LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: On Wednesday’s ‘Hot Topics’ segment on ‘The View’, the co-hosts discussed Aretha Franklin’s death and will. This discussion sparked an interesting conversation about death among the co-hosts. Sara Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Whoopi Goldberg all had their own take on the importance of writing a will at an early stage in life.
It didn’t take long for this conversation to spiral into a more morbid conversation about whether the co-hosts would like to be buried or cremated after they die. With personalities as funny as the ladies on ‘The View’, even the most morbid conversations seem like a breeze, especially with Goldberg, who revealed what she wanted after her death.
‘Dust in the wind’
As Hostin talked about a mausoleum and Haines shook her head about just how expensive that sounded, Goldberg began to sway in her seat as she sang, "Dust in the wind, all I am is dust in the wind.: Finally, as Behar’s statement came to an end, Goldberg straightened up and said, “I’m just going to be dust in the wind, I’m going to be going around the world, I’m going to be everywhere, I might be in your backyard, so you don’t know.”
In response to this, Hostin asked Goldberg if cremation was the route she wanted to take. Goldberg agreed and said, “Oh yeah because I’m going with my mom, my brother was also…into the microwave. Because I don’t want people to feel obligated to come to the cemetery. If you want to remember me, remember me.”
Goldberg opens up about her mother
Goldberg’s mother, the late Emma Harris, died in August 2010, and Goldberg gave some insight into her death. When talking about wills and death, Goldberg mentioned her mother and said, “This is what my mother did, she said to me ‘look, I don’t ever want to into one of those homes’ I said check, never going to happen. She said, ‘If I go, just put me in the microwave.’ She literally said that and I don’t want to be buried because I don’t want people taking time out of their day to find me some ground.’”
Goldberg then added, “So when she passed, I said to my brother, ‘You know about the microwave?’” Goldberg then made the audience laugh by explaining that meant cremation, and how both her brother and she came to that decision, no questions asked. Despite the topic being about death, Goldberg managed to tell a story while also cheering the audience up.
