Whoopi Goldberg thanks Maggie Smith for her support at a crucial time

Whoopi Goldberg recalled how Maggie Smith deliberately and substantially extended her support when she heard about Goldberg’s mother’s failing health.

conversation with goldberg people magazineRemembered she was in the middle of her performance for the stage adaptation sister Act While in London his late brother calls him and tells him that their mother is on life support due to an aneurysm.

Also from his co-star sister Act Maggie Smith was scheduled to tour the production that same day.

“Having Maggie Smith there, and stepping aside and telling him, ‘Listen, my friend. We’ll get you through this. We’ll get you through this. We’ll get you to the hospital so you can get him. Get you back to Berkeley so You can get home,’” Goldberg said.

Goldberg fondly recalled that Smith stayed with her while she waited for her flight to California.

“We stayed up all night, just laughing and talking about things,” he said Scene the co-host said. “And she had met my mother several times. Just having someone who got it, who understood, that’s everything.”

The actress revealed that her mother passed away in 2020. He also mentions his late mother and brother in his memoir Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, Out Now.