CNN's Anderson Cooper sits down with Whoopi Goldberg to discuss her new book "Bits and Pieces", which discusses coping with the death of her mother and brother. #CNN #News
I lost my Dad on Saturday. He had been in hospice care for almost 2 weeks. We were able to talk and figure things out. When he left the world, I was sad but complete. That was his last gift to me.
I spent a lot of time with my mother before she died. We were very close and I felt I had done everything I could to be with her. That gives me great peace. I feel sorry for those who don't feel that way. Regret must be a terrible thing to live with.
I understand your pain and I am sorry for your lost. I lost my mom to cancer 2017. And I lost my bff who was my sec mom in 2019. So i understand it is hard everyday. Be strong ❤
That is the big question "why did you leave me?" After my mother's passing I asked that question. Then I had a dream but it was actually a visit from my mother and I asked her " Mom, why did you leave me? " and she smiled and said Steven how can I leave you when I'm with you all the time". I woke up crying but her message gave me comfort. That is the message I now convey to others that have friends and family that have taken their final journey.
I used to work in print services and one afternoon a lady came to my store to get her recently deceased mother's funeral program printed. She was very composed when I took her order, but when I showed her the first copy to proofread, she simply said, "You know, you're never ready to lose your mother," and she started crying. Few things have affected me so profoundly. I gave her the finished programs and paid for them myself. And I still think about her all the time.
I lost my two younger brothers. It was the three of us and our Mom and Dad. I was the big sister. I looked after them. When they died I was lost and still am today. The pain never goes away.
I'm so sorry for your loss. When I lost my mom I had just had a lung removed from cancer. She went in the hospital the day after I got out and for the next 6 weeks she had so many times she almost pased but fought hard to not die. About 5 weeks in my sister called at 2 a.m. and said it was really close and if I wanted to come now was the time.I flew across the state prayng she'd hold on until i got there at 4:30. She was sitting up having a snack when I arrived. She first chewed my sister out because she called me but then we gad a great talk.I asked her what she was worried about and she was afraid she was going to hell because she had a baby before she met my dad and her first husbad walked out on her and my baby brother. She worked for a big hotel in Texas and they had wet and dry counties so her bosses would load up her car with liquor and she'd drive it to a different hotel and the extra money got ger through. BUT she thought she'd be punished for being a bootlegger. I thought for a minute and said do you really think God pays attention to Texas laws from 60 years ago? It took her about 30 seconds and she burst out laughing and so did i !!! She passed a week later peacefully. BUT as we were driving home from the funeral i suddenly got a warm glow in ny heart and I knew she was there. She was not afraid and actually excited like she was going on an. Adventure. I could almost hear her say don't be afraid of dying and she was gone. It was the best gift she ever gave me abd I knew and still know she's ok. I tell you this because I think your mom is always there and I feel you needed to know. It feels like I'm supposed to tell you this and I normally wouldn't because i don't like to upset others or ther beliefs. I'm sending you love hugs and peace and I know she's letting you know in the dream. Hang in there it will get better I still talk to my mom every day and if it soundscrazy I'll just embrace the crazy. I knuw what I experienced is real. Peace and love to you.♥️♥️♥️
"Why did you leave me?" So good to hear other people saying this too and about the 10 yr old self being angry. Lost my mom over a year ago. This is exactly how I feel as irrational as that seems.
She didn't leave you honey. Her energy just changed forms. I really feel like she REALLY wants you to know that. And that you can talk to her any time. You may not be able to hear her speak back. Or maybe you will who knows. But she will hear you. She loves you. And that will forever remain present tense. ❤️🫶
It's not irrational at all. I miss my parents every single day. My sister in law said this to me "I think ur parents would want u to live a good happy life. To continue". That was very consoling to me.
I lost my mom 18 years ago to cancer and I'm crying watching this interview. I still ask out loud sometimes why did you leave me. Thank you Whoppi and Anderson for having this conversation.
I lost mine at the end of 2022, and the pain has not diminished, on the contrary... Thank you to those beautiful souls that Whoopi & Anderson are, for their openness, courage & honesty, and thank you to you for your tribute to your mom!
I'm reading Whoopi's book and what a sweet tribute to her mother and brother. It's very touching. My mother passed away 12 years ago and my dad last year. I'm still here but admit that I feel lost without them.
It's tough being left all alone by family members who were dear to you. I was left by my loving mum, my grandmother, who raised me, my three sisters who were very close to me. I found myself saying,' I'm left all alone in this world'. The last one died after eleven months of being divorced by my wife because I was moved from the US and could not like it. Only my two year old daughter and five year old who were my strength. I could not digest why God did this. Today, I thank Him for His love and strength.
I lost my beautiful mom, Elizabeth last year and my only brother Ricky 4 months earlier. I ask the same question… why did you leave me here? I took care of mom for 3 years till her death and everything had been said. Yet I don’t want the conversation to end and it has. My heart is so badly broken and I’m just going through the motions. This isn’t a club that I thought I would ever want to join. Hearing Whoopi and Cooper speak with tears in their eyes gives me hope. I love you mom. I will always love you. ❤️
Lost my dad at 65, I was 40, now Im 65 I realise how young he was, we could and did talk about everything, dealt with it and moved on, there arent any skeletons in our closets. I was fortunate enough to work with him for the first 10 years of my working life and saw the respect he earned. Just before he died he apologised for not being around as much as he would have liked when we were children, the funny thing is I dont ever remember him not being there. To paraphrase James Lipton "If heaven really does exist, what would you like god to say when you arrive?............... Oh hi Bill your dads over there Ive often said "Some people are lucky, they have a father, we were blessed we had a dad"
This interview hits me pretty hard because I have lost my entire family and I keep asking that same question: why did you leave me? I then realize that hundreds of millions of other human beings have gone through the same grieving process as I have and we need to trust this part of life. Fortunately, for Anderson and Whoopi they have children/family still whereas I don’t. And since Whoopi said it’s important for us to stick around for them to know us, what about those of us that aren’t blessed with children? I feel so lost.
I, as well, have only me. I’m the only child of an only child mother. My dad only had one sister who had no children. They are all gone. It’s hard. I have good people who love me. I try to focus on that.
I have faced death more than once. 1. I have discovered the deceased body of my roomie. He was already blue. 2. I remember feeling nothing but cold flesh when I felt for a pulse on my Dad. 3. I myself have had 2 heart attacks and a mini stroke. I have faced death more than once. We will all face death more than once.
My brothers and I were left by my mother at ages 10, twins, and me, 12. It was sudden and had a profound effect on our lives. Listening to Anderson and Whoopi was something that needed to happen for me today. I will be forever grateful.
I lost my mom on my birthday sept 2023 it's been just past 7 months. It's been a series of firsts. 1st x mas, 1st Thanksgiving,1st birthday an in a few days 1st mother's day. Grief is lonely an miserable an sad. I feel her pain. I've recently started to come out of it. Life is short an painful when u lose someone. I feel what she says about leaving this earth. It has broken me in ways that I can't comprehend. Big hugs to those who are without there moms this weekend
I lost my Dad in 1996, I was 36 years old. I lost my Mama in 2020, I was 60 years old, and I lost my Sister in 2022, when I was 62 and she was 63. Their was just 13 months between us. My Father had passed after his third heart attack, as we had expected, my Mother died from COPD , and she also was afflicted with Alzheimer's the last year of her life. As Whoopie said unless you've lost your Mother , your Father, your Sister, you can't know what that is like. The loss of a Mother is profound in a way that is indescribable to someone who hasn't lost theirs. Hers was the first heartbeat I ever heard. She was nurturing, she was loving, she was kind, she was hilarious, she was fiesty; a real spitfire! Everyone who ever met her seemed to fall in love with her quickly! She was that comfort, that peace, she was "home" to me. She gave my heart a place to live. My Sister died 1 week after we learned that she had triple negative breast cancer that had matastisized , spreading to her lymph nodes, and into her liver. The oncologist said she had probably been sick for 6 months, but she showed no symptoms until about 3 months before she died. She was in the hospital for 2 weeks, she went home with hospice on a Saturday and then she died the next afternoon. I was shattered, I had never experienced that kind of grief before. A part of me died, I just gave up. I laid down and gave up. I had already had osteoarthritis in one of my hips, that is bone on bone. Then I developed neuropathy in both of my feet. I had recently retired. ( The last 4 years I worked I was able to do so from home). I moved very little anyway by then. Going from my desk to my bed was just a matter of 2 or 3 steps using my walker. The grief took over and I succumbed. I remain bedridden now. I will however receive hip replacement surgery in January 2025 and subsequent rehab. I will walk again with God's help! It will be 2 years on Nov. 20th since my Sisters death. There was always the four of us, my Father, my Mother, my Sister and me. After my Sister died I felt orphaned. As Cooper and Whoopi said that child in me asked "Why did they all leave me"? Some days are still difficult, but what sustains me now is God's promise that we will all be together again. That circle that was broken, it will be made whole again. ❤
Whoopi’s right. The thing that pissed me off the most, was when people would say: “There are no words.” First of all, those are 4 words, and second of all, it’s an empty, meaningless cliché. As she said, just be honest! Say: “ I don’t know what to say.” Or don’t say anything, and give them a hug, or a plant, or something else you know they like. Also, realize that the grief isn’t over in 2 weeks, or 2 months, or 2 years. Ask them how they are doing/feeling, even years later.
I have lost both parents and two beautiful partners and when I say 'There are no word" it is not an 'empty meaningless cliche.' Grief for me was incredibly well of deep feeling that was beyond words. Many people who have been through it get it. And yes, be honest! I love this interview. The interview that Anderson did with Stephen Colbert about grief was equally as honest and moving.
Vím také, že jste byla na návštěvě u známé celebrity a chovala jste se úžasné, velice, chytrá, pracovitá, skvělá dáma. Váš musí mít rád každý člověk. Jste velice skromná. A také velice zajímavá žena. Děkuji, že jste.
I'm coming up on the one year anniversary of my father's passing. He battled cancer for a year and a half. I was by his side the entire time. Almost every doctor's appointment. Almost every cancer treatment. We saw each other basically everyday and about 6 months before he passed, we moved in to help my mom care for him. We had a family business and I worked side by side with him for over 20 years. Aside from my wife, he was my best friend. In some ways things feel different than a year ago when he passed. In some ways, it still feels like it just happened.
I wish I knew what it felt like to have a good, loving mother or grandmother. I am truly jealous and envious of many people who were afforded this basic right that I never had or will never have.
When My daughter died some people came to the funeral & said “she was in a better place “… ah No, in my arms is where she should be… another said “ your strong Kim, these things only happen to strong people” like it was a compliment… please just give the grieving a hug & tell them you care …
This is the first Mother’s Day (and her May 12th birthday) without my mom. Sad, missing her. She was my anchor, and always believed in the talents of each and everybody of her six children and 11 grandkids. 💔
I have lost both my parents, a brother and numerous friends through the years. They didn't leave me to grieve. They just passed away. As a child, I went to many funerals of aunts, uncles, and grandparents. It's the circle of life. You feel sad, but if you are like me, you remember the good times! That's what helps me, remembering the good times.
Grief is so personal and so individual and so debilitative then freeing then alone then independent then needy then sad and happy then unquenched ...it takes exactly 20% of our lives then 10% then 70% of our active lives .....
Amazing stuff and a well done interview once again with Whoopi. Anderson Cooper is an amazing Journalist and maybe the best on television. He sees both sides and not quick to just be rash and biased no matter what he's covering. Of course he despises Trump but understands that Republicans have values. I actually only watch his show now for my daily news because not only is he informative, he also cracks funny jokes and not afraid to show his emotions. The media needs more AC and I don't care whether the person follows my personal values or not. I want good Journalism and he brings it. EVERY TIME.
All though we can never know how someone deals with their own grief as it's a personal journey, this snippet made me believe that Anderson and Whoppi knew exactly what each other's grief was like.
This was special. I have a particular love bond with my mother and my sister because they’ve been here since the beginning. I resonated with that. There’s a special place in my heart for the 2 women who literally nurtured me and taught me everything I know. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️
Pretty good conversation about grief. What to say to someone when they lost a love one, and you never had the same experience? Whoopi answered is just very correct in my opinion 🙏🙏♥️
You are both amazing people! This interview was filled with care, emotion & love. I can only hope that my own children will remember me with such tenderness. Thank you both for such honesty!
I listened to two seasons of All There Is with Anderson Cooper and they were wonderful. 5 years ago, I lost my husband of 37 years. I miss him still everyday but I feel that I am not alone, listening to these episodes. One of my favorites was the one with Stephen Colbert. I hope to there will be season 3.
I’ve lost my beloved brother to suicide when we were just teens. That reality has much more to discuss. I’ve lost many people in my now 60 year old life. I’ve been learning to open space for people who’ve lost a loved one. ~Grief comes with many feelings, and ebbs while it flows… Yet, it never dissipates~
Whoppi and Anderson I feel your pain I've recently completed a awesome book about my Father who was a elder in the church so this was a way to honor his faith and show the other side, where he was a professional chef both of his commitments were serving people's needs.
When Anderson gets emotional talking about his loss/pain I feel understood in a certain way because I know what it’s like to lose someone you love and I always feel so emotional about it. It makes me feel like I’m not alone in my pain
My Mommy died on 5/4/23 and we buried her the Friday before Mother's Day. Then one of my Brothers died on 10/23/23. This Sunday will be Mother's Day 2024 and I don't know yet how I will get through it. My Parents were Married 53 years until my Daddy died on 2/10/2016 and raised 7 kids: 5 boys and 2 girls. I ALWAYS knew how blessed I was and with so many of my friends being raised in Single Parent Households, they always reminded me of it. I miss my Parents more than anyone could ever describe with Words. The Grief is tangible and if not for The Grace & Mercy of God, I would have unalived myself. Like Whoopi says, it's not my time yet and I will see them again in Eternity. 🙏🏽✝️
True love never dies,I lost my husband 42 years ago but after the loss comes the memories which my son and daughter share on a daily basis not thinking of him as dead just in everyday conversations but in knowing that he is still inside of us and how much our lives have benefited from the fact that we had him to help us live and love, if you don't know what to say to someone who has lost a loved one just say how sore it is,because everyone has lost someone or something, no matter what it is it is sore a word that we can all understand. Good luck Whoopi
Oh Anderson, I totally love this authentic conversation. These conversations are so needed. I see the pain in your eyes and I remember you talking about your mom to me. The childhood pain never goes away. Sending hugs to you and Whoopi.
"There was nothing left unsaid" - wow ..thats exactly how I feel about my relationship with my dad.and his passing. Nothing was left unsaid with us. She just unlocked a lot for me with that.
I lost my Dad on Saturday. He had been in hospice care for almost 2 weeks. We were able to talk and figure things out. When he left the world, I was sad but complete. That was his last gift to me.
Aw.. I'm sorry for your loss.
So happy though that you WHERE able to connect..
Xoxoxox
I spent a lot of time with my mother before she died. We were very close and I felt I had done everything I could to be with her. That gives me great peace. I feel sorry for those who don't feel that way. Regret must be a terrible thing to live with.
❤ That's a beautiful sentiment.
I understand your pain and I am sorry for your lost. I lost my mom to cancer 2017. And I lost my bff who was my sec mom in 2019. So i understand it is hard everyday. Be strong ❤
That is the big question "why did you leave me?" After my mother's passing I asked that question. Then I had a dream but it was actually a visit from my mother and I asked her " Mom, why did you leave me? " and she smiled and said Steven how can I leave you when I'm with you all the time". I woke up crying but her message gave me comfort. That is the message I now convey to others that have friends and family that have taken their final journey.
Yep, they’re always with us, for better and worse, so we grow. Good work embracing truth in yourself. Sorry for your loss, I know it well.
@rustydevil7192 I had a similar experience losing my mother. My name is also Steven so reading your comment caught me off guard. 😊
wow I love this.....truth
I’m crying as I’m typing this. I absolutely love this message and I’m so happy your mother came to visit you , I hope she still does.
Thank you so much for the reminder. I lost my mom in August 23 and my brother in January 24....really struggling with to cope😢💔
Losing your mom is incredibly profound. Nothing prepares us for that loss. 💖
So true. I was in a literal fog, brain stopped, clouds in eyes and ears. Just barely asked for help.
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@@roundtwo3321 Rest In Heavenly Peace🙏🤍🕊🙏💙
yeh horrible. i will never get over it.
I used to work in print services and one afternoon a lady came to my store to get her recently deceased mother's funeral program printed. She was very composed when I took her order, but when I showed her the first copy to proofread, she simply said, "You know, you're never ready to lose your mother," and she started crying.
Few things have affected me so profoundly. I gave her the finished programs and paid for them myself. And I still think about her all the time.
What a wonderfully heart tugging & empathetic interview between Anderson & Whoopi. As a person who has lost both parents this touched me deeply. ❤
It was beautiful ❤️
Ms. Goldberg is very insightful. I had same response/relationship with my mom too.
I lost my two younger brothers. It was the three of us and our Mom and Dad. I was the big sister. I looked after them. When they died I was lost and still am today. The pain never goes away.
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I’m so sorry, sending you hugs ❤
I'm so sorry for your loss. When I lost my mom I had just had a lung removed from cancer. She went in the hospital the day after I got out and for the next 6 weeks she had so many times she almost pased but fought hard to not die. About 5 weeks in my sister called at 2 a.m. and said it was really close and if I wanted to come now was the time.I flew across the state prayng she'd hold on until i got there at 4:30. She was sitting up having a snack when I arrived. She first chewed my sister out because she called me but then we gad a great talk.I asked her what she was worried about and she was afraid she was going to hell because she had a baby before she met my dad and her first husbad walked out on her and my baby brother. She worked for a big hotel in Texas and they had wet and dry counties so her bosses would load up her car with liquor and she'd drive it to a different hotel and the extra money got ger through. BUT she thought she'd be punished for being a bootlegger. I thought for a minute and said do you really think God pays attention to Texas laws from 60 years ago? It took her about 30 seconds and she burst out laughing and so did i !!! She passed a week later peacefully. BUT as we were driving home from the funeral i suddenly got a warm glow in ny heart and I knew she was there. She was not afraid and actually excited like she was going on an. Adventure. I could almost hear her say don't be afraid of dying and she was gone. It was the best gift she ever gave me abd I knew and still know she's ok. I tell you this because I think your mom is always there and I feel you needed to know. It feels like I'm supposed to tell you this and I normally wouldn't because i don't like to upset others or ther beliefs. I'm sending you love hugs and peace and I know she's letting you know in the dream. Hang in there it will get better I still talk to my mom every day and if it soundscrazy I'll just embrace the crazy. I knuw what I experienced is real. Peace and love to you.♥️♥️♥️
For a moment, it felt like her profound level of empathy turned the interviewer (Anderson) around to the one being interviewed. It was magical to see.
He probably will tell his paid male lover all about it.
And your so worried about his sex life sounds like you want to join em.@user-th9kl4tk5c
Yes. It did happened. You are correct
@user-th9kl4tk5c what an awful thing to say. A true hater, aren't you. Who cares? You do. Envy green.
Oh please....get real
My husband passed several years ago. We were together 43 yrs. Today i realized how much of a friend he truly was to me. 😊
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That’s beautiful, true friendship is a rarity. Strength to you.
Because of that idiot Whoopi?
You must have had a shallow relationship if Whoopie made you realize that.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Sending you hugs.
isn't it amazing how some things take so long to understand?
"Why did you leave me?" So good to hear other people saying this too and about the 10 yr old self being angry. Lost my mom over a year ago. This is exactly how I feel as irrational as that seems.
She didn't leave you honey. Her energy just changed forms. I really feel like she REALLY wants you to know that. And that you can talk to her any time. You may not be able to hear her speak back. Or maybe you will who knows. But she will hear you. She loves you. And that will forever remain present tense. ❤️🫶
@@minutemeditations14All 😭😭😭❤ Thank you.
It's not irrational at all. I miss my parents every single day. My sister in law said this to me "I think ur parents would want u to live a good happy life. To continue". That was very consoling to me.
@@shelleyabbate9824 I think that's true too and that helps.
It's not irrational. Anger is one of the five phases we go through during the grieving process.
I lost my mom 18 years ago to cancer and I'm crying watching this interview. I still ask out loud sometimes why did you leave me. Thank you Whoppi and Anderson for having this conversation.
“Nothing was left unsaid between us.”
Truly a gift
I lost my momma about a year and a half ago, she was my very best friend. I miss her with every fiber of my being. Thank you for this ❤
I lost mine at the end of 2022, and the pain has not diminished, on the contrary... Thank you to those beautiful souls that Whoopi & Anderson are, for their openness, courage & honesty, and thank you to you for your tribute to your mom!
I'm reading Whoopi's book and what a sweet tribute to her mother and brother. It's very touching. My mother passed away 12 years ago and my dad last year. I'm still here but admit that I feel lost without them.
I love you Whoopi and Anderson ❤❤
Can we call her Karen please lol
It would be funny if Anderson did another weather report kneeling in a mud puddle.
@@Dingleberry777😮 Grow Up!!!
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It was such a natural position for him tho.
@@Dingleberry777just like your Dad???
I can’t wait to read Whoopie’s book. Seeing this snippet of your interview with her has expanded my view of her. Thank you, Anderson.
I can’t wait either. Oh, I just found out that I can wait…….
It's tough being left all alone by family members who were dear to you. I was left by my loving mum, my grandmother, who raised me, my three sisters who were very close to me.
I found myself saying,' I'm left all alone in this world'. The last one died after eleven months of being divorced by my wife because I was moved from the US and could not like it.
Only my two year old daughter and five year old who were my strength. I could not digest why God did this. Today, I thank Him for His love and strength.
Lost my beautiful daughter this year 😢 💔 its a struggle everyday without her. 💔
I'm so very sorry for your loss😢
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I send you love , grief is very painful ❤❤❤❤❤
What a heart felt and fantastic interview! Thank you Anderson!
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I didn't even realized tears was running down my face❤
I lost my mom 3years ago❤ and I it's the worst thing ever.
It would be funny if Anderson did another weather report kneeling in a mud puddle.
Well said Whoopi!
Me too. I miss my mum everyday
I don’t think we ever learn to live without them, I feel like I’ve learned to live around the spaces they used to occupy. ❤
I lost my beautiful mom, Elizabeth last year and my only brother Ricky 4 months earlier. I ask the same question… why did you leave me here? I took care of mom for 3 years till her death and everything had been said. Yet I don’t want the conversation to end and it has. My heart is so badly broken and I’m just going through the motions. This isn’t a club that I thought I would ever want to join. Hearing Whoopi and Cooper speak with tears in their eyes gives me hope. I love you mom. I will always love you. ❤️
Much love and positivity to Whoopi, Anderson, and anyone else reading this !
To both of you and everyone who helps you behind the scenes: thank you a thousand times for this precious unique podcast!
Lost my dad at 65, I was 40, now Im 65 I realise how young he was, we could and did talk about everything, dealt with it and moved on, there arent any skeletons in our closets. I was fortunate enough to work with him for the first 10 years of my working life and saw the respect he earned. Just before he died he apologised for not being around as much as he would have liked when we were children, the funny thing is I dont ever remember him not being there. To paraphrase James Lipton "If heaven really does exist, what would you like god to say when you arrive?............... Oh hi Bill your dads over there
Ive often said "Some people are lucky, they have a father, we were blessed we had a dad"
Wow, that really touched my heart. She really got it right
Saddened by people who are/or have been loved by a mother. Many of us cannot relate to that experience.
This is the best segment I've seen from CNN in a long long time. 💜💜💜
This interview hits me pretty hard because I have lost my entire family and I keep asking that same question: why did you leave me? I then realize that hundreds of millions of other human beings have gone through the same grieving process as I have and we need to trust this part of life.
Fortunately, for Anderson and Whoopi they have children/family still whereas I don’t. And since Whoopi said it’s important for us to stick around for them to know us, what about those of us that aren’t blessed with children? I feel so lost.
Go find someone else who is the last one or a bunch of people and be together at times and let each other know to come around when they need to.
On Christmas 2023 I lost my daughter, who was my best friend …I’m still hurting it’s fresh
You have two beautiful dogs, Lady and Prince.
@@gcchair7634 I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter, you are in my thoughts, I’m wishing you peace and healing ❤
I, as well, have only me. I’m the only child of an only child mother. My dad only had one sister who had no children. They are all gone. It’s hard. I have good people who love me. I try to focus on that.
I have faced death more than once.
1. I have discovered the deceased body of my roomie. He was already blue.
2. I remember feeling nothing but cold flesh when I felt for a pulse on my Dad.
3. I myself have had 2 heart attacks and a mini stroke.
I have faced death more than once.
We will all face death more than once.
Bless you 🤎🤎
My brothers and I were left by my mother at ages 10, twins, and me, 12. It was sudden and had a profound effect on our lives. Listening to Anderson and Whoopi was something that needed to happen for me today. I will be forever grateful.
I lost my mom on my birthday sept 2023 it's been just past 7 months. It's been a series of firsts. 1st x mas, 1st Thanksgiving,1st birthday an in a few days 1st mother's day. Grief is lonely an miserable an sad. I feel her pain. I've recently started to come out of it. Life is short an painful when u lose someone. I feel what she says about leaving this earth. It has broken me in ways that I can't comprehend. Big hugs to those who are without there moms this weekend
Very moving!
I lost my Dad in 1996, I was 36 years old. I lost my Mama in 2020, I was 60 years old, and I lost my Sister in 2022, when I was 62 and she was 63. Their was just 13 months between us. My Father had passed after his third heart attack, as we had expected, my Mother died from COPD , and she also was afflicted with Alzheimer's the last year of her life. As Whoopie said unless you've lost your Mother , your Father, your Sister, you can't know what that is like. The loss of a Mother is profound in a way that is indescribable to someone who hasn't lost theirs. Hers was the first heartbeat I ever heard. She was nurturing, she was loving, she was kind, she was hilarious, she was fiesty; a real spitfire! Everyone who ever met her seemed to fall in love with her quickly! She was that comfort, that peace, she was "home" to me. She gave my heart a place to live. My Sister died 1 week after we learned that she had triple negative breast cancer that had matastisized , spreading to her lymph nodes, and into her liver. The oncologist said she had probably been sick for 6 months, but she showed no symptoms until about 3 months before she died. She was in the hospital for 2 weeks, she went home with hospice on a Saturday and then she died the next afternoon. I was shattered, I had never experienced that kind of grief before. A part of me died, I just gave up. I laid down and gave up. I had already had osteoarthritis in one of my hips, that is bone on bone. Then I developed neuropathy in both of my feet. I had recently retired. ( The last 4 years I worked I was able to do so from home). I moved very little anyway by then. Going from my desk to my bed was just a matter of 2 or 3 steps using my walker. The grief took over and I succumbed. I remain bedridden now. I will however receive hip replacement surgery in January 2025 and subsequent rehab. I will walk again with God's help! It will be 2 years on Nov. 20th since my Sisters death. There was always the four of us, my Father, my Mother, my Sister and me. After my Sister died I felt orphaned. As Cooper and Whoopi said that child in me asked "Why did they all leave me"? Some days are still difficult, but what sustains me now is God's promise that we will all be together again. That circle that was broken, it will be made whole again. ❤
Two of my favourite people, just love them ❤.
This touched me so much. I can't wait to read this.
"Nothing left unsaid with us"..wow. As the only child i must make sure nothing is left unsaid to my Mother. Thanks Whoopi 😊😢
Anderson Cooper and Whoopi Gold berg are treasures to us all. And together they simply are incredible. 🕯👏🏻👏🏻🕯👏🏻👏🏻
Absolutely right dear
It's been 22 yes for my Mama. I have asked the same Question. ' why did you you leave me?.. Now I know why. Thank you Anderson and Whoopi.
Hope there's an upcoming audiobook
Whoopi’s right. The thing that pissed me off the most, was when people would say: “There are no words.” First of all, those are 4 words, and second of all, it’s an empty, meaningless cliché.
As she said, just be honest! Say: “ I don’t know what to say.” Or don’t say anything, and give them a hug, or a plant, or something else you know they like.
Also, realize that the grief isn’t over in 2 weeks, or 2 months, or 2 years. Ask them how they are doing/feeling, even years later.
So perfectly stated - thank you.
I have lost both parents and two beautiful partners and when I say 'There are no word" it is not an 'empty meaningless cliche.' Grief for me was incredibly well of deep feeling that was beyond words. Many people who have been through it get it. And yes, be honest! I love this interview. The interview that Anderson did with Stephen Colbert about grief was equally as honest and moving.
Very moving. Thank you.
Thank you for this!❤
❤Whoopy 🎉RESPEKT 🎉 krásné filmy, ona úžasná žena 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊🎉❤
Vím také, že jste byla na návštěvě u známé celebrity a chovala jste se úžasné, velice, chytrá, pracovitá, skvělá dáma. Váš musí mít rád každý člověk. Jste velice skromná. A také velice zajímavá žena. Děkuji, že jste.
I'm coming up on the one year anniversary of my father's passing. He battled cancer for a year and a half. I was by his side the entire time. Almost every doctor's appointment. Almost every cancer treatment. We saw each other basically everyday and about 6 months before he passed, we moved in to help my mom care for him. We had a family business and I worked side by side with him for over 20 years. Aside from my wife, he was my best friend. In some ways things feel different than a year ago when he passed. In some ways, it still feels like it just happened.
Beautiful. Many of us needed to hear this. Thank you and God bless you both!
I wish I knew what it felt like to have a good, loving mother or grandmother. I am truly jealous and envious of many people who were afforded this basic right that I never had or will never have.
I can relate to Whoopi on losing her Mom. It’s so hard to live without being able to talk with Mom. It’s been 2 years and I miss her every day.
I recently lost my 2yo daughter and it definitely broke me. Thanks for talking about this
When My daughter died some people came to the funeral & said “she was in a better place “… ah No, in my arms is where she should be… another said “ your strong Kim, these things only happen to strong people” like it was a compliment… please just give the grieving a hug & tell them you care …
Yes......😢😢😢😢
I am so very sorry for your devastating loss😢😢😢
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This is the first Mother’s Day (and her May 12th birthday) without my mom. Sad, missing her. She was my anchor, and always believed in the talents of each and everybody of her six children and 11 grandkids. 💔
Life always gives us a life time story to live and die with. . I get you
I have lost both my parents, a brother and numerous friends through the years. They didn't leave me to grieve. They just passed away.
As a child, I went to many funerals of aunts, uncles, and grandparents.
It's the circle of life. You feel sad, but if you are like me, you remember the good times! That's what helps me, remembering the good times.
This is so moving. Great job to both of them. Incredible interview.
Thank you, Anderson and Whoopie. Needed this interview. I'm definitely getting the book. ❤
Hits home, I lost mom and brother 3 weeks apart
It’s crazy how much her and her daughter look so much like her mother.
Wow! This interview is on a whole different level
Thank you for this interview I needed to hear this
*VERY TOUCHING*
2:28 What a beautiful response to such a poignant question ❤️
Grief is so personal and so individual and so debilitative then freeing then alone then independent then needy then sad and happy then unquenched ...it takes exactly 20% of our lives then 10% then 70% of our active lives .....
Thank you for sharing
Amazing stuff and a well done interview once again with Whoopi. Anderson Cooper is an amazing Journalist and maybe the best on television. He sees both sides and not quick to just be rash and biased no matter what he's covering. Of course he despises Trump but understands that Republicans have values. I actually only watch his show now for my daily news because not only is he informative, he also cracks funny jokes and not afraid to show his emotions. The media needs more AC and I don't care whether the person follows my personal values or not. I want good Journalism and he brings it. EVERY TIME.
So touched me. Thank you😊
Powerful- thank you ❤
All though we can never know how someone deals with their own grief as it's a personal journey, this snippet made me believe that Anderson and Whoppi knew exactly what each other's grief was like.
So well done, guys. Thanks!
Great interview! ❤
This was special. I have a particular love bond with my mother and my sister because they’ve been here since the beginning. I resonated with that. There’s a special place in my heart for the 2 women who literally nurtured me and taught me everything I know. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️
I love her. She has a lot of compassion, patience and wisdom. She has been through a lot but the hurt is not gone. 💖✌️🙏🤗
How is it possible not to love Whoopi?
Pretty good conversation about grief. What to say to someone when they lost a love one, and you never had the same experience? Whoopi answered is just very correct in my opinion 🙏🙏♥️
You are both amazing people! This interview was filled with care, emotion & love. I can only hope that my own children will remember me with such tenderness. Thank you both for such honesty!
I can relate to this so much. Thank you for the validation, Whoopie.
She is remarkable 😀🥰🙏🏻
"Let people love you." So simple and yet so hard to do.
Touching interview.
Wow! Thank you for sharing! (I know it's your job, but thank you.)
Loved this hearth to hearth conversation, we more of this in this world 🤍
How moving...thank you❤😢❤🫂
My Mother and 2 brothers have passed away! I miss them each and everyday!😢
I adore Whoopi! Always have. And I adore Anderson Cooper! Always have.
My mother passed when I was 12, being raised by my dad's mother since I was 6.
Thank you.
Oh my goodness, is that a synchronicity? I was just thinking “bits and pieces.” It’s how we understand things as children, in bits and pieces.
I can relate. My sister died in 2014. Both of my parents died within 7 weeks of each other. They were married for 60 years. I miss them so much🥲🥲❤️
I listened to two seasons of All There Is with Anderson Cooper and they were wonderful. 5 years ago, I lost my husband of 37 years. I miss him still everyday but I feel that I am not alone, listening to these episodes. One of my favorites was the one with Stephen Colbert. I hope to there will be season 3.
Grieving is hard work. It lasts a lifetime.
The interview with both the host (Anderson Cooper) & guest (Whoopi Goldberg) left both of them emotionally along the way.
I’ve lost my beloved brother to suicide when we were just teens. That reality has much more to discuss. I’ve lost many people in my now 60 year old life. I’ve been learning to open space for people who’ve lost a loved one.
~Grief comes with many feelings, and ebbs while it flows… Yet, it never dissipates~
❤ Hi, thank you Whoopi for sharing your story on Anderson's podcast.
It really hit home for me & I'm sure audience was connected 🙏 ❤
Whoppi and Anderson I feel your pain I've recently completed a awesome book about my Father who was a elder in the church so this was a way to honor his faith and show the other side, where he was a professional chef both of his commitments were serving people's needs.
When Anderson gets emotional talking about his loss/pain I feel understood in a certain way because I know what it’s like to lose someone you love and I always feel so emotional about it. It makes me feel like I’m not alone in my pain
Well said.
When will this podcast episode be made available? Thank you ~ Anderson Cooper, Whoopi & team 🙏🏼🤍
Good read. ♥️
A beautiful interview.
My Mommy died on 5/4/23 and we buried her the Friday before Mother's Day. Then one of my Brothers died on 10/23/23. This Sunday will be Mother's Day 2024 and I don't know yet how I will get through it. My Parents were Married 53 years until my Daddy died on 2/10/2016 and raised 7 kids: 5 boys and 2 girls. I ALWAYS knew how blessed I was and with so many of my friends being raised in Single Parent Households, they always reminded me of it. I miss my Parents more than anyone could ever describe with Words. The Grief is tangible and if not for The Grace & Mercy of God, I would have unalived myself. Like Whoopi says, it's not my time yet and I will see them again in Eternity. 🙏🏽✝️
True love never dies,I lost my husband 42 years ago but after the loss comes the memories which my son and daughter share on a daily basis not thinking of him as dead just in everyday conversations but in knowing that he is still inside of us and how much our lives have benefited from the fact that we had him to help us live and love, if you don't know what to say to someone who has lost a loved one just say how sore it is,because everyone has lost someone or something, no matter what it is it is sore a word that we can all understand. Good luck Whoopi
Oh Anderson, I totally love this authentic conversation. These conversations are so needed. I see the pain in your eyes and I remember you talking about your mom to me. The childhood pain never goes away. Sending hugs to you and Whoopi.
"There was nothing left unsaid" - wow ..thats exactly how I feel about my relationship with my dad.and his passing. Nothing was left unsaid with us. She just unlocked a lot for me with that.
That was a lovely interview. I lost my Mom and my brother. I related to them both. Nothing is like losing your Mom. 💔🤍 God bless.