The EGOT winner said she was being &34;dragged&34; because &34;people actually believe that I was with him. It's like, honey, come on.&34; Whoopi Goldberg explains why her name is in the Epstein files: 'I wasn't his friend' The EGOT winner said she was being &34;dragged&34; because &34;people actually believe that I was with him. It's like, honey, come on.&34; By Emlyn Travis :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/EmlynTravisauthorphotocba6765b433b4f93b9398d18053153b1.jpg) Emlyn Travis is a news writer at . She has been working at EW since 2022.

The EGOT winner said she was being "dragged" because "people actually believe that I was with him. It's like, honey, come on."

Whoopi Goldberg explains why her name is in the Epstein files: 'I wasn't his friend'

The EGOT winner said she was being "dragged" because "people actually believe that I was with him. It's like, honey, come on."

By Emlyn Travis

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Whoopi Goldberg is clarifying why her name appears in the Epstein files. **

"Now, in the name of transparency, can you put up… my name is in the files," Goldberg said on Tuesday's episode of *The View*, before an email was depicted on the screen behind the Hot Topics table. **

Goldberg explained that her name is mentioned in email correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and an individual whose name has been redacted about trying to find a private plane for her to get to Monaco to attend an event hosted by Julian Lennon's charity, the White Feather Foundation.

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"It says, 'Whoopi needs a plane to get to Monaco… Julian Lennon's charity is paying for it. They don't want to charter so they're looking for private owners. Here's the info,'" Goldberg said, reading directly from the email. "And they give all the information and they're saying, do you want to offer your G2?" **

Sunny Hostin pointed out that Epstein turned down the offer in a follow-up email. "And it looks like they said no thanks," she remarked.

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"So, in other words, anyone can be on this list?" Joy Behar asked. **

"This is my point because, when I tell you people are trying to turn me into," Goldberg replied. "I wasn't his girlfriend. I wasn't his friend. I was not only too old, but it was at a time where this is just not…. You used to have to have facts before you said stuff."**

When Behar noted that President Donald Trump is featured in the files "38,000 times," Goldberg replied, "I can't speak to him, but I'm speaking about me because I'm getting dragged."**

She continued, "People actually believe that I was with him. It's like, honey, come on. Every man I've ever been with you've known about 'em because either the *Enquirer* wrote about it, people wrote about this stuff."

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Goldberg also didn't fly on the plane, either. "And, no, I didn't get on the plane," she said, "because you know what I would have to do to get on the plane?"**

Fly, which is one of her greatest fears. "She doesn't fly," Sara Haines replied. "She's a bus babe!"

Whoopi Goldberg.

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Haines noted that Goldberg is just one of many famous names, like Marilyn Monroe, that is included in the Epstein files for a variety of reasons.

"A lot of the reasons your name can be mentioned are news articles, third-party emails, contacts," she said. "Again, wealthy famous people often cross in professional and social circles, so that's not the surprising part."**

She added that what she's really looking for is "an accountability for the people that had a depth of relationship, the timing of that relationship, and the nature of that relationship" with Epstein. **

"Nobody wants to know that young girls were victimized and because of power and money, people turned their cheek," Haines said. "Was this covered up? No one should be above scrutiny. No amount of status should soften abuse. And no system should protect the powerful over victims. That's the problem." **

Goldberg isn't the only celebrity who has addressed their name making an appearance in the Epstein files since the Department of Justice released more than three million more documents in January. *The Daily Show *host Jon Stewart also reacted to his name being brought up in an email chain between Epstein and producer Barry Josephson, in which Josephson suggested someone like him could serve as a narrator on an upcoming project. **

"Excuse me? I am offended! Somebody like Jon Stewart, or Jon Stewart?!" Stewart exclaimed at the time. "My point is, do I have the offer, or is this an audition?"

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