Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Hollywood Rumor: Is Whoopi Goldberg the Secret Host of the Oscars? “Proof”: She’s Been MIA on “The View” So Far This Week, It’s Also Her 20th Anniversary

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Is Whoopi Goldberg the secret host of this Sunday’s Academy Awards? Probably not– but let’s wager some guesses.

A rumor is circulating on the web that Whoopi– who’s a previous host– is going to surprise all of us.

The offered proof: that’s she off “The View” this week– for “illness”– and that, of course, she’s already an ABC employee. She’s also an Oscar winner. She’s already listed as a presenter. What would she be presenting?

If the Academy has pulled this off, it would be a coup. Not that ‘no host’ is such a bad thing. But Whoopi is exactly what we need right now.

It’s also the 20th anniversary of her hosting the 1999 show. TThat was the 3rd time she hosted (1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002.) Remember when she came out dressed as Queen Elizabeth I?

Can it be? Let’s hope so!

Back in December, she said she’d do it:

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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