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Behar desperately wanted more details<\/a>, asking, \u201cWhen were you in jail?\u201d Goldberg replied, \u201cI\u2019ll tell you about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe show later went to a commercial break, and when it returned, Goldberg took time to clarify her alleged stint behind bars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t want people freaking out,\u201d said the EGOT winner. \u201cThere are jokes. When you say, \u2018Yeah, maybe I did the Appalachian Trail and went to jail,\u2019 don\u2019t get it twisted. I\u2019m a humorist, OK?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nShe then discouraged anyone from trying to find information<\/a> about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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\u201cStop looking it up,\u201d she quipped. \u201cThat\u2019s what I know is happening, is that right? People are looking, \u2018When did she go to jail?\u2019 You\u2019ll be looking until the cows come home, honey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nA brief dig reveals that Goldberg was arrested in May 1985 at the University of California Berkeley\u2019s campus during a protest over racial policies in South Africa. She and Berkeley\u2019s then-mayor Gus Newport were taken into custody with about a dozen others for blocking entrances to the headquarters, per an Associated Press<\/em> syndicated article on The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
The show later went to a commercial break, and when it returned, Goldberg took time to clarify her alleged stint behind bars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want people freaking out,\u201d said the EGOT winner. \u201cThere are jokes. When you say, \u2018Yeah, maybe I did the Appalachian Trail and went to jail,\u2019 don\u2019t get it twisted. I\u2019m a humorist, OK?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n She then discouraged anyone from trying to find information<\/a> about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u201cStop looking it up,\u201d she quipped. \u201cThat\u2019s what I know is happening, is that right? People are looking, \u2018When did she go to jail?\u2019 You\u2019ll be looking until the cows come home, honey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A brief dig reveals that Goldberg was arrested in May 1985 at the University of California Berkeley\u2019s campus during a protest over racial policies in South Africa. She and Berkeley\u2019s then-mayor Gus Newport were taken into custody with about a dozen others for blocking entrances to the headquarters, per an Associated Press<\/em> syndicated article on The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n