Whoopi Goldberg Supports Friend Tiger Woods After Arrest: 'I Don't Like Kicking a Man When He's Down'
Goldberg offered some brief remarks on Woods' decision to seek treatment during the April 1 episode of 'The View'
Whoopi Goldberg; Tiger Woods Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty; David Cannon/Getty NEED TO KNOW Whoopi Goldberg shared her thoughts on Tiger Woods' decision to seek treatment Woods announced on Tuesday, March 31 that he was seeking treatment after he was involved in a rollover car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla. , days before The golfer was arrested for an alleged DUI after the crash Whoopi Goldberg is offering a supportive message to her friend Tiger Woods . The View co-host, 70, shared brief remarks about Woods' DUI charge and decision to seek treatment during the Wednesday, April 1 episode of the ABC talk show.
After bringing up that others are "not as compassionate" about Woods' March 27 arrest, she offered her own perspective as someone who has known him. “Tiger is a friend of mine, and I wish him nothing but the best," Goldberg said, as she and her co-hosts approached the topic of Woods' arrest on a DUI charge . She added, "I don’t like kicking a man when he’s down.
I’ll leave that to other folks. " Whoopi Goldberg appears on the April 1, 2026 episode of 'The View' Credit: ABC Elsewhere during the segment, co-hosts Sunny Hostin , Sara Haines and Joy Behar , plus guest co-host Whitney Cummings, spoke about Woods' arrest. Hostin, 57, brought up the golfer's back pain and said while "we talk about the opioid crisis in this country with such empathy," that's not so much the case with Woods, 50.
"I’m not excusing the fact that he was driving while under the influence, but I think we need to show someone who is a sports legend, who may have been pushed very hard as a child, and have some grace for the pain he’s living with and the fact that, as an athlete, he is now having to struggle with the fact that he may have to give up the one thing he loves to do," she said. After Behar, 83, asked why Woods couldn't "get a driver," Goldberg added, "You don’t want to be that guy that’s just, ‘Well, why is he always being driven around? ’ You can’t win.