Whoopi Goldberg sparks 'jealousy' on The View with co-hosts as she skips show for a week
Whoopi Goldberg 's pals on The View are jealous of the their co-worker and with good reason.
Goldberg, 69, who stated on the show last week that Black people in the US were as oppressed at citizens of the Iranian regime, will be skipping the show all week.
'We are all jealous of Whoopi today because she's in Italy — I hope it's 100 degrees,' The View host Joy Behar said at the top of Monday's show.
'She's in Italy accepting an award for her book Bits and Pieces, so she will be out this week.'
Behar will serve as moderator this week and Ana Navarro joined the panel for Monday's Hot Topics discussion.
The show will begin its annual hiatus June 30, and the Oscar winner will be back in her seat alongside Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Navarro, and Alyssa Farrah Griffin, when the chat show resumes on July 7.
'We are all jealous of Whoopi today because she's in Italy — I hope it's 100 degrees,' Joy Behar said at the top of Monday's show
Goldberg on social media shared a photo of her experience at the Taobuk-Taormina International Book Festival, which is in its 15th year.
'Thank you (Grazie!) @taobukfestival for giving me a beautiful experience in an extraordinary environment, an honorable award and your kindness,' she captioned the social media post. 'Books are so important to all the world.'
Goldberg's tome, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me, received the Taobuk Award.
The Oscar winner looked elegant in a black and white jacket over a simple black collared dress with an A-line skirt.
The event was broadcast on television from the ancient Greek theater in the city of Taormina.
Leaders with the festival said in a statement on the website 'the theme chosen for the 15th edition of Taobuk, Boundaries , confronts us with a cultural, intellectual, and historical responsibility—one that demands depth of vision and inquiry, and from which we cannot and do not wish to shy away.
'This responsibility of vision has always been the driving force behind Taobuk's curatorial choices. In the etymology of the word boundaries — cum finis, which conveys the idea of a shared limit—lies the very complexity of this challenge, one of the most dramatic, intricate, and urgent issues of our time.'
Goldberg's memoir became an instant New York Times Bestseller when it was released May 7, as readers gave it 4.7 out of 5 stars based on over 3,600 Amazon reviews.
Goldberg garnered controversy Wednesday after making remarks about how she felt gay and Black people had been persecuted in the U.S.
Her controversial comments came after cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin pointed out how Iran's regime executed gay people and forced women into rigid dress codes.
Goldberg said: 'We have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car - listen, I'm sorry - they used to just keep hanging black people; it is the same.'
Goldberg has served as a co-host and moderator on The View since 2007, replacing comedian Rosie O'Donnell.
She has past made headlines on the ABC series for her shock remarks on topics ranging from the Holocaust in 2022, to Mel Gibson to Roman Polanski in 2009.
In 2009, she said of Polanski's admitted act of sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977: 'I know it wasn't rape-rape.
'It was something else but I don't believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and and when they let him out he was like, "You know what, this guy's going to give me a hundred years in jail. I'm not staying.' So that's why he left.'
She said in the same episode: 'We're a different kind of society, we see things differently ... would I want my 14-year-old having sex with somebody? Not necessarily, no.'
Goldberg's most recent comments led her to be targeted by multiple critics for her controversial commentary in the Instagram post she put up about her trip to Italy.
'You realize married women in Iran need their husband's permission to get a passport and travel?' said one social media user. 'Is there a law in America I am unaware of that states the same about black women in America?'
Said one commenter: 'Please move to Iran. And STAY there.'
One person asked the Hollywood veteran: 'How can you not be embarrassed to show your face in public?'
One social media user suggested, 'Why don't you visit Iran for a month and tell us how amazing it is.'
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