Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes AGAIN After Doubling Down On Holocaust Comments, But...

28.12.2022 - 19:39 / perezhilton.com

Whoopie Goldberg is once again apologizing after making more insensitive comments about the Holocaust, but has she really learned from her mistakes?

As we’ve been following, The View host first came under fire in February for claiming on an episode of the daytime talk show that the Holocaust wasn’t about race but instead “about man’s inhumanity to man.” After tons of backlash, she issued an apology and was suspended from the show for two weeks. Unfortunately, she then doubled down on her claims in a new interview with The Sunday Times out this week, suggesting she hadn’t actually learned anything from the criticism. Sigh…

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While chatting with the publication, Whoopi dove into the topic once again, saying:

When the reporter countered by saying Nazis saw Jewish people as a race, the Sister Act star responded:

Again, the journalist reportedly clapped back by pointing out race can be more than just skin color, saying the Nazis measured Jewish people’s facial features to “prove” they were an actual race. Whoopi replied:

Yeesh. Now, just days after the article’s publication, Whoopi is once again apologizing for her remarks after being slammed by critics. In a statement to E! News on Tuesday, the TV personality explained the context of her new interview, saying:

Despite seemingly still being hung up on her original ideologies about the Holocaust in the interview, the 67-year-old claimed she had learned a lot from her first round of backlash, adding:

The Till star also confirmed she now believes that the “Holocaust was about race” and insisted her support for the Jewish community “has not wavered and never will,” she added:

But why discuss the topic at all