Whoopi Goldberg has actually been suspended from ABC following her controversial remarks about the Holocaust in which she stated the extermination of 6 million Jews was not about race.
“Reliable instantly, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her incorrect and painful remarks,” ABC News president Kim Godwin stated in a declaration.
“While Whoopi has asked forgiveness, I’ve asked her to take some time to show and find out about the effect of her remarks,” Godwin included. “The entire ABC News organization stands in uniformity with our Jewish colleagues, good friends, household and neighborhoods.”
— ABC News PR (@ABCNewsPR) February 2, 2022
Numerous sources informed Page Six that ABC insiders are neither happy with Whoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust remarks nor her apology after the preliminary backlash and believe she needs to be disciplined.
“ABC staffers and Disney Network execs are saying Whoopi went way too far. And board members are not happy with her apology and want a fuller retraction. The word is that Whoopi remains in ‘deep shit,'” one ABC source told the outlet.
“Why does Whoopi apparently get a pass when others do not? Perhaps this time she will not. Lots of at the network– including her fellow hosts– think Whoopi is too controversial now for the show,” the source included.
While Whoopi may hope the scenario will blow over soon, the ABC expert said that will likely not take place.
“This will cast a shadow over everything for a while. Even Delight Behar was heard saying backstage that Whoopi is ‘dead incorrect’ and may not ever recover from this,” the source stated. “Happiness found this especially troubling and could not think Whoopi would not stand remedied till she was forced.”
“Her agents are panicking that she may have ruined herself for excellent,” the source continued. “Plus, now she needs to fret about prospective death hazards.”
A different television insider stated that Whoopi might gain from the reality that individuals are tired of “cancel culture.”
“Whoopi might take advantage of the fact that people are tired of cancel culture. However it is still astonishing that it’s one guideline for Whoopi and another for everybody else,” the insider stated.
During Monday’s show of The View, Goldberg said the Holocaust was not particularly about race however about male’s inhumanity to others.
“The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this street. Let’s speak about it for what it is. It’s how people deal with each other. It’s a problem. It does not matter if you’re black or white, due to the fact that black, white, Jews … everybody eats each other,” she said.
After substantial backlash, Goldberg said sorry in a declaration released on Twitter.
On today’s program, I stated the Holocaust “is not about race, however about guy’s inhumanity to male.” I should’ve said it has to do with both. As Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League shared,” The Holocaust had to do with the Nazis methodical annihilation of the Jewish individuals– Who they deemed to be an inferior race.” I stand corrected.
The Jewish people all over the world have actually constantly had my support which will never waver. I’m sorry for the hurt I have actually caused.
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) February 1, 2022
Monday night, Goldberg elaborated on her remarks with comedian Stephen Colbert and appeared to double-down on her stance by arguing that Jews do not experience racial discrimination in the same method as black people due to skin color.
Neither ABC nor its parent-company Disney has actually provided a reaction to Goldberg’s comments.
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