Whoopi Goldberg suspended from The View
Sister Act star Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from co-hosting The View in America for the next two weeks.
It's after she made some controversial comments about the Holocaust on the show this week.
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ABC president Kim Godwin announced her suspension in a statement to E! News.
She explained, 'While Whoopi has apologized, I've asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments.'
'The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.'
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A source told E! News that Whoopi's suspension, 'is a surprise to most of the staff.'
'There are a lot of text messages being sent around right now. Tomorrow will be interesting.'
'Discussions have already begun about how this will be addressed on the show tomorrow.'
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What happened?
During the week, Whoopi and her The View co-hosts were chatting about a school board's decision to ban Holocaust graphic novel Maus.
The actress said, "Let’s be truthful – the Holocaust isn’t about race."
"It’s about man’s inhumanity to man – that’s what it’s about."
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One of her The View co-hosts replied, "But it's about white supremacy."
Whoopi continued, "But these are two white groups of people."
"You’re missing the point."
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"The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this alley. Let’s talk about it for what it is – it’s how people treat each other. It’s a problem."
"It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white, because black, white, Jews… everybody eats each other."
Watch the full discussion here:
Sparks fly as The View panel confronts Whoopi after she says "the Holocaust isn't about race. No. It's not about race."
"Well, the considered Jews a different race," Joy Behar says."But it's about white supremacy. It's about going after Jews and Gypsies," Ana Navarro adds. pic.twitter.com/GZwZSi2qXi
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 31, 2022
The apology
The 66-year-old faced major backlash over her words and has since issued a public apology.
She tweeted, '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.'
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She continued, 'As Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) 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.'
'The Jewish people around the world have always had my support and that will never waiver. I am sorry for the hurt I have caused.'
'Written with my sincerest apologies. Whoopi Goldberg'
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) February 1, 2022
Whoopi hasn't commented on her suspension.
