Whoopi Golberg is a reference for millions of people in North America and around the world. In addition to having won the four most important awards in the United States entertainment industry, which are known by the acronym EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), women have played a fundamental role in political and journalistic life. of the country presided over by Joe Biden.
The television presenter has always been characterized by her frankness and honesty with the audience, which is why she has been on the front line of the media for decades and does not tire the large mass of viewers who follow her interventions and programs.
After many months of waiting, the artist published her new memoirs yesterday, May 7. In this case, the book has a personal and intimate tone, since Goldberg wanted to appear more human than ever and approach the public from 'emotional nakedness'. The name chosen for the book has been Bits and Pieces: My Mother, my Brother, and Me, which would be translated into Spanish as Bits and Pieces: my mother, my brother, and me.
In the work, the actress known for Ghost, Sister Act and The Color Purple, opens up and recounts some of her toughest life episodes. After a few hours in the market, some fans have echoed on social networks a particularly difficult moment in Whoopi Golberg's life: when she was addicted to cocaine.
The communicator says in the autobiographical work that she began taking the aforementioned substance when she was very young and that she detoxified in the 70s. Later (in the 80s), she started using again, since she began to be known in Hollywood and, At that time, "drugs were everywhere."
''I was invited to parties where I was greeted at the door with a bowl of Quaaludes from which I could choose what I wanted. Lines of cocaine were placed on tables and bathroom counters for him to take," he narrates directly in his book.
Sincere as ever, Whoopi has confessed that the situation became critical and that she began to have episodes of hallucinations. The artist explains in the book that she remembers a specific day when the drug made her believe that she had a monster under her bed, which is why she did not get out of it for more than 24 hours, even urinating in it. .
She also talks in her memoirs about how she decided to "get clean" when a hotel employee found her using, at which point she looked in the mirror and realized she couldn't continue like that.
