Whoops! Whoopi Goldberg Called Out on Her Weed-Smoking Ways 4.17K Whitney Jefferson 12/23/09 12:49PM Filed to: The View The View Whoopi Goldberg weed Marijuana TV Video Today's uncomfortable clip from The View happens in the midst of a discussion about the correlation between arrests for marijuana possession and race. Once Joy calls Whoopi out on her use of street slang, the slip-up was impossible to ignore.