‘The View’ Defends Broadway’s Nicole Scherzinger: “People Are Losing Their Minds”

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The View today came to the defense of Broadway‘s Nicole Scherzinger against the “mob mentality” of social media, even saying the Sunset Blvd.

star should not have apologized for liking Russell Brand’s MAGA-style “Make Jesus First Again” ball cap. After View moderator Whoopi Goldberg reminded viewers during today’s Hot Topics segment that Scherzinger was raised in conservative Kentucky, is a devout Catholic and has supported the LGBTQ community, she asked her co-panelists for their thoughts on the online backlash.

All defended Scherzinger, whose performance as Norma Desmond has drawn rave reviews and Tony Award speculation. Her comment on Brand’s X page was criticized as, at best, tone deaf given that her recent stage success comes within a generally liberal Broadway community that views MAGA as detrimental to the rights of gay people and women. (View cohosts Joy Behar and Alyssa Farah Griffin were off today.) “Emotions are so raw,” said co-host Ana Navarro of the post-election mood. “It’s overkill.

I think people are losing their minds. Right now social media is a rough, rough place to be. You can literally post a picture of puppies and there will be people attacking you. “Every day I get thousands of people telling me to ‘go eat another burrito and go back to Mexico,” said Navarro (who is Nicaraguan-American). “I ain’t going anywhere.” On Friday evening, Scherzinger posted a message on Instagram Story saying, “I deeply apologize for the hurt caused by my recent engagement with some social media posts.