Jewish Writer Tells Whoopi Goldberg, Who Uses Stage Name, To Drop Last Name She 'Co-Opted': 'Don't Deserve It' Jewish Writer Tells Whoopi Goldberg, Who Uses Stage Name, To Drop Last Name She 'Co-Opted': 'Don't Deserve It' By Amanda Prestigiacomo • Feb 2, 2022 DailyWire.com • Facebook Twitter Mail John Lamparski/Getty Images Columnist, author, and former presidential speech writer John Podhoretz criticized “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg, whose real name is Caryn Johnson, for her controversial comments about Jews, race, and the Holocaust, urging the actress to “give up” the surname she “co-opted” and doesn’t “deserve.” Podhoretz said in a New...