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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.

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.

Piers Morgan, 56, has taken aim at Whoopi Goldberg after she sparked outrage with claims that "the Holocaust isn't about race.” Last year, Whoopi commented on the former Good Morning Britain presenter’s reaction during a discussion surrounding his claims that he didn’t “believe a word” of Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah.Whoopi had been discussing a video of Piers storming off the Good Morning Britain set after making the remarks about the Duchess of Sussex on ABC talk show The View.Commenting on Piers’ sudden exit from the set of Good Morning Britain, Whoopi said: “A snap poll found that about half of the viewers found it inappropriate.“Others called it a betrayal of the Royal Family and TV personalities like...,“ Whoopi said as she took a deep inhale.She then added: “Piers Morgan was personally offended by it, take a look.”Taking to Twitter yesterday, Piers reacted in view of his 7.9 million followers to a clip showing the The View host discussing the Holocaust.He retweeted a post containing the video that was captioned: “Sparks fly as The View panel confronts Whoopi after she says ‘the Holocaust isn't about race. No.

The View on ABC, said that the atrocity was instead “about man’s inhumanity to man” in a discussion about the Pulitzer-winning Holocaust novel Maus, which has been banned by a school board in Tennessee.In the original discussion, Goldberg commented: “Let’s be truthful, the Holocaust isn’t about race, it’s not. It’s about man’s inhumanity to man, that’s what it’s about.

Whoopi Goldberg is responding to the backlash surrounding comments she made on Monday's episode of about the Holocaust. The panel was discussing the recent banning of, a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, by a school board in Tennessee. «The Holocaust isn't about race.

Amid controversy over her recent comments about race and the Holocaust, Whoopi Goldberg attempted to clarify her intentions Monday night on Global’s “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert.

Piers Morgan has branded Whoopi Goldberg’s comments about the Holocaust ‘insane’ and questions if she will ‘lose her job’ similar to Sharon Osbourne following her own race row. Whoopi, 66, sparked outrage when she claimed on The View that the Holocaust ‘wasn’t about race’ but instead about ‘man’s inhumanity to man’. Around six million people were murdered by Hitler’s regime in Nazi Germany during World War II and his hatred of Jewish people stemmed from Nazis believing themselves to be an Aryan ‘master race’. Reacting to Whoopi’s controversial statement, which she has since apologised for, Piers tweeted: ‘WTF? This is insane. The extermination of 6 million Jews wasn’t about race???‘Will any rock stars or renegade royals now boycott Whoopi Goldberg and/or ABC for this dangerous misinformation?’ He later followed it up with: ‘Sharon Osbourne was fired from The Talk for defending me against a fake charge of racism. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video‘Whoopi Goldberg said on The View yesterday that the Holocaust “wasn’t about race”, which for Jewish people is about as racist a comment as anyone could make.

"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'."She continued: "I stand corrected."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."Whoopi appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert late yesterday evening and said she was very upset that she had offended many.She said: "It upset a lot of people, which was never ever ever my intention."The actress then tried to justify her choice of words earlier that day on The View.Whoopi added: "I feel, being black, when we talk about race it's a very different thing to me."So I said I thought the Holocaust wasn't about race."And it made people very angry.

Whoopi Goldberg is apologizing.

While discussing the controversy over a Tennessee school district banning Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and somewhat graphic graphic novel Maus in schools, Whoopi Goldberg said today on The View that the Holocaust was “not about race.” She got immediate pushback from the show’s other hosts and, shortly thereafter, from the Anti-Defamation League, the Auschwitz Memorial and the Holocaust Museum.

Whoopi Goldberg is speaking out with an apology after she received backlash for the comments she made about the Holocaust on the latest episode of The View.

Whoopi Goldberg is facing criticism after her comments about the Holocaust on “The View”.

J. Kim Murphy Whoopi Goldberg is facing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, the U.S. Holocaust Museum and other Jewish organizations for her remarks on the latest episode of “The View,” in which she stated that the Holocaust was “not about race.”Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, responded to “The View” co-hosts comments on Twitter, calling her remarks “dangerous.”“The Holocaust was about the Nazi’s systemic annihilation of the Jewish people — who they deemed to be an inferior race,” wrote Greenblatt.

Whoopi Goldberg, 66, is facing a slew of backlash for the comments she made about the Holocaust and its relation to race on Monday, Jan 31’s episode of The View. The co-host made her bold statement while discussing how a Tennessee school district recently banned Maus, a graphic novel about a Holocaust survivor. “The Holocaust isn’t about race,” Whoopi stated. “Well, they considered Jews a different race,” her co-host Joy Behar clarified to which Whoopi responded, “it’s not about race.” “It’s about man’s inhumanity to man,” she said when asked to explain her stance.

Whoopi Goldberg is facing major backlash for the comments she made about the Holocaust.

recent ban of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Holocaust retelling “Maus,” Goldberg argued that the genocide was broader than a race-based injustice.“The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race,” Goldberg, 66, said repeatedly. “It’s about man’s inhumanity to man.” Other “The View” co-hosts were quick to disagree.

Whoopi Goldberg is calling out Bill Maher.

Whoopi Goldberg fired back at Bill Maher over comments he made in his Real Time monologue Friday evening, including, “I don’t want to live in your paranoid world anymore — your masked, paranoid world.”

Whoopi Goldberg has some thoughts about Bill Maher’s most recent monologue.