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New York Post
4 days ago
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- New York Post
Whoopi Goldberg clashes with ‘View' co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin after claiming life in US is as bad as Iran
Whoopi Goldberg is facing backlash after some pointed remarks about the US and Iran this week. On Wednesday morning, during the latest episode of 'The View,' Goldberg appeared to claim that life in the US is just as bad as it is in Iran during a heated clash with her co-host, Alyssa Farah Griffin. The argument began as the panel, which also included co-hosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines, debated the correct course of action the US should take as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues to escalate in the Middle East. Advertisement 9 Whoopi Goldberg is facing backlash after some pointed remarks about the US and Iran. ABC 9 Goldberg appeared to claim that life in the US is just as bad as life in Iran during a clash with her co-host, Alyssa Farah Griffin, on 'The View' Wednesday morning. ABC 'Let's just remember, too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings,' Griffin, 36, said. 'They don't adhere to basic human rights or international law.' Advertisement It was then that Goldberg, 69, pushed back and suggested that the US was no better than Iran when it came to the country's treatment of 'gay folks' and 'Black people.' 'Let's not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car,' she charged, adding that the US 'used to just keep hanging Black people.' 9 The comedian suggested that the US was no better than Iran when it came to the country's treatment of 'gay folks' and 'Black people.' ABC 9 'Let's just remember, too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings,' Griffin said. 'They don't adhere to basic human rights or international law.' ABC Advertisement Griffin quickly fired back and insisted that the modern-day US is 'nothing like' Iran. 'The year 2025 in the United States is nothing like if I stepped foot wearing this outfit in Tehran right now,' she argued, referencing Iran's capital. 'Not if you're Black,' Goldberg retorted after Griffin repeated her point that it's different to live in America in 2025 versus Iran. 'Uh, guys, don't go to Tehran,' Griffin responded. 'Do not. No one at this table can go to Tehran.' Advertisement 9 Goldberg and Griffin's the 'View' co-hosts tried to cut in amid the pair's heated argument. ABC 9 'The year 2025 in the United States is nothing like if I stepped foot wearing this outfit in Tehran right now,' Griffin insisted. ABC Although Goldberg conceded that the US 'is the greatest country in the world,' she also emphasized that there are still issues 'Black people' face every day. 'But every day, we are worried,' the comedian said. 'Do we have to be worried about our kids? Are their kids going to get shot because they're running through somebody's neighborhood?' 'They are not big deals,' she added, 'and I don't mean to say they're not big deals to you, because that's not what I meant.' 9 Goldberg conceded that the US 'is the greatest country in the world,' but also emphasized that there are still issues 'Black people' face every day. ABC Griffin then agreed that there are 'very real problems' in the US, but there are also 'places much darker' than America. 'Nobody wants to diminish the very real problems we have in this country,' she said shortly before Goldberg cut her off. 'That is no one's intent, but I think it's important we remember there are places much darker than this country, and people who deserve rights…' Advertisement 'Listen, not everybody feels that way,' Goldberg interrupted. 'Not everybody feels that way. Listen, I'm sorry, you know, when you think about the fact that we got the vote in 1965…' 'They don't have free and fair elections in Iran!' Griffin then interjected. 'It's not even the same universe!' 9 'They don't have free and fair elections in Iran!' Griffin interjected. 'It's not even the same universe!' ABC Although Behar, 82, attempted to cut in and calm both Goldberg and Griffin down, the pair continued their debate. Advertisement Goldberg ultimately ended the argument by announcing that 'The View' had to take a commercial break. The comedian faced major backlash on social media after the clip of her and Griffin's clash went viral. 'She is delusional,' one person tweeted regarding the 'Sister Act' star's comments, while another critic commented, 'Utter insanity to suggest this.' 9 Goldberg eventually ended the argument by announcing that 'The View' had to take a commercial break. ABC Advertisement 'Why does she not leave then? Since it's so awful and horrible here and everywhere else is so much better, then why doesn't she move?' a third person responded on X. 'Because she knows that it's not that bad and she's just lying for money.' 'Says a woman making 8 million a year,' another person tweeted. 'Yeah, right.' Goldberg and Griffin's war of words on Wednesday came just days after the 'View' co-hosts argued about the presence of ICE agents and the military in California during the Los Angeles protests and riots. The Post has reached out to Goldberg's rep for comment.
The Hill
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hill
Schwarzenegger: If you're an immigrant in the US you should ‘behave like a guest'
Arnold Schwarzenegger says immigrants in America need to treat the country as if they're houseguests and do everything they can to 'keep things clean.' 'I just think the world of the great kind of history that we have with immigrants in America,' the bodybuilder-turned 'Terminator' star-turned-California's former Republican governor said Tuesday on ABC's 'The View.' 'But the key thing also is, at the same time, that we got to do things legal — that is the important thing,' Schwarznegger, who was born in Austria before immigrating to the U.S. in 1968, said when asked by 'View' co-host Joy Behar whether he had a 'visceral reaction' to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. 'Those people that are doing illegal things in America, and they're the foreigners, they are not smart,' Schwarzenegger, 77, said. 'Because when you come to America, you're a guest, and you have to behave like a guest,' he continued. 'Like when I go to someone's house and I'm a guest, then I will do everything I can to keep things clean, and to make my bed and to do everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime, or being abusive or something like that,' the 'FUBAR' actor said. Immigrants come to the country, Schwarzenegger said, to 'use America for the great opportunities that America has in education, in jobs, creating a family, all of those kind of things.' 'Then you have to think about, 'OK, if I get all of those things from America, then I have to give something back,'' advised Schwarzenegger, who became a U.S. citizen in 1983. 'You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America, and to pay back America, and to go and do something for your community for no money whatsoever,' he said. 'Give something back to after school programs, Special Olympics, or whatever it is — make this country a better place.' Schwarzenegger also weighed in on mass demonstrations in Los Angeles by anti-ICE protesters and President Trump recently saying he would support arresting Gavin Newsom (D) following a dare by the California governor to White House border czar Tom Homan. 'I think the most important thing is, when you are in a leadership position like that, is that you are inclusive and that you work together with everybody,' Schwarzenegger told co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin when asked how he would approach the situation in the Golden State if he was still governor. 'It means that you have to work together with local government, the state government and the federal government they have to work together rather than fighting each other.' Calling for comprehensive immigration reform, Schwarzenegger said: 'Democrats and Republicans have to come together and solve this issue if they really want to be public servants. If they want to be party servants, and be party hacks and be tied to their ideology, then it won't happen.' 'But if you want to make this country better, and if you want to improve this country and improve the situation of people's lives, and bring the prices down and all of this, you will go and serve the people of America.'
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The View''s Whoopi Goldberg offers blunt advice against 'coddling children' through life: 'Sometimes you get beat up'
Whoopi Goldberg doesn't want to raise a generation of wimps, thank you very much. The View moderator and Oscar-winning actress pushed back against growing sentiments about parental involvement in their adult children's lives, after introducing a Hot Topics discussion about recent reports that college students were "sending no-contact orders to deal with disagreements with roommates" to avoid interpersonal conflicts. Cohost Sara Haines put it bluntly when she urged people in similar situations to "figure it out," and posed a scenario in which she speculated how her own mother might react if she attempted to bring her parents in on a minor point of tension in her adult years. "If I had called my mom and said, 'Someone's being mean,' [she'd say], 'Ae you okay? Do you have food? Good. Bye," Haines speculated as the audience laughed. Conservative panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin stressed that learning conflict resolution "is a key part of life," while legal expert Sunny Hostin brought up several instances where adult children are "bullied" and might have difficulties in resolving conflict because "people are really cruel in this world." She later advocated for kids to have their parents step in if needed — an assertion Goldberg balked at. "When you had an issue [in the past], your mother said, 'Listen, go down there and tell them you are not doing that,'" the Ghost star said, while Hostin admitted, "My mother came with me" to resolve such issues. "Coddling children? It's not a good thing, because when they get into these conflicts, it's the things you've been talking about. 'We had our kids because we had COVID, the kids didn't get out, they didn't learn how to do this or that,' so, you had to hep them get through all those phases that they missed," Goldberg observed. "It doesn't mean you do it for them. Remember y'all used to say, why does every kid have to win every day? People lose." She continued, "And sometimes, and I know it's terrible, sometimes you get beat up. Sometimes you have to make a decision. You have to say, listen, I didn't like that. And then you gotta grow, you know?"Goldberg often scolds those from younger generations from her post on The View, including in a November 2023 segment that saw her take issue with young people who don't want to work. "You know what, people pick it up, and they do what they do and they raise themselves," Goldberg said. "This is what you've got to do. It's called being a good citizen." The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
12-06-2025
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- Yahoo
'The View''s Sunny Hostin reacts to Sabrina Carpenter album cover controversy: 'I don't know who she is'
The View cohosts reacted to Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend album cover controversy. "I don't know who she is," Sunny Hostin said. Whoopi Goldberg compared the album cover to a scene from This Is Spinal View cohost Sunny Hostin is actually not thinking about Sabrina Carpenter's me espresso — and never has, apparently. After a small corner of the internet buzzed with blowback to the pop star's irony-laden Man's Best Friend album cover — which sees her on her knees in front of a man — the panelists broke down the reaction by lifting the 26-year-old up. That is, except for Hostin. After Joy Behar revealed that she got married years ago in the same New York City church Carpenter filmed her "Feather" music video in, Hostin told the audience she's unfamiliar with Carpenter in general. "I'll admit, I don't know who she is, I've never heard of her music," Hostin said. "I don't know anything about her." Still, Hostin offered up an opinion on Carpenter's album cover, which some people felt was the antithesis to the feminist themes in Carpenter's lyrics. "I think that imagery is important. And even if her lyrics are strong and she's a feminist, I just think about young girls seeing that who may not understand," Hostin observed of Carpenter, who has two Grammys and amassed three top-ten hits — including the No. 1 smash "Please Please Please" — over the last year. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg broke in to tell her colleagues that the controversy reminded her of a scene from This Is Spinal Tap, which saw a character complaining about a "greased, naked woman on all fours with a dog collar around her neck." Goldberg then praised Carpenter, saying, "The girl is doing her thing, God bless her." Before the segment ended, Joy Behar also compared Carpenter's cover to provocative works by Madonna and Bette Midler, though she said the latter "would've been pulling his hair" instead of on her knees in front of him."I would've bit him," Goldberg said. "No, no, if you're down there, you bite. You want to look like an angry dog." Hostin's admission that she doesn't know Carpenter followed Behar's own revelation during a September 2023 episode that she's not familiar with Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner. The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
12-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Whoopi Goldberg calls out 'The View' cohosts over 'fake' Donald Trump vs. Elon Musk feud: 'Y'all bought into it'
Whoopi Goldberg told her View cohosts that they "bought into" a "fake" feud between Donald Trump, Elon Musk. "It's not fake," former Trump associate Alyssa Farah Griffin said. "You're giving him too much credit." Trump and Musk sparred on social media over political View's Whoopi Goldberg doesn't trust Donald Trump — even when he's feuding with his 2024 presidential election ally Elon Musk. On Monday's live show, the Oscar-winning Ghost actress held firm in her belief that Trump's recent headline-making clash with Musk — the billionaire who helped Trump win the race against Vice President Kamala Harris — isn't real. "In this fight, my money is on Donald Trump, though, because he clapped back and said he'll go after Elon's Pentagon contracts," former Trump associate and current conservative View cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin said during a Hot Topics discussion about the feud, which prompted Goldberg to push back against her. "I love that y'all bought into it," the 69-year-old said. Griffin countered, looking toward Goldberg as she stressed, "It's not fake," with the actress hitting back when she repeated, "I do believe it's fake. Yes, I do. It's too strategic." The Republican panelist said she felt that Goldberg was "giving him too much credit" in assuming that he'd concocted his feud with Musk — an assertion Goldberg staunchly opposed. "No, no, no. I just feel like, oh, suddenly everybody's upset about stuff. I'm sorry, no," Goldberg replied. "This is another distraction to keep us talking — not about the stuff we're talking about, but the stuff they want us to. I'm not buying it. I'm not buying it because they lie." She finished, "I don't believe anything they say anymore because they've shown themselves not to be the most trustworthy people you want." Late last week, Trump and Musk sparred over the former's proposed "big beautiful bill," with Musk taking issue over the proposed bill's impact on the federal deficit. In response, Musk claimed that Trump's administration withheld information indicating that Trump was mentioned in records related to child sex offender Jeffrey a subsequent interview with Theo Von, Vice President JD Vance responded to the claim, saying, "Donald Trump didn't do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein." When reached for comment on Goldberg's assessment and Musk's claim that Trump was associated with Epstein, the White House press team provided Entertainment Weekly with an unrelated statement from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The statement indicated that Trump "will continue the important mission of cutting waste, fraud, and abuse from our federal government," though it did not answer EW's inquiries directly. EW has additionally reached out to representatives for Musk for comment. The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
