Whoopi Goldberg’s mom forgot her children after undergoing electroshock therapy

Whoopi Goldberg’s mom was hospitalized for 2 years during nan “View” co-host’s puerility — and mislaid memories aft undergoing electroshock therapy.

Emma Harris didn’t show Goldberg that she forgot who her children were astatine nan time, waiting 40 years to stock nan “secret” pinch her daughter.

“She said, ‘I didn’t cognize who you were erstwhile I sewage retired of nan hospital,’” Goldberg, 68, writes successful her forthcoming memoir, “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me,” per an excerpt obtained by People Thursday.

At nan time, nan EGOT victor replied, “I’m sorry, what? I’m sorry, what?”

Harris past explained, “Yeah, I had nary thought who you were. I conscionable knew I ne'er wanted to spell backmost to that hospital. So I had to do everything I could.

“If they said nan entity was green, and I could spot it wasn’t green, and it was blue, I’d say, “Yes, nan entity is green.” ‘Cause I ne'er wanted it again,’” she continued.

Goldberg opened up much astir nan acquisition connected “The View” Wednesday, saying her grandfather and begetter “OK’d that [her] mother get nan daze curen for 2 years” because “there was a clip successful this state erstwhile … immoderate man progressive successful your life could make aesculapian decisions for you.”

Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin expressed their “shock” that specified curen was utilized successful Goldberg’s lifetime.

The actress’ memoir hits bookshelves adjacent Tuesday.

Goldberg penned her communicative aft Harris and her brother, Clyde K. Johnson, died successful 2010 and 2015, respectively.

“They’ve been gone awhile now … truthful I deliberation I conscionable was starting to hide a batch of stuff,” she explained to viewers of her timing. “Everyone’s gone, and truthful I person memories of things that happened, but I don’t person circumstantial dates aliases times.”

The “Sister Act” prima joked that nan book’s events “may aliases whitethorn not person happened exactly” arsenic she describes.

Joy Behar noted that memoirs do not needfully person to beryllium “factual” arsenic overmuch arsenic “true.”

Harris died aft suffering a stroke, pinch Johnson dying 5 years later from a encephalon aneurysm.

On her 68th day successful November 2023, Goldberg said connected “The View” that she felt “lucky” to person “outlived” her sibling.