Whoopi Goldberg Admits Having to Put Career Over Motherhood [Video]

For mothers, work-life balance is not always a 50 – 50 split. The idea of having it all is impossible when you’re trying to climb the corporate ladder and run the PTA – that is, if you want to get any sleep at night. Actress and The View panel moderator Whoopi Goldberg knows that all too well. And she opened up to her co-hosts about a difficult choice she had to make while raising her daughter, Alexandrea Martin.

On the March 12 episode of The View, Goldberg shared that she prioritized her acting career while raising now 50-year-old Alex, because as a struggling actor, she knew the opportunity for stardom may never come her way again.

“My kid came before my career, and I chose my career because …