Whoopi Goldberg returned to The View for the first time in a week, revealing she’s now using a walker while dealing with sciatica.
The 65-year-old EGOT winner returned to the daytime talk show on Tuesday, explaining at the top of the show that she was gone while dealing with this health issue.
She also held up her walker to show the audience, revealing she was hesitant at first to use it, but after taking her first step with it, she called it her ‘best friend.’
Whoopi returns: Whoopi Goldberg returned to The View for the first time in a week, revealing she’s now using a walker while dealing with sciatica
Best friend: She also held up her walker to show the audience, revealing she was hesitant at first to use it, but after taking her first step with it, she called it her ‘best friend’
‘Yes, it’s me, I’m back. I was out because I was dealing with something called sciatica, which is basically a bulging disc in your back and it impacts the sciatic nerve, which sends pain down your leg,’ Goldberg began.
She compared having sciatica to, ‘having a bad boyfriend who came back to mess with me.’
‘So there I was, trying to move my leg — impossible to do, and it was really horrible, but I’m glad to be here,’ she added.
She’s back: ‘Yes, it’s me, I’m back. I was out because I was dealing with something called sciatica, which is basically a bulging disc in your back and it impacts the sciatic nerve, which sends pain down your leg,’ Goldberg began
She then lifted up her walker and said, ‘I have a walker, which kind of freaks me out,’ adding she didn’t know she needed it.
‘And, you know what? That first step with the walker? This is my new best friend. I am just gliding along,’ Goldberg added.
She added that she was told, ‘it comes out of nowhere,’ before asking the rest of her co-hosts on The View if any of them have had it.
New best friend: ‘And, you know what? That first step with the walker? This is my new best friend. I am just gliding along,’ Goldberg added
Out of nowhere: She added that she was told, ‘it comes out of nowhere,’ before asking the rest of her co-hosts on The View if any of them have had it
Joy Behar said that she got it, ‘when I was younger,’ adding the condition is, ‘very stress-related.
She added that, ‘stretching the leg is something that helps a lot,’ while adding Goldberg should, ‘be careful’ with her stress levels.
Behar added that Goldberg looked ‘good’ and ‘rested’ with Goldberg adding, ‘Well, what can you do, laying in this hospital room?’
Stress-related: Joy Behar said that she got it, ‘when I was younger,’ adding the condition is, ‘very stress-related
Looking good: Behar added that Goldberg looked ‘good’ and ‘rested’ with Goldberg adding, ‘Well, what can you do, laying in this hospital room?’
‘I’ve turned into this little old Black lady, it’s really strange,’ Goldberg said as the video segment came to an end.
Goldberg had previously taken a hiatus from The View due to her health back in February 2019, when she was out for a month due to pneumonia and sepsis.
She later revealed that she nearly died while in the hospital battling those ailments.
Strange: ‘I’ve turned into this little old Black lady, it’s really strange,’ Goldberg said as the video segment came to an end
Health hitaus: Goldberg had previously taken a hiatus from The View due to her health back in February 2019, when she was out for a month due to pneumonia and sepsis