Whoopi Goldberg surprises fan with an electric SUV
Published on Nov 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Nov 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
Whoopi Goldberg surprised a fan of her show The View with a brand-new Lucid Gravity EV SUV.
The Hollywood star and TV personality recently turned 70 and said she treated herself to an EV for her birthday.
And, to mark her special day, she randomly selected a member from The View audience to win their own very Lucid Gravity.
And it’s safe to say the winner was delighted.
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Whoopi Goldberg gave away a Lucid Gravity SUV for her birthday
The Lucid Gravity went into production late last year, for the model year 2026.
It’s the first SUV from the marque and offers three rows of seating with another space for seven people.
It’s 120 kWh battery is good for up to 450 miles of range, and it can hit 0-60mph in an impressive 3.4 seconds.
On a recent episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg told the audience she had snapped up a Lucid Gravity for her birthday.
She then went on to reveal that she was going to give away one of the luxury SUVs to an audience member in honor of her 70th birthday.
Goldberg stepped inside a booth, which was quickly filled with tickets flying around in the air.
She grabbed one at random – number 46 – and announced it to the audience.
The winning ticket belonged to an absolutely elated audience member who rushed on stage to claim her prize.
Everyone else got a Lucid goody bag, which included a branded a blanket.
Not all winners walk away so happy
The View isn’t the first show to hand out a free car to its audience members.
Back in 2010, a woman snagged herself a brand-new Volkswagen Beetle after appearing in the audience of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
@AlwaysCandid said the filming of the giveaway took around two-and-a-half hours and it took more than a year to actually get her hands on the car.
One of The Oprah Winfrey Show’s most famous moments was the star screaming, ‘You get a car, you get a car, and you get a car’, promising each of her audience members a free Pontiac.
That episode is one of the show’s most famous, with many praising the host’s generosity.
Unfortunately, it ended on a somewhat sour note.
That’s because all of the audience members who Oprah gifted a free Pontiac to had to pay a fee of up to $7,000 once the cameras stopped rolling.
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With a background in both local and national press in the UK, Claire moved to New Zealand before joining the editorial team at Supercar Blondie in May 2024. As a Senior Content Writer working on New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), Claire was the first writer on the team to make the site’s output a slick 24/7 operation covering the latest in automotive news.
