These Celebrities Don't Actually Use Their Real Names

Whoopi Goldberg

The iconic comedian Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Johnson. While guesting on "The Graham Norton Show," she revealed that her stage name derives from a whoopee cushion. "No one christened me that. I am Karen, but I was a bit of a farter," she joked. "The theatres I was performing in were very small so if you were gassy you had to walk away farting and people would say I was like a Whoopee cushion. I was sometimes quite noisy, never offensive."

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