Bill Maher Blasts ‘The View’ For Suspending Whoopi Goldberg Over Holocaust Comments

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Bill Maher weighed in on ABC News’ suspension of Whoopi Goldberg from “The View” following controversial comments she made about the Holocaust. “Let’s be truthful about it because Holocaust isn’t about race.

It’s not about race. It’s not about race. It’s about man’s inhumanity to man,” Goldberg said during Monday’s show. The following day, ABC News president Kim Godwin issued a memo to the show’s staff. “Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments,” Godwin wrote. READ MORE: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ‘The View’ Due To ‘Wrong & Hurtful’ Holocaust Remarks Maher addressed Goldberg’s suspension on the Feb.

4 edition of HBO’s “Real Time.” “I got so many texts this week because she attacked me the week before, everybody was like, ‘Oh Bill I bet you’re enjoying the karma,” he said, referencing Goldberg slamming him the previous week due to his own controversial comments about COVID-19 restrictions. “First of all… there is no f**king thing as karma.

OK? Get over that. Whoopi attacks me on a regular basis, she says stupid s**t on a regular basis, it just happened to coincide,” he added. “Goldberg — who by the way I hope is still a friend, we can disagree with each other — should not be canceled, or put off her show, as much as I totally disagree with her crazy statement.