Whoopi Goldberg has recently opened up about the difficult time when she "flirted" with the possibility of ending her own life.
Goldberg, who is best known for her iconic portrayal of Deloris Van Cartier in the 90s classic Sister Act, made an appearance on Anderson Cooper's 'All There Is' podcast where she was questioned about a particular excerpt in her upcoming memoir titled 'Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me'.
The notorious CNN journalist read out emotional excerpts from the book relating to the death of the 68-year-old's mother, Emma Harris, who passed away in 2010 after suffering a stroke.
In the same passages, she also referred to the death of her brother, who passed away only five years later due to a brain aneurysm.
One of the passages from the memoir reads: "It's not like either one [of them] could have done anything about dying but from time to time I feel like: 'Why did y’all leave me here?'"
However, the star revealed that she figured out the answer to that question, noting that it's because "we have stuff we gotta get done".
"And this is not our time. It's not our time." she added.
She also stated that our children and grandchildren "need to know us."
Cooper got visibly emotional at Goldberg's comments, saying that he also "finds himself asking that question: 'Why did you leave me?'"
Goldberg went on to confess that she "flirted" with the possibility of suicide.
"And I once flirted, once flirted with, thinking about leaving,” Goldberg said. "And then I thought, 'How? What a terrible thing that would be to do to my kid, to knowingly do to my kid who actually likes me.'"
The star went on to discuss her love for her daughter, Alexandrea “Alex” Martin Dean, who she described as a really good person and "fine woman" who has raised "three fine, very bizarre children" with her husband.
"And why would you do that to them? Why would you leave them with that?" she said.
Have a look at the full conversation below:Elsewhere Cooper asked the actress, who is also a beloved host of The View, what advice she would give a friend who is grieving the death of a loved one.
“I just recommend saying ‘I’m so sorry,’” she said, “and hug somebody or write 'em a note, say 'I don’t know how to deal with this because it’s never happened to me.' Be honest.”
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