“They were rocks for me”

Goldberg recalled his friendship with Reeve in an interview with his adult children on “The View.”

Whoopi Goldberg spoke about her friendships with the late actors Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams.

Goldberg, 68, and The viewCo-hosts Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines were joined by Reeves' three children Matthew (44), Alexandra (40) and William (32) on the Thursday, September 19 episode of the daytime talk show to talk about the upcoming documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. (The Superman The actor greeted Matthew and Alexandra with his former partner Gae Exton and William with his wife Dana.)

“My friend Whoopi showed up,” said Hostin, 55. “He directed Whoopi and Glenn Close's 1997 At duskone of his first projects after the accident was about the AIDS crisis… Whoopi, what memories do you have of working with Chris?”

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“Well, I was shocked that he called me,” began Goldberg, who is among the celebrities interviewed in the film. “I said, 'Are you sure?' He said, 'Yes, I want you.' I said, 'Okay,'” she said. “He said, 'Don't you want to know what it is?' I said, 'No. No. I don't want to know. Whatever you want.'”

Reeves' directorial debut also starred Robert Sean Leonard and Bridget Fonda. The made-for-television film tells the story of the last days of a young man, Danny (Leonard), who has been diagnosed with terminal AIDS.

Goldberg noted how lucky she was to have Reeve and Williams as friends. “I was lucky to have Robin and Christopher in my life, yes, and those two men were rocks for me. They were rocks for me,” she said.

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“I didn't see them all the time, but they were always around me because they taught us how to actually figure out how to keep going,” Goldberg continued. “I just had the best time. I had the best time. I was lucky.”

Williams committed suicide in August 2014 at the age of 63. Reeve died of heart failure in October 2004 at the age of 52, nine years after a spinal cord injury left him paralyzed and requiring a wheelchair and ventilator.

“Robin was daddy's best friend, and you're there for your friends,” Will previously told PEOPLE. “What shone through was just their love and respect for each other, and that never wavered.”

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The documentary includes interviews with Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels and Close. Close, 77, spoke about the friendship between Reeve and Williams in the documentary, noting, “I always felt that if Chris was still here, Robin would still be alive.”

In addition to conversations with Reeves' friends and family, there is archival footage of Williams and Reeves' late wife Dana, who died of lung cancer in 2006.

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The view airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/PT on ABC. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story will be released in select theaters on September 21st and will be repeated on September 25th, the actor's 72nd birthday.

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