makes her comeback on The View. The co-host of the show was previously suspended in regards to her offensive remarks on the Holocaust and her insistent claims that it was not about race as according to her the jews were also white.
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Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWhoopi Golberg apologized on Tuesday’s “The View” for her comments on yesterday’s show about the Holocaust, saying she now believes “it is indeed about race.”“So yesterday on our show, I misspoke,” Goldberg said at the top of Tuesday’s show. “And I tweeted about it last night but I kind of what 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. And 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.
And while discussing how a Tennessee school board unanimously voted to remove a graphic novel about the Holocaust, I said that the Holocaust wasn’t about race and it was instead about man’s inhumanity to man. But it is indeed about race, because Hitler and the Nazis considered the Jews to be an inferior race.
Now, words matter and mine are no exception. I regret my comments as I said and I stand corrected.
I also stand with the Jewish people, as they know, and as you all know because I’ve always done that.” Goldberg then introduced Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, “The View’s” first guest of the day who was invited on to “help continue this very important conversation” after speaking out against Goldberg’s comments on Twitter Monday.“View” co-host Goldberg first apologized Monday evening after facing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, the U.S. Holocaust Museum and other Jewish organizations for her remarks on that day’s episode of “The View,” in which she stated that the Holocaust was “not about race.”“On today’s show, I said the Holocaust
.makes her comeback on The View. The co-host of the show was previously suspended in regards to her offensive remarks on the Holocaust and her insistent claims that it was not about race as according to her the jews were also white.
suspension.Goldberg, 66, was unable to co-host the morning talk show after she made controversial remarks about the Holocaust on-air last month.“The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race,” the Oscar winner said on the Jan. 31 episode.
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Michelle Collins is weighing in on Whoopi Goldberg‘s controversy. On the latest episode of SiriusXM’s “The Michelle Collins Show”, the former co-host of “The View”, who appeared on the show between 2015 and 2016, addressed Goldberg’s recent remarks on the Holocaust, for which she has apologized and been suspended for two weeks.
Whoopi Goldberg's controversy. On the latest episode of SiriusXM's , the former co-host of , who appeared on the show between 2015 and 2016, addressed Goldberg's recent remarks on the Holocaust, for which she has apologized and been suspended for two weeks.Collins, one of only two Jewish co-hosts to ever appear on (the other is Barbara Walters), began her discussion by praising Goldberg.«When I was on that show, Whoopi Goldberg was one of the most supportive, nicest, people there to me,» she said. "… I know Whoopi fairly well.
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Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her role as presenter of US talk show The View for two weeks following her “wrong and hurtful comments” about the Holocaust.
Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended for two week from ET confirms that the 66-year-old co-host will not appear on the daytime talk show after comments she made on Monday's episode of about the Holocaust.«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,» Kim Godwin, President, ABC News, said in a statement to ET.
Whoopi Goldberg, 66, has been suspended from The View for two weeks due to her controversial statements about the Holocaust. The co-host and moderator had faced major backlash after she had said that the Holocaust was “not about race,” during a discussion about schools banning Art Spiegelman’s Maus. Despite her multiple apologies, ABC opted to suspend the co-host.
Meghan McCain, 37, spoke out against her former colleague Whoopi Goldberg, 66, over the comedian’s comments about the Holocaust in a tweet on Tuesday February 1. The former View co-host shared that she was reluctant to speak out against her old job, but she wanted to share how “heartbroken” she was to hear the controversial comments that Whoopi made, saying that the Holocaust was “not about race,” during Monday’s episode.
Whoopi Goldberg is addressing the controversy surrounding her recent comments on The View.
Whoopi Goldberg regrets her controversial remarks about the Holocaust, saying on Tuesday's episode of that she «misspoke» but that «words matter.»The 66-year-old talk show host issued her remarks at the top of the show, which also included the guest appearance of Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, who offered Goldberg and 's audience more insight about the subject. «Yesterday on our show, I misspoke,» said Goldberg in reference to Monday's remarks that triggered outrage after saying «the Holocaust isn't about race.» «I said something that I feel a responsibility for not leaving unexamined, because my words upset so many people, which was never intentional and I understand why now. For that, I'm deeply grateful.
UPDATED, 8:42 AM: Whoopi Goldberg apologized again on The View this morning for her comments that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Saying that she “misspoke” Monday, Goldberg said on-air today that the Holocaust “is indeed about race, because Hitler and the Nazis considered the Jews to be an inferior race. Now, words matter — and mine are no exception. I regret my comments, and I stand corrected. I also stand with the Jewish people.”
Whoopi Goldberg, 66, offered a very sincere apology for saying that the Holocaust was “not about race” to start The View on Tuesday February 1. The co-host said that she “misspoke” during Monday’s episode while discussing a Tennessee schoolboard’s decision to ban Art Spiegelman’s Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust. The comic offered her support to the Jewish community and brought on Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to discuss why comments like Whoopi’s are harmful.