Editing Whoopi Goldberg (section)

===''The View''===
[[File:Barack Obama guests on The View.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''The View''{{'}}s panel (L-R: Whoopi Goldberg, [[Barbara Walters]], [[Joy Behar]], [[Sherri Shepherd]], and [[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]]) interview [[Barack Obama]] on July 29, 2010]]
On September 4, 2007, Goldberg became the new moderator and co-host of ''The View'', replacing [[Rosie O'Donnell]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 1, 2007 |title=Whoopi Goldberg joins 'The View' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/01/view.whoopi/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307185632/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/01/view.whoopi/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2008 |publisher=CNN |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Goldberg's debut as moderator drew 3.4&nbsp;million viewers, 1 million fewer than O'Donnell's debut ratings. However, after 2 weeks, ''The View'' was averaging 3.5&nbsp;million total viewers under Goldberg, a 7-percent increase from 3.3&nbsp;million under O'Donnell the previous season.<ref>{{cite news |author=Learmonth, Michael |date=September 23, 2007 |title=Whoopi-led View on topshow tops Rosie's ratings |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/view-on-top-1117972516/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602031801/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972516.html?categoryid=1275&cs=1 |archive-date=June 2, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2008 |work=Variety}}</ref>

Goldberg has made controversial comments on the program on several occasions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marchese |first=David |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Whoopi Goldberg on Controversy and Conversation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/08/magazine/whoopi-goldberg-controversy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807064915/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/08/magazine/whoopi-goldberg-controversy.html |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> One of her first appearances involved defending [[Michael Vick]]'s participation in [[Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation|dogfighting]] as a result of "cultural upbringing".<ref name="Vick">{{cite news |date=September 4, 2007 |title=Goldberg defends Vick in 'View' debut |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/04/entertainment/e113436D18.DTL |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622115415/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F09%2F04%2Fentertainment%2Fe113436D18.DTL |archive-date=June 22, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2008 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Gorman, Steve |date=September 4, 2007 |title=Whoopi Goldberg defends Vick's dog-fighting role |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0444500720070905 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923195951/http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0444500720070905 |archive-date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2008 |work=Reuters}}</ref> In 2009, she opined that [[Roman Polanski]]'s rape conviction of a thirteen-year-old in 1977<ref name="test1">[http://www.vachss.com/mission/roman_polanski.html "Personalities Column"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120604100726/http://www.vachss.com/mission/roman_polanski.html|date=June 4, 2012}}, Roman Polanski Media Archive</ref><ref name="Broadsheet">{{cite news |last=Harding |first=Kate |date=September 28, 2009 |title=Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child |url=http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/28/polanski_arrest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302033350/http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/28/polanski_arrest |archive-date=March 2, 2010 |access-date=September 29, 2009 |work=Salon}}</ref> was not "rape-rape".<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=July 13, 2015 |title=John Oliver tears into Whoopi Goldberg for defending Bill Cosby on Last Week Tonight |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/john-oliver-tears-into-whoopi-goldberg-for-defending-bill-cosby-on-last-week-tonight-20150713-gibg89.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111121356/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/john-oliver-tears-into-whoopi-goldberg-for-defending-bill-cosby-on-last-week-tonight-20150713-gibg89.html |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |access-date=January 10, 2019 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 29, 2009 |title=Polanski was not guilty of 'rape-rape', says Whoopi Goldberg |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/29/roman-polanski-whoopi-goldberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203180740/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/29/roman-polanski-whoopi-goldberg |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> She later clarified that she had intended to distinguish between [[statutory rape]] and [[Rape|forcible rape]].<ref name="MSNBC">{{cite news |last=Osborn |first=Ryan |date=October 1, 2009 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Clarifies Polanski Comment |url=http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/01/2084644.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003001008/http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/01/2084644.aspx |archive-date=October 3, 2009 |access-date=October 3, 2009 |publisher=MSNBC}}</ref> The following year, in response to alleged comments by [[Mel Gibson]] considered racist, she said: "I don't like what he did here, but I know Mel and I know he's not a racist".<ref>{{cite web |last=Derschowitz |first=Jessica |date=July 14, 2010 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Defends Mel Gibson on 'The View' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whoopi-goldberg-defends-mel-gibson-on-the-view/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304222722/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whoopi-goldberg-defends-mel-gibson-on-the-view/ |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |publisher=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

In 2015, Goldberg was initially a defender of [[Bill Cosby]] from the [[Bill Cosby sexual assault case|rape allegations]] made against him, questioning why Cosby had never been arrested or tried for them.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nudd |first=Tim |title=Whoopi Goldberg Defends Bill Cosby Again and Tells Critics: 'Back Off Me!' |url=http://www.people.com/article/whoopi-goldberg-bill-cosby-scandal-critics-back-off-me |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518192049/http://www.people.com/article/whoopi-goldberg-bill-cosby-scandal-critics-back-off-me |archive-date=May 18, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She later changed her stance, stating that "all of the information that's out there kinda points to 'guilt'."<ref>{{cite web |last=de Moraes |first=Lisa |date=July 14, 2015 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Reverses Bill Cosby Position: "Information Kinda Points To Guilt" |url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/whoopi-goldberg-bill-cosby-changes-mind-guilt-the-view-1201475664/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030160852/https://deadline.com/2015/07/whoopi-goldberg-bill-cosby-changes-mind-guilt-the-view-1201475664/ |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> After learning that the [[statute of limitation]]s on these allegations had expired and thus Cosby could not be tried, she also stated her support for removing the statute of limitations for rape.<ref>{{cite web |last=Corinthios |first=Aurelie |date=July 14, 2015 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Changes Bill Cosby Stance on The View |url=http://www.people.com/article/whoopi-goldberg-changes-bill-cosby-stance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914180552/http://www.people.com/article/whoopi-goldberg-changes-bill-cosby-stance |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |website=People}}</ref>

On January 31, 2022, Goldberg drew widespread criticism for stating on the show that [[the Holocaust]] was not based on [[Race (human categorization)|race]] but "about man's inhumanity to man",<ref>{{cite web |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Whoopi Goldberg slammed for saying Holocaust not about race |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60209527 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201033645/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60209527 |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> telling her co-hosts: "This is white people doing it to white people, so y'all going to fight amongst yourselves."<ref name="NYT Holocaust">{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Jenny |last2=Vigdor |first2=Neil |date=February 1, 2022 |title=ABC Suspends Whoopi Goldberg Over Holocaust Comments |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/us/whoopi-goldberg-holocaust.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202232507/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/us/whoopi-goldberg-holocaust.html |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> She apologized on Twitter later that day.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Jeremy |date=January 31, 2022 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes for Saying Holocaust Not About Race: 'I'm Sorry for the Hurt I Have Caused' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/whoopi-goldberg-apologizes-for-saying-holocaust-not-about-race-im-sorry-for-the-hurt-i-have-caused/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201020227/https://www.thewrap.com/whoopi-goldberg-apologizes-for-saying-holocaust-not-about-race-im-sorry-for-the-hurt-i-have-caused/ |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |work=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> She maintained that the [[Nazis]]' issue was with [[ethnicity]] and not [[Race (human categorization)|race]] on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' that same day, which drew further criticism.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hibberd |first1=James |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes And Seemingly Doubles Down on Holocaust Racism Comments |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-holocaust-comment-draws-criticism-1235084661/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201150614/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-holocaust-comment-draws-criticism-1235084661/ |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Goldberg issued another apology on air the following day.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Battaglio |first1=Stephen |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Whoopi Goldberg is suspended from 'The View' over Holocaust comments |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-02-01/la-et-ct-whoopi-goldberg-suspended-abc-view |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202025609/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-02-01/la-et-ct-whoopi-goldberg-suspended-abc-view |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 2, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> She was subsequently suspended from ''The View'' for two weeks over the comments.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Suspended at 'The View' Over "Hurtful" Holocaust Comments |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/whoopi-goldberg-suspended-the-view-1235085574/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202024347/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/whoopi-goldberg-suspended-the-view-1235085574/ |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>