Whoopi Adresses the “Lesbian Vibes” Raven-Symoné Senses In Her

Whoopi Goldberg isn’t a lesbian, she’s just played one on TV.

While appearing on Raven-Symoné and wife Miranda Pearman-Maday’s podcast, The Best Podcast Ever with Raven & Miranda, Goldberg took the hosts up on an opportunity to say who, exactly, Whoopi makes whoopie with. In the episode, published Monday, Raven-Symoné told her former The View co-host that “you just kind of gave me lesbian vibes” when they worked together, adding that “I just wanted to be up underneath the titty the whole time.” Cozy, right? “You give me lesbian vibes, you give me, like, stud vibes.”

The vibes, however, are off.

“Women have been asking me this for as long as I’ve been around,” Goldberg said. “I am not a lesbian, but I know lots of them, and I’ve played them on television, you know. But I you know, I have always had lesbian friends because they’re just my friends, you know.”

Goldberg also spoke on the topic of legislation and protests aiming to limit things like drag shows and same-sex marriage. Sure, disagree, don’t like it, whatever, she said—but leave them alone.

“Even when you know you don’t agree, then don’t go. Don’t engage,” she said. “No one is forcing anyone to go and participate. You don’t dig drag queens, then don’t go to a drag show. You don’t like gay marriage, don’t go to a gay wedding. You are not obligated in this country to do anything you are not comfortable doing. I don’t see why I understand that, and you don’t.”

And, of course, it wouldn’t be an interview with the 67-year-old Goldberg if toots didn’t come up. Once again, the comedian confirmed, yes, her stage name (real name: Caryn Elaine Johnson, but only her mom, brother, and people who have known her since second grade call her Caryn, she said) is a play on a fart sound.

“It came from me being a champion farter,” she said. And that, straight from Goldberg’s mouth, is anything but hot air.