The US talkshow host and actor Whoopi Goldberg has offered her “sincerest apologies” after saying the Holocaust “isn’t about race”.
Whoopi made the comments on the show during a discussion about a Tennessee school board’s decision to ban the Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust graphic novel Maus.
American actress Whoopi Goldberg has issued an apology after facing a backlash for her comments on the Holocaust saying it “was not about race”.
She said Jewish people around the world had “always had my support”, in a statement after her remarks led to a backlash online.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.
Goldberg started her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, Spook Show, which transferred to Broadway under the title Whoopi Goldberg, running from 1984 to 1985.
Goldberg garnered widespread criticism for her claim that the Holocaust not based on race in a January 2022 episode of the show. She later apologized for the “hurt that I have caused”.
Some Twitter user tweets against and some Tweets in her favor the “statement of Whoopi Goldberg”
One Twitter user wrote” please make this apology on air.All the same people who heard the mistake should also hear your corrections”.
Other Twitter user wrote” Think before you speak it would alleviate you from having to apologise for hurting those who have been through enough without naive comments and take the survivor up on her olive branch to inform you- you could learn something”.
Someone wrote, ” Totally understand your message, we know your character and we still love you”.
