Whoopi Goldberg defends Selena Gomez's body on 'The View': 'None of your business'
Whoopi Goldberg thinks celebrity bodies are "none of your business."
On Tuesday's episode of "The View," the co-hosts discussed a Glamour magazine article that looked at "the phenomenon of fans who feel hurt when a star who spoke about body positivity in the past shows up on the red carpet looking good with dramatic weight loss" during awards season.
The conversation ramped up when Sunny Hostin pointed out that the Glamour article used Gomez at last Sunday's 2025 SAG Awards as an example, after agreeing with Joy Behar that conversations surrounding weight are aimed at women.
"You don't know what's going on in that person's life. I mean, Selena Gomez suffers from lupus. Weight is part of that condition," Hostin said, adding later that Gomez "may have lost this weight for her health condition." Then Goldberg interrupted, telling the table, "But it's none of your business."
"It's none of your business, everybody makes their choice in life," Goldberg added.
Conservative commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin called red carpets "highlight reels" and said "people look their best," comparing it to social media influencers and adding that "we look at" and "compare ourselves" to their Hollywood moments.
"Everybody has their different struggles that they're dealing with. Body positivity was a really healthy movement, but there was a world in which you could almost go too far with that," Farah Griffin said. She added that there was also "pressure to get to an unhealthy weight," but people should do what is "right and healthy for them" as individuals.
Selena Gomez has called out 'disgusting' weight shame
As a former child star who grew up in the public eye, Gomez has long been subjected to conversations surrounding her weight.
In 2015, she clapped back at critics in a Paste BN interview after she was snapped on a Mexico beach in her bathing suit by paparazzi, tabloids and Internet commenters quickly started weighing in on her curvier figure and apparent weight gain — calling her "fat" and telling her to work out.
Gomez called out body shamers, who called her "fat" and a "wreck" and "mess," telling Paste BN "it was really disgusting" and "it sucked."
Then, she opened up once again about body shaming in 2019, telling Paste BN, "I have lupus and deal with kidney issues and high blood pressure, so I deal with a lot of health issues, and for me that’s when I really started noticing more of the body image stuff.
"So, for me, I really started to notice when people started attacking me for that." she continued. "And in reality, that's just my truth, I fluctuate … And that got to me big time. I think for me, that really messed me up for a bit."
In September, the "Only Murders in the Building" star opened up about her highly publicized struggles with her health during a Women in Film dinner, while sitting next to her little sister Gracie.
"I truly believe that there is power in being vulnerable and telling people when you need help and when you want help," Gomez said during the dinner, according to fan videos shared on X. "So, yeah, I shared that I can't carry a child. Yeah, I shared I have bipolar.
"I only want to be an advocate for women and that's why I share," Gomez continued. "That's why I like to be honest, because everybody is going through something ... I'm me and that's all I can be."
Contributing: Sara M Moniuszko, Patrick Ryan