Whoopi Goldberg Has a Poignant Message for Eclipse Conspiracy Theorists
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Whoopi Goldberg dismissed conspiracy theories linking recent natural phenomena to apocalyptic predictions on the April 8 episode of The View, in a discussion sparked by co-host Sunny Hostin.Hostin had raised concerns, fueled by her makeup artist's reaction to the rare New York City earthquake on April 5 and the day's solar eclipse, that such events could be divine omens."Our wonderful makeup artist, when the earthquake was happening, she put her coat on and she was like, 'Jesus is coming. I'm...

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