ABC suspends ‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg, After Controversial Comments About The Holocausts
After Whoopi Goldberg controversial comments on Monday’s ‘The View’, Goldberg has been suspended from the show for two weeks. ABC News president Kim Godwin announced the suspension via Twitter on Tuesday night. This comes one day after Goldberg insisted that the Holocaust was “not about race.”
“Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments. While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”
Goldberg received tons of immediate backlash on Monday after her controversial comments.
During a segment on banned books in schools across the U.S., the host of the daytime show, when referencing the Holocaust, said, “Well, this is white people doing it to white people, so y’all gonna fight amongst yourselves.”
Later, she said, “If you’re going to do this, then let’s be truthful about it, because the Holocaust isn’t about race.”
Co-hosts Ana Navarro, attempted to push back on her comments, Goldberg responded, “But these are two white groups of people! The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this alley. Let’s talk about it for what it is. It’s how people treat each other. It doesn’t matter if you’re Black or white, Jews, it’s each other.”
The backlash continued during a pre-taped interview she did with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she doubled down on her comments.
“I feel, being Black, when we talk about race, it’s a very different thing to me,” she told Colbert. “So I said I thought the Holocaust wasn’t about race. And people got very angry and still are angry. I’m getting a lot of mail from folks and a lot of real anger.”
“But I thought it was a salient discussion because as a Black person, I think of race as being something that I can see. So I see you and know what race you are. I thought it was more about man’s inhumanity to man… people said, ‘No, no, we are a race.’ I felt differently. I respect everything everyone is saying to me.”
Goldberg apologized one more time on The View Tuesday morning.
“I tweeted about it last night, but I want you to hear it from me directly. I said something that I feel a responsibility for not leaving unexamined because my words upset so many people which was never my intention. I understand why now, and for that I am deeply, deeply grateful because the information I got was really helpful and helped me understand some different things” she said.
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