Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From 'The View' Following Holocaust Comments

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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. «The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.»On Monday's episode, the panel was discussing the recent banning of, a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, by a school board in Tennessee.Goldberg stated, «The Holocaust isn't about race.

It's about man's inhumanity to man...These are two white groups of people.»Her co-host, Joy Behar, disagreed, responding, «Well, they considered Jews a different race.» Many online began criticizing Goldberg for her remarks, and on Monday evening, she apologized on Twitter, writing, «On today's show, I said the Holocaust 'is not about race, but about man's inhumanity to man.' 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.' I stand corrected,» she continued, giving her «sincerest apologies.» «The Jewish people around the world have always had my support and that will never waiver.