Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended by ABC over her remarks about the Holocaust.
The network said they would be taking Goldberg’s The View off-air for two weeks after her “wrong and hurtful comments”, despite the actor having apologised.
According to the BBC, ABC News president Kim Godwin told staff on Tuesday night (February 1): “Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments.
Goldberg had said she believed the Holocaust “isn’t about race”, instead âabout manâs inhumanity to manâ in a discussion about the Pulitzer-winning Holocaust novel Maus, which has been banned by a school board in Tennessee.
She had said: âLetâs be truthful, the Holocaust isnât about race, itâs not. Itâs about manâs inhumanity to man, thatâs what itâs about. These are two groups of white people.â
Following a wave of backlash to her original comments, Goldberg issued an apology.
âOn todayâs show I said the Holocaust is not about race, but about manâs inhumanity to manâ. I should have said it is about both,” she wrote on social media.
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) February 1, 2022
âAs Jonathan Greenblatt from of the Anti-Defamation League shared, âThe Holocaust was about the Naziâs systematic annihilation of the Jewish people, who they deemed to be an inferior raceâ. I stand corrected.
âThe Jewish people around the world have always had my support and that will never (waver). I am sorry for the hurt I have caused.
âWritten with my sincerest apologies. Whoopi Goldberg.â
In her memo, Godwin also added: “These decisions are never easy, but necessary. Just last week I noted that the culture at ABC News is one that is driven, kind, inclusive, respectful, and transparent. Whoopi’s comments do not align with those values.”
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