The actress and daytime TV host came under fire after she claimed she has to "work for a living". Whoopi, 68, described how she considers herself a member of the working class as she would prefer not to co-host daytime TV show The View. Whoopi had said, following a discussion of Donald Trump's second presidency, "I appreciate that people are having a hard time. Me too. I work for a living. If I had all the money in the world, I would not be here, OK? So, I'm a working person, you know?"