Whoopi Goldberg skips The View after calls for her to be fired over ‘idiotic' Iran comments
Whoopi Goldberg has been missing from The View since last week after she was slammed for her comments comparing the experience of being a black American to living in Iran.
The Oscar-winning actress, 69, sparked a firestorm during a segment on Wednesday in which co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin praised American freedoms, and said: 'The U.S. in 2025 is not as bad as Iran in 2025.'
But Goldberg cut in: 'Not if you're black. Listen, I'm sorry. They used to just keep hanging black people,' and told Griffin 'there's no way I can make you understand it. It is the same.'
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Goldberg questioned whether the many human rights violations perpetrated by the Iranian regime were worse than the treatment of some groups in America.
'Let's just remember, too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings, Griffin said. 'They don't adhere to basic human rights.'
But Goldberg shot back: '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.'
Her comments earned widespread condemnation from Iranian dissidents and the public, including calls for her to be fired.
Dr Sheila Nazarian is a plastic surgeon whose family fled Iran in 1985 when she was six years old. She told Fox News: 'Whoopi Goldberg's comparison between being Black in America and living under Iran's authoritarian regime is deeply misguided.
'It dismisses the brutal realities faced by millions of Iranians.'
Goldberg appeared on Thursday's episode of The View, before being bashed by Bill Maher on his show. He asked the Democratic party to 'do something' about The View after playing the widely ridiculed clip on Friday, a day that Goldberg typically takes off.
One TikTok user pointed out: 'You're a multi-millionaire black woman on national television saying this? That alone proves the difference between America and Iran.'
After facing days of criticism, The View's co-host Joy Behar sought to explain Goldberg's conspicuous absence.
'She's in Italy accepting an award for her book Bits and Pieces, so she will be out this week,' Behar said on Monday's show.
Goldberg will not be back on the show before its annual weeklong summer break next week, Behar added.
She will return on July 7, sources told DailyMail.com, along with her fellow co-hosts.
The news comes a month after top brass at ABC News and parent company Disney asked the women to dial back their complaints about Donald Trump.
ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic and Disney CEO Bob Iger had each made the requests separately, according to The Daily Beast.
The daily talk show has been filled with criticisms of the commander-in-chief and his policies, with mostly kind words for Democrats.
Reply: Goldberg's comments came after The View co-host co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin praised American freedoms
It isn't the first time Goldberg has come under for her on-air comments since replacing longtime moderator Rosie O'Donnell back in 2007.
In 2022, Goldberg argued that the Holocaust was 'not about race,' leading her to apologize to the Jewish community. The remarks earned her a two-week suspension.
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