11.7\">Charli Rose<\/strong> in 2014. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When speaking about being a great-grandmother at the same time as Charli&#8217;s birth, Whoopi explained how excited she was for seeing another generation of her family grow up. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;I was a grandmother kind of young,&#8221; she stated while appearing on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mdQHD6EfN-8?si=izXrHMEFt_IugraA\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mdQHD6EfN-8?si=izXrHMEFt_IugraA\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" data-node-id=\"13.1\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"13.1.0\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/a> back in July 2014. &#8220;Now I&#8217;m a great grandmother, and I was\u2014I had just gotten into the groove of being a grandmother. It was all great. And then this girl came and said she and her man were having a baby, and I wanted to ring her neck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"youtube\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"15\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t your normal grandmother,\u201d Whoopi added at the time. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to be your normal great grandmother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"16\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Congrats!<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"17\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-q14sem e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-18-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-18-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw eagam8p0\"\/>Get More from Daytime TV News<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.goodhousekeeping.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whoopi Goldberg announced on The View that she had become a great-grandmother for the second time. The Sister Act alum also showed pictures of her new great-granddaughter, Lotus Dean, which later appeared on Instagram on December 8. Whoopi also revealed the unique name she chooses to go by for her great-grandchildren. 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