In mid-November 2024, Telegram channels, citing English-language media, reported that after the presidential elections in the United States, a Hollywood actress due to political beliefs refused sex. We have verified the accuracy of this information.
Most of the viral posts said: "Whoopi Goldberg joins sex blockade of men in retaliation for Trump's victory." Screenshots of relevant publications on English-language sites were attached as evidence. Similar posts appeared in Telegram channels “Uncle Slava"(209,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), "Voblya • news"(150,000), "Petya the First"(95,000), etc.
Whoopi Goldberg is a consistent critic of Donald Trump. Back in the spring of 2011, they publicly clashed on American television. Then the future American president suggested that Barack Obama was actually born outside the United States and therefore cannot lead the country, and the actress and TV presenter called these statements “the biggest pile of dog crap I’ve heard in many years.” The day after Trump's inauguration in January 2017, Goldberg spoke at a march of thousands against the elected president. After Joe Biden's unsuccessful performance at the election debates in the summer of 2024, the artist stated, which, unlike some colleagues As a matter of fact, I’m still ready to vote for the current president. Later, when the politician dropped out of the race, Goldberg supported new Democratic candidate - Vice President Kamala Harris.
Telegram channels that talked about the actress’s participation in the “sex blockade” relied on two English-language publications. First - article in the American version of the British tabloid The Mirror. The note claims that on the talk show The View, which Goldberg has hosted since 2007, she addressed men with a statement that “could be interpreted as veiled support for the 4B movement.” The name of this radical feminist movement, nascent in South Korea in the mid-2010s, comes from four Korean words: 비혼 (bihon - "no marriage"), 비출산 (bichulsan - "no childbearing"), 비연애 (biyeonae - "no dating") and 비섹스 (bisekseu - "no sex", meaning sexual relations with men). 4B became known after a Seoul resident brutally killed a girl in the toilet of a local karaoke bar, and later statedthat he committed the crime out of hatred for all women because they did not pay attention to him. The tragedy sparked a nationwide debate in Korea about attitude towards women. Over time, movement uniting, according to some estimates, up to 50,000 supporters, has weakened and almost disappeared from public view, but recently interest in him appeared in the USA.
The second publication referenced by Telegram channels is was posted on The People's Voice website. The article, with the headline "Whoopi Goldberg Joins Anti-Trump 'Sex Strike': 'My Vagina Is Now Closed!'" states: "The View host said she supports a liberal 'sex strike' to protest Donald Trump's election victory. Goldberg said men "won't get anything from her" because she believes too few of them voted for Kamala Harris. Materials from The People's Voice, which often disseminates conspiracy theories, have been repeatedly became subject analysis “Checked” and other fact-checking projects, and analysts from the Poynter Institute called him one of the main distributors of fakes on the English-speaking Internet.
Show release The View, to which the authors of The Mirror and The People’s Voice refer, was broadcast on the American television channel ABC on November 13, a week and a half after the presidential election. On that program, Goldberg and her co-hosts discussed, how Trump’s election will affect women’s rights in the United States, including recalling the slogan “Your body is my choice,” promoted by the far-right activist Nick Fuentes. According to the panelists, refusing to have relationships with men (at least those who share Fuentes's views) may be the only way for women to resist misogyny. Goldberg's remark, which apparently became the basis of viral publications, sounded like this: “I’ll say this. Men, you can't do this (have sex - editor's note) without us. And if we don't let you, you won't get anything. It's simple." This was where her statement ended, and the actress did not utter the phrase “My vagina is now closed” attributed to her, nor did she make any statements about joining the “sex blockade.”
At first glance, publications about Goldberg’s words might seem real, since she had previously gotten into scandals due to statements on The View. For example, in 2022, discussing exception from the Tennessee school curriculum of the graphic novel "Mouse" about the Holocaust, actress statedthat the extermination of the Jews "was not related to race" since "they were two groups of white people." After a barrage of criticism and accusations of anti-Semitism, the actress was suspended for two weeks suspended from the broadcast and she apologized to the audience. In 2023, Goldberg was accused of disrespecting the Roma people. Discussing Trump's campaign, she mentioned people "who still believe he was somehow cheated in the election." “When you reach a certain age, you sometimes use words that you remember from childhood,” explained happened Goldberg. “I should have thought longer before I said that word.” “I should have said ‘deceived,’ but I chose a different expression.” Additionally, Goldberg is controversial spoke out to victims of domestic violence, refused to discuss aired numerous allegations of sexual assault against actor Bill Crosby and asked guests and co-hosts of the show questions, which many interlocutors and viewers considered tactless.
Thus, shortly after the US presidential election, Whoopi Goldberg, on the talk show The View, actually supported women who refuse sex with men who, in her opinion, share the views of Trump and a number of his supporters on women’s rights. However, from the words of the actress it cannot be concluded that she herself also joins the “sex blockade”, and other remarks on this topic were attributed to the star without reason.
Cover photo: screenshot from The View
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