Whoopi Goldberg, the co-host of “The View,” revealed exclusively to Page Six at the Gardens of Laughs gala on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, “I was 300 pounds.” She expressed, “I was like, ‘Oh, please, God, make this work.'”

Goldberg, aged 68, clarified that the medication she took for Type 2 diabetes was “the only way [doctors] could jumpstart [her] system.” She added that it helped her “metabolism move” after being on steroids following back surgery.