Whoopi Goldberg shocks with new look on ‘The View’ — here’s why

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Whoopi Goldberg’s appearance during Monday’s episode of “The View.”Goldberg, who has been wearing eyeglasses for 28 years, hosted without them, explaining during the “Hot Topics” segment that she had undergone eye surgery over the weekend. “I had an operation, and they replaced the lens and the lens they replaced it with is kind of like my eyeglass lens,” the 67-year-old announced.

Co-host Sunny Hostin then interjected, excitedly declaring that Goldberg could now see.Goldberg explained that, “Two weeks ago, when we had a show with the folks from ‘Picard,’ I was trying to read the prompter without my actual glasses, and I couldn’t do it, so I ended up having to wear them [my glasses].”The “Sister Act” star revealed that the procedure was to treat a condition called presbyopia.

She explained that she had “teeny tiny” cataracts on the lens of her eye, which is why they were replaced it. #WhoopiGoldberg says goodbye to eyeglasses!

https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA pic.twitter.com/o3j0kTWvjXPresbyopia is a “refractive error” that makes it hard for people to see objects up close, according to the National Eye Institute.