Whoopi ambaye ni mchekeshaji,singer-song writer na mwanaharakati alifunguka kuwa alivuta bangi ili aondoe pressure na aweke mwili sawa kabla ya kushinda tuzo ya The Best Supporting Actress award za mwaka 1991 kupitia movie ya Ghost,aliyocheza na Patrick Swayze,Demi Moore na Tony Goldwyn iliyotoka July 3,1990 na alikua fresh wakati anapokea tuzo hiyo na alipokua anatoa neno la shukrani.Alisikia akisema
“So I smoked this joint that was the last of my home grown and honey, when he said my name and I popped up, I was like, ‘Oh f**k, oh f**k, up the stairs one two three four five, onto the podium. There’s millions of people, OK grab the statue.’ I knew I should have never had done it.”
After the Oscars, Whoopi says she got a phone call from her mother, who could tell Whoopi was high as a kite cause of her “glistening eyes.”
“My mother called me afterward and said, ‘You smoked didn’t you? Your eyes were just glistening’,” Whoopi said. “So I panicked and got the Oscars tape to see whether you could tell and you just couldn’t. I know you’re not supposed to admit that you smoke pot but I don’t drink alcohol!”
After the Oscars, Whoopi says she got a phone call from her mother, who could tell Whoopi was high as a kite cause of her “glistening eyes.”
“My mother called me afterward and said, ‘You smoked didn’t you? Your eyes were just glistening’,” Whoopi said. “So I panicked and got the Oscars tape to see whether you could tell and you just couldn’t. I know you’re not supposed to admit that you smoke pot but I don’t drink alcohol!”
