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Whoopi Goldberg Clarifies Recent Comments About Jews, Race & The Holocaust: “I Believe That The Holocaust Was About Race” – Updated
28.12.2022 - 01:17 / deadline.com
UPDATED with statement: Whoopi Goldberg issued a statement to Deadline today after an interview she did with the Sunday Times of London sparked a strong response from the ADL and other organizations which combat anti-Semitism. In the statement, Goldberg indicates that, in the interview, she was simply recounting what she said earlier this year, not “doubling down on hurtful comments.” She also says plainly that “I believe that the Holocaust was about race, and I am still as sorry now as I was then that I upset, hurt and angered people.”
Read her full statement below.
Recently while doing press in London, I was asked about my comments from earlier this year. I tried to convey to the reporter what I had said and why, and attempted to recount that time. It was never my intention to appear as if I was doubling down on hurtful comments, especially after talking with and hearing people like rabbis and old and new friends weighing in. I’m still learning a lot and believe me, I heard everything everyone said to me. I believe that the Holocaust was about race, and I am still as sorry now as I was then that I upset, hurt and angered people. My sincere apologies again, especially to everyone who thought this was a fresh rehash of the subject. I promise it was not. In this time of rising antisemitism, I want to be very clear when I say that I always stood with the Jewish people and always will. My support for them has not wavered and never will.
PREVIOUSLY: For the second time this year, Whoopi Goldberg has tried to make the argument that the Holocaust wasn’t about race, this time qualifying the contention with the idea that it didn’t start out that way, even if it ended up there. And for the second time this year, the ADL and
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