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Whoopi Goldbergdoes not want her likeness to be brought back from the dead.On Wednesday’s episode ofThe View, Goldberg, 67, admitted to her co-hosts that she has mandated in her will that nobody ever make a digital hologram featuring her likeness following her death.The topic arose as the show’s five-woman panel discussed recent news that a Michigan court declared the lateAretha Franklin’s handwritten will found under a sofa cushionvalid after a lengthy legal dispute between her sons.“I’m just going to be dust in the wind," Goldberg said of death, revealing that she prefers to be cremated when she dies. “I’m going to be going around the world, I’m going to be everywhere. I might be in your backyard - I don’t know.”“I don’t want people to feel obligated to come to the cemetery,” she added. “If you want to remember me, remember me.”After co-hostJoy Beharasked the group whether they care how they are portrayed, Goldberg stated: “I don’t want to be a hologram. That’s been in my will for 15 years.”ABC“They don’t ask you, that’s the thing,” Goldberg said after Behar noted that “no one has really asked me if I want to be a hologram yet.““They just do it, and then you go - ‘Hey, isn’t that Tupac? Wait a minute,' " the Oscar winner added. “I don’t want that. It’s a little freaky, creepy, yeah.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.After co-hostAlyssa Farah Griffinshared that holographic recordings of people made after their death may be okay if their estate permits it, Goldberg quipped: “My estate doesn’t want it. My estate wants to be left alone.”Goldberg was referring to the number of celebrity holograms that have been created for various performances in recent years. In early 2020,Whitney Houstonconcertswere producedusing archival images and recordings to bring the late singer, whodiedin February 2012 at age 48, back to the stage.Whoopi Goldberg attends Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer in Conversation with Whoopi Goldberg at 92nd Street Y on May 28, 2019 in New York City.Dia Dipasupil/GettyBefore that, a hologram recording of the late rapper Tupac Shakurmade an appearance at Coachellain 2012, among a number of other celebrities and performers whose likenesses have been used in recent years.Goldberg has previously spoken up onThe Viewabout the details of her will. Back in December, the actress and talk show host revealed thather will prevents biopics concerning her life and career being madewithout the express permission of her family.“They’re not going to make films, because in my will it says, ‘Unless you speak to my family, try it.’ Try it,” Goldberg said at the time, during a larger conversation about last year’s Marilyn Monroe biographical movieBlonde.
Whoopi Goldbergdoes not want her likeness to be brought back from the dead.
On Wednesday’s episode ofThe View, Goldberg, 67, admitted to her co-hosts that she has mandated in her will that nobody ever make a digital hologram featuring her likeness following her death.
The topic arose as the show’s five-woman panel discussed recent news that a Michigan court declared the lateAretha Franklin’s handwritten will found under a sofa cushionvalid after a lengthy legal dispute between her sons.
“I’m just going to be dust in the wind,” Goldberg said of death, revealing that she prefers to be cremated when she dies. “I’m going to be going around the world, I’m going to be everywhere. I might be in your backyard - I don’t know.”
“I don’t want people to feel obligated to come to the cemetery,” she added. “If you want to remember me, remember me.”
After co-hostJoy Beharasked the group whether they care how they are portrayed, Goldberg stated: “I don’t want to be a hologram. That’s been in my will for 15 years.”
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“They don’t ask you, that’s the thing,” Goldberg said after Behar noted that “no one has really asked me if I want to be a hologram yet.”
“They just do it, and then you go - ‘Hey, isn’t that Tupac? Wait a minute,' " the Oscar winner added. “I don’t want that. It’s a little freaky, creepy, yeah.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
After co-hostAlyssa Farah Griffinshared that holographic recordings of people made after their death may be okay if their estate permits it, Goldberg quipped: “My estate doesn’t want it. My estate wants to be left alone.”
Goldberg was referring to the number of celebrity holograms that have been created for various performances in recent years. In early 2020,Whitney Houstonconcertswere producedusing archival images and recordings to bring the late singer, whodiedin February 2012 at age 48, back to the stage.
Whoopi Goldberg attends Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer in Conversation with Whoopi Goldberg at 92nd Street Y on May 28, 2019 in New York City.Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Before that, a hologram recording of the late rapper Tupac Shakurmade an appearance at Coachellain 2012, among a number of other celebrities and performers whose likenesses have been used in recent years.
Goldberg has previously spoken up onThe Viewabout the details of her will. Back in December, the actress and talk show host revealed thather will prevents biopics concerning her life and career being madewithout the express permission of her family.
“They’re not going to make films, because in my will it says, ‘Unless you speak to my family, try it.’ Try it,” Goldberg said at the time, during a larger conversation about last year’s Marilyn Monroe biographical movieBlonde.
source: people.com
