‘The View’ co-hosts condemn critics of Olympics Last Supper drag show: ‘Watch something else!’
nypost.comthat aired Monday, July 29, the women dug into how many – including former “View” co-host Candace Cameron Bure – took to social media to express their displeasure with the drag-centric opening ceremony segment. “It’s like, come on y’all –– it’s the Olympics!
Stop!” Whoopi Goldberg, 68, said. “They’re not trying to do anything except talk about the history. They’re showing you the history.”BACKLASH OVER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY SCENE: After organizers spoke out to say that what many thought was a take on da Vinci's painting of 'The Last Supper' featuring drag performers was really a take on a 17th century painting of Greek Olympian Gods, #TheView co-hosts react.
pic.twitter.com/6O5ErWx3PFRather than taking “20 hours to write an email,” the Oscar-winner suggested that individuals who were “not happy” with the vignette simply “watch something else.”“Just turn the TV off!” Goldberg exclaimed. “Watch something else!
Put the newspaper down, don’t look at the pictures, these are choices. These are our choices. You have the ability.” “Forget what Instagram is telling you,” she went on. “If you don’t like it, go to something else!
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