Whoopi Goldberg Reveals She'll Leave $60 Million Fortune To This Person
Whoopi Goldberg is not planning to join the growing list of celebrities who won't leave their fortune to their children.
Unlike the children of stars such as Ashton Kutcher and Gordon Ramsay -- who have declared that their kids won't inherit their money -- the 68-year-old actress said her daughter, Alexandrea "Alex" Martin, will get "everything" she has once she passes away.
"One of the great answers is children learn by what they see," Goldberg explained on Thursday's episode of "The View."
"My mother worked her behind off and so that's why I feel the way I feel and I'm leaving my kid everything that I have."
Goldberg, who is estimated by Celebrity Net Worth to be worth $60 million, made the declaration while discussing with her co-hosts the trend of celebrities choosing not to give their children inheritances.
The Oscar winner poked fun at Jeff Goldblum's recent admission that he won't financially support his sons, 8-year-old Charlie and 6-year-old River -- whom he shares with his wife Emilie Livingston, 41 -- once they become adults.
"Well, you're gonna be doing it for them for a while because your kids are very young! I mean, you're not cutting them out now, are you?" Goldberg quipped.
The "Sister Act" star went on to question, "So how far do you go to make kids find their own path?"
"Celebs like Ashton Kutcher and Gordon Ramsay said they don't plan on leaving money for their kids...," she added before bursting into laughter. "Yeah OK, that's what the courts are for!"
During a recent appearance on the "Table for Two With Bruce Bozzi" podcast, Goldblum, 71, said he is choosing not to leave his sons trust funds because he wants them to learn to "row your own boat."
The "Jurassic Park" actor explained that he hopes kids find their passion and forge their own path instead of living off his money.
"It's an important thing to teach kids. I'm not going to do it for you. And you're not going to want me to do it for you," Goldblum said. "You've got to figure out how to find out what's wanted and needed and where that intersects with your love and passion and what you can do. And even if it doesn't, you might have to do that anyway."
Ramsay shared a similar take during a previous interview with The Telegraph.
The TV chef said his six children with wife Tana -- Matilda, Megan, Holly, Jack, Oscar, and Jesse -- "definitely" won't get his estimated $220 million fortune after his death but insisted that he didn't make the decision to be "mean."
"It's to not spoil them," Ramsay explained.
Fellow multimillionaire Kutcher, who has an estimated net worth of $200 million, also told Dax Shepard in 2018 that he and his wife Mila Kunis will likely give their money to charity rather than their daughter Wyatt and son Dimitri.
The "That '70s Show" star explained that his children are already "living a really privileged life and they don't even know it." He added that they are doing their best to make sure their kids don't grow up entitled.
However, the actor-turned-venture capitalist said he would fund his children's business venture if they have a good enough business plan.
But it's not just Hollywood A-listers who are part of this trend.
Billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Michael Bloomberg have also said they won't leave all or the majority of their fortunes to their offspring.
