Reason behind Whoopi Goldberg's calm 1991 Oscar acceptance speech: "I smoked this wonderful joint"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Whoopi Goldberg was high when she won her Oscar

One year after Whoopi Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1991, she was doing voice over work for The Pagemaster, whatever the hell that is, and during some down time in the studio she revealed her secret for staying calm: getting baked as fuck.

“Smoking cigarettes and pot every now and then is my, are my habits, and so I said, ‘I’ve got to relax’ so I smoked this wonderful joint that was the last of my home grown, and honey, I’m tellin you when he said my name and I popped up, I thought, ‘Oh fuck… Oh fuck… okay, up the stairs… 1,2,3,4,5, ok, around to the podium… there’s millions of people, pick up the statue, get the statue okay … My mother called me and said, ‘You smoked didn’t you?”

Wooww. A liberal actor who smokes weed? Now I’ve Seen Everything!

(video of her saying all this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Z1tz1TSHc

[monmouth]

1. Have I mentioned how I love her? So down to earth, no pretention...n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Here is Whoopi's Oscar acceptance speech. See if you can tell....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9kDwdxVlEw