A rumor that television personality Whoopi Goldberg was upset about an alleged new Fox News show starring actor Roseanne Barr circulated online in late 2024. For example, the Facebook page of America's Last Line of Defense posted about it on Nov. 1:
Whoopi Goldberg is losing her mind after Fox Entertainment announced a new morning show starring Roseanne Barr: "That woman doesn't deserve to be on television."
Sounds like someone's afraid of a little friendly competition.
(Facebook/America's Last Line of Defense)
Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. However, there was no evidence of that Goldberg had reacted to this news, not least of which because it was untrue that Fox News had announced such a show.
Rather, the rumor about Goldberg and Barr originated with America's Last Line of Defense — a social media account that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature. Its page description states:
The flagship of the ALLOD network of trollery. Nothing on this page is real.
The fictional story spread as Goldberg repeatedly criticized Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump, a candidate Barr has openly supported.
ALLOD has a history of making up stories for shares and comments.
Snopes has addressed similar satirical claims from ALLOD in the past, including the assertion that Barr had signed a $1 billion contract with Fox News for a new show.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.