Whoopi Goldberg, 66, has been suspended from her longtime position on ABC's 'The View' for on-air comments regarding the holocaust. During a segment regarding the banning the highly-acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel, Maus -- which takes place in Nazi Germany -- and To Kill a Mockingbird in Tennessee and Seattle respectively, Goldberg repeatedly made the claim that "the Holocaust wasn't about race."
Her co-hosts pushed back on-air, pointing out that a core Nazi belief was rooted in white supremacy, but Goldberg insisted that it the Holocaust wasn't race-related, but about "man's inhumanity to man." The production even started to play "wrap it up" music while Goldberg was still talking before abruptly cutting to a commercial break.
Shortly after Goldberg's comments, ABC President Kim Godwin released a statement saying that the longtime presence on the view who took over for Roseanne Barr all the way back in 2007, has been suspended.
— ABC News PR (@ABCNewsPR) February 2, 2022
Yesterday, Goldberg has gone on something of an apology tour -- starting with an appearance on The Late Show where she said that it was never her intention to upset people and that she was simply caught off-balance mid-conversation and made the mistake of poor phrasing.
Nonetheless, opinions are divided over what the proper course of action for ABC was, with many people saying that it was too severe a kneejerk reaction, while others are infuriated by what they deem a minimization of the holocaust.
YES #WhoopiGoldberg it was ALL & ONLY about RACE.
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) January 31, 2022
Apologize!!!! #NazisInFlorida @iamrapaport is LIVE now pic.twitter.com/RBDP40J1ME
I will repeat what I said earlier: #WhoopiGoldberg's comments were ignorant. But they were not malicious. I think this decision is ridiculous! U? #TheView pic.twitter.com/SmHmGyW1MS
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) February 2, 2022
#WhoopiGoldberg
— Martin, moldy German raccoon (@pissed_racoon) January 31, 2022
As a German I'm fuming.
Can you, before you defend her, at least READ AND LEARN first?
I make it easy for you.
The laws themselves are in it, too.
After reading this tell me again it was not about race. https://t.co/mMYEOzrgWb
People make mistakes. The good ones apologize. The real focus should be on actual Nazis like the ones screaming kill Jews in Orlando. I’m saving my outrage for them & those that are in a position of power & are silent. @GovRonDeSantis #WhoopiGoldberg #Antisemitism
— Rabbi Jill Zimmerman (@RabbiJill) February 2, 2022
What do you make of Goldberg's comments and ABC's choice of a two-week suspension?
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