Whoopi Goldberg slammed for claiming the Holocaust 'was not about race' because it involved 'two groups of white people'

Sara Haines slammed fans who found Whoopi Goldberg’s two-week suspension from The View for her harmful comments about the Holocaust wasn’t enough.

It sounds like Lisa Ling is really glad she doesn’t have to co-host The View full time anymore — especially after an awkward moment behind the scenes recently.

The controversy surrounding Whoopi Goldberg and her unfortunate comments earlier this week on The View shows no signs of abating.

Following Whoopi Goldberg‘s suspension from The View in the aftermath of her remarks about the Holocaust during Monday’s episode, it sounds as though there is still plenty of tension at the daytime TV giant.

Zack Sharf Whoop Goldberg’s “The View” co-hosts Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin remained silent on the Wednesday, Feb. 2, episode of the ABC daytime talk show regarding Goldberg’s two-week suspension. ABC News president Kim Godwin announced in the evening of Tuesday, Feb., 1 that Goldberg would be suspended from “The View” following Goldberg’s remarks that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Behar started the Wednesday morning episode of “The View” by reiterating that Goldberg would be off the show for two weeks, then the hosts moved on to the “Hot Topics” segment.“You all saw the news,” Behar said.

The hosts of “The View” are moving on to more pressing topics.

Maybe some topics are just too hot.

Whoopi Goldberg will not be on The View for two weeks starting Wednesday, February 2. The suspension follows her controversial remarks about the Holocaust and race on the Monday, January 31 episode.

came under fire after saying on the US chat show that the Holocaust was "not about race".And ABC News has now confirmed that the star has been suspended for two weeks."Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments," ABC News president Kim Godwin said in a statement."While Whoopi has apologised, I've asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire ABC News organisation stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities."Whoopi made the comment on The View as she was discussing the fact that a school board in Tennessee had taken the book Maus, which is about the Holocaust, off the curriculum because of profanity and nudity.She told her co-hosts: "I'm surprised that's what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity.

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her moderating slot on ABC’s The View after sharing a personal observation on the driving force behind the Nazi’s cruel and inhumane actions during the Holocaust.

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from “The View” following some controversial comments she made about the Holocaust during Monday’s edition of the daytime talk show.

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended for two week from ET confirms that the 66-year-old co-host will not appear on the daytime talk show after comments she made on Monday's episode of about the Holocaust.«Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments. While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments,» Kim Godwin, President, ABC News, said in a statement to ET.

Whoopi Goldberg, 66, has been suspended from The View for two weeks due to her controversial statements about the Holocaust. The co-host and moderator had faced major backlash after she had said that the Holocaust was “not about race,” during a discussion about schools banning Art Spiegelman’s Maus. Despite her multiple apologies, ABC opted to suspend the co-host.

Meghan McCain, 37, spoke out against her former colleague Whoopi Goldberg, 66, over the comedian’s comments about the Holocaust in a tweet on Tuesday February 1. The former View co-host shared that she was reluctant to speak out against her old job, but she wanted to share how “heartbroken” she was to hear the controversial comments that Whoopi made, saying that the Holocaust was “not about race,” during Monday’s episode.

The View has been encouraged to "add Jewish voices" after Whoopi Goldberg apologized for claiming the Holocaust was not about race. On Tuesday Whoopi opened the hit ABC show and shared with viewers: "Yesterday on the show I misspoke.

Piers Morgan has lashed out at Whoopi Goldberg after she claimed the death of six million Jews during the Holocaust was "was not about race."The actress, 66, created controversy by claiming that the Nazis did not kill people based on their race during an episode of US chat show The View on Monday (January 31).She was discussing the removal of Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from eighth-grade curriculum by a Tennessee school board after they deemed it unsuitable because of bad language and the depiction of female nudity.The book focuses on Jewish victims being tortured and murdered by Nazis during World War Two and was removed after parents demanded change over books where the focus lies on race, gender identity, and sexuality.Reacting to the comment Piers Morgan 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?"Discussing the book on the show Whoopi said: "I'm surprised that's what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity."I mean, it's about the Holocaust, the killing of six million people, but that didn't bother you?“Well, this is white people doing it to white people.

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.”

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.

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.

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.