{"id":93706,"date":"2022-08-02T17:36:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/the-view-joy-behar-drops-whoopi-goldberg-s-real-name-live-on-tv-fans-left-in-shock"},"modified":"2022-08-02T17:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:36:19","slug":"the-view-joy-behar-drops-whoopi-goldberg-s-real-name-live-on-tv-fans-left-in-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/the-view-joy-behar-drops-whoopi-goldberg-s-real-name-live-on-tv-fans-left-in-shock","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The View&#8217;: Joy Behar Drops Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s Real Name Live on TV, Fans Left in Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of &#8220;The View&#8221; were left stunned during the live episode on Monday (August 1st) when Joy Behar revealed her co-host Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s non-stage name, Caryn Johnson. The Sun reports that while speaking to Kal Penn about his real name, which is Kalpen Modi. &#8220;I only [changed] it on my headshot and resume. I never changed it legally,&#8221; he explained. The actor then shared that his friends mentioned Whoopi was a stage name. &#8220;[They said], &#8216;You know Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s real name is Caryn.&#8217; I&#8217;m like &#8216;it is?&#8217;&#8221;.@kalpenn tells us about his journey from Hollywood to the White House, the racism he faced in the entertainment industry and how he&#8217;s opening up about it all in his new memoir, #YouCantBeSerious. https:\/\/t.co\/cVclFZyKV0pic.twitter.com\/SXhaRZQTGw&#8212; The View (@TheView) August 2, 2022Behar then shared her &#8220;The View&#8221; co-host&#8217;s full name. &#8220;Caryn Johnson. Caryn Johnson.&#8221;&#8220;The View&#8221; fans shared their reaction to the full name drop on Twitter. &#8220;#AuntyWhoopi looking at #GrandmaJoy when she used her totally government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of &#8220;The View&#8221; were left stunned during the live episode on Monday (August 1st) when Joy Behar revealed her co-host Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s non-stage name, Caryn Johnson. The Sun reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,106],"tags":[18,19,163],"class_list":["post-93706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tv-videos","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-tv-videos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}