Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘I Stand Behind’ Carrie Underwood and ‘Have to Support’ Her Right to Perform at Trump’s Inauguration: ‘I Won’t Be Watching’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Whoopi Goldberg showed some support to Carrie Underwood on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) amid backlash against the “American Idol” winner and country music star for her decision to perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump‘s inauguration on Jan.
20. The EGOT winner has been outspoken against Trump for years but said she stands behind Underwood, although Goldberg will not be watching the performance or the inauguration. “People do what they do for whatever reason,” Goldberg said, noting that public figures have every right to navigate politics however they see fit.
Such was the case when MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski met with Trump after he won the presidential election in November, Goldberg observed. “I stand behind her,” Goldberg added of Underwood. “If I believe I have the right to make up my mind to go perform some place, I believe [she has] the same right.
I have to support. It doesn’t mean I’m particularly interested. I won’t be watching, but that’s just me.” “I think art is art and you have a right to perform where you want to perform,” Goldberg’s “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin said, echoing Goldberg by adding that she has no plans to watch Underwood or the inauguration and has “scheduled a spa day” instead.
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