Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t mind those Oprah Winfrey comparisons from the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, saying via satellite on The View the following day that she actually takes it as a compliment.
As we previously reported, Total Beauty’s Twitter account confused the two women while Goldberg was posing for photos on the red carpet. They later deleted the tweet and apologized for the error.
“They could have used an orangutan and said this orangutan has a new tattoo,” Goldberg said from Los Angeles during The View on Feb. 29, TheWrap, reports. “I feel pretty good if you’re comparing me to Oprah, saying I look like Oprah, that’s not a bad thing. It could have been a lot worse.”
Winfrey’s best friend, Gayle King, also reacted by posting a photo of the mogul in her pajamas on the couch and writing of African American women “we don't all look alike Jeeeze!”