Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes For Harmful Statements About The Holocaust Delivered On The View

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Whoopi Goldberg is apologizing. On Monday, the 66-year-old TV personality was speaking with her co-hosts on The View about troublesome trends around the nation in which books — including Maus and To Kill A Mockingbird — are being pulled from schools and banned from kids’ required reading lists. Related: Whoopi Goldberg Among The Celebs Who Defend Tom Cruise’s Wild COVID Rant While commenting on Maus — a 1980s graphic series about the Holocaust — being pulled from a Tennessee school curriculum, Whoopi lamented about how educational leaders there claimed it was yanked because it “contained some nudity and some bad language.” Disagreeing with the idea that it should get pulled, she said: Co-host Joy Behar responded, noting (below): Good point.

To which Goldberg responded: Uhhh… what? As the rest of the hosts discussed the situation, Whoopi later added: Wow. Here’s the full controversial clip: Hours after the show aired, and amid a major social media firestorm regarding her comments that the Holocaust was “not about race,” the Sister Act star owned up to how harmful those on-air statements were and apologized.

Acknowledging the mess by saying “I stand corrected” in a Twitter message in response on Monday evening, Goldberg shared: The full text image reads: Whoopi’s comments come amid a rise of anti-Semitic attacks here in the United States.

Per the American Jewish Committee’s findings, 1 in 4 Jewish Americans were subject to anti-Semitic behavior in 2021 alone. The committee’s CEO David Harris said in a statement this past October: To learn more about antisemitism and how you can combat it, CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE. [Image via The View/YouTube] The post Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes For Harmful Statements About The Holocaust