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05-24-2021 03:43 PM - edited 05-29-2021 04:24 PM
@agb80 wrote:According to WG she chose her stage name Whoopi after the whoopi cushion which hearkens back to her comment on the View that she likes to be single so she can fart like a queen and chose her last name Goldberg because her mother told her to sound Jewish. Stupid yet worked like a charm.
Well, since her real name is Karen Johnson, I think it was a smart move. MANY people in the entertainment industry take different names for all sorts of reasons, most not stupid.
Example .... Cary Grant's full birth name was Archibald Alexander Leach. Can you imagine a movie marquee stating "starring Archie Leach" ....
Not really all that catchy, is it?
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