Whoopi Goldberg Opened the View by Addressing the Epstein File Mention Head on: “My Name Is In The Files, Yes.”

The reference everyone’s been speculating about is a single 2013 email, where a third party asked Jeffrey Epstein if he’d lend his Gulfstream so Whoopi Goldberg could fly to Monaco for a charity tied to Julian Lennon’s White Feather Foundation. Epstein wrote back “no thnaks.” That’s the entire exchange.

Whoopi pulled the document up on The View on February 17 and asked producers to put it on screen, saying she was tired of getting dragged on assumptions. “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.”

She also pointed out the obvious flight detail: she’s openly afraid of flying and didn’t board anything. Joy Behar read the email back and noted Epstein declined the favor. Sunny Hostin added that anyone’s name can end up on a list like this.

The DOJ files contain thousands of names pulled from emails, flight logs, court filings, and witness statements. A peripheral mention, especially one tied to a request that was denied, doesn’t establish a relationship with Epstein or knowledge of his crimes.