Overview
- Goldberg announced the birth during The View’s Monday, Dec. 8 broadcast, calling the news a wonderful milestone.
- She said the baby, named Lotus Dean, weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces.
- Photos shown on-air featured the swaddled newborn, a shot with the family dog Ruby, and Lotus in father Mason Dean’s arms.
- Ana Navarro congratulated Goldberg’s daughter Alex Martin on becoming a grandmother again as co-hosts offered well-wishes.
- Goldberg noted she is called Whoopi by her great-grandchildren and recalled being nicknamed “Oopi,” adding this is her second great-grandchild after Charli Rose in 2014.