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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NEW YORK -- The actress Whoopi Goldberg has apologized for saying the Holocaust was not about race, comments that caused a backlash.She made the initial comments on ABC's ‘’The View"’ program on Monday morning. Her apology came in a tweet hours later.“On today's show, I said the Holocaust 'is not about race, but about man's inhumanity to man.' I should have said it is about both. As Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League shared, 'The Holocaust was about the Nazi's systematic annihilation of the Jewish people — who they deemed to be an inferior race.' I stand corrected," Goldberg said."The Jewish people around the world have always had my support and that will never waiver.
I'm sorry for the hurt I have caused. Written with my sincerest apologies, Whoopi Goldberg," she said.The hosts on “The View” were discussing a Tennessee school board's banning of “Maus,” a graphic novel about the Nazi death camps during World War Two. The board cited nudity and profanity as its reasons for banning the book, which has won several literary awards, including a Pulitzer Prize.Goldberg said: “I’m surprised that’s what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity.
I mean, it’s about the Holocaust, the killing of six million people, but that didn’t bother you? If you’re going to do this, then let’s be truthful about it. Because the Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race.”Joy Behar said that the Nazis said Jews were a different race.“But it’s not about race.
It’s not. It’s about man’s inhumanity to other man,” Goldberg replied.Ana Navarro responded: “But it’s about white supremacy. It’s about going after Jews and Gypsies and Roma.”Goldberg said: “But these are two white groups of people.”Sara Haines
.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.
Two weeks already??
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.
Whoopi Goldberg is back on The View after a two week suspension.
“The View” has welcomed back Whoopi Goldberg.
The controversy surrounding Whoopi Goldberg and her unfortunate comments earlier this week on The View shows no signs of abating.
Following Whoopi Goldberg‘s suspension from The View in the aftermath of her remarks about the Holocaust during Monday’s episode, it sounds as though there is still plenty of tension at the daytime TV giant.
Zack Sharf Whoop Goldberg’s “The View” co-hosts Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin remained silent on the Wednesday, Feb. 2, episode of the ABC daytime talk show regarding Goldberg’s two-week suspension. ABC News president Kim Godwin announced in the evening of Tuesday, Feb., 1 that Goldberg would be suspended from “The View” following Goldberg’s remarks that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Behar started the Wednesday morning episode of “The View” by reiterating that Goldberg would be off the show for two weeks, then the hosts moved on to the “Hot Topics” segment.“You all saw the news,” Behar said.
NEW YORK -- With Tara Setmayer, a former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill, sitting in Wednesday as guest co-host for a second day this week, Whoopi Goldberg's colleagues on “The View” had virtually nothing to say about her two-week suspension for her comments on Jews and the Holocaust.At the top of the ABC talk show, co-host Joy Behar noted Goldberg's absence and said simply, with a tiny head tilt, “OK,” before moving on to other topics. The show went on with four co-hosts.Goldberg's suspension was announced by ABC News President Kim Godwin on Tuesday, the day after Goldberg said during a discussion of a Tennessee school board's banning of the book “Maus” that the Holocaust was “not about race ...
Whoopi Goldberg will not be on The View for two weeks starting Wednesday, February 2. The suspension follows her controversial remarks about the Holocaust and race on the Monday, January 31 episode.
Whoopi Goldberg has been slammed for claiming that the Holocaust 'was not about race ' because it involved 'two groups of white people'.
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 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.