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Whoopi Goldberg Lays Into Elon Musk For Criticizing Trump's 'Big' Bill: 'Now Suddenly You Woke Up?'
Whoopi Goldberg has accused Elon Musk of "destroying people's lives" after the billionaire blasted the President Donald Trump-led administration over the "One Big Beautiful Bill." Musk called the bill a "disgusting abomination," explaining that it will cause a massive increase in the already gigantic budget deficit. However, Goldberg doesn't buy into it because of the "damage" he did. Whoopi Goldberg also commented on Trump and Musk's relationship dynamics, saying she thinks the president is still "scared" of Musk even after he left his role at the Department of Government Efficiency. Goldberg has lashed out at Musk after he took to his social media platform X to unleash a scathing criticism of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. The actress accused Musk of "destroying people's lives" via his role at the Department of Government Efficiency, as he spent the last six months conducting mass layoffs in the federal government. The pointed remark came during a Hot Topics discussion on Wednesday's episode of "The View," where Goldberg and her co-hosts dissected Musk's rant against Trump's bill. "I do wonder why Elon thinks people are gonna listen to him again because he just spent several months destroying people's lives," Goldberg said, per Decider. "Now suddenly you woke up? You came out [of] your fog?" Co-host Sunny Hostin took it a bit further to show just how much "damage" Musk caused, explaining that he was only able to slash "less than 1%" of the $7 trillion budget, despite his initial promises to cut it by $2 trillion. "The damage that he did was just really incredible," she continued. "He slashed 250,000 federal employees, more than 8,500 contracts, more than 10,000 grants, and his cutbacks on medical research — the foreign aid — cost 300,000 lives, mostly children. That's the damage that Elon Musk did, so I don't think that anyone should be listening to him about anything." Musk recently took to X to slam the bill, which was passed last month, labeling it a "disgusting abomination" as it threatens to increase the budget deficit. "I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore," Musk wrote on X, per The Blast. "This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination." "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it," Musk noted, adding that the bill "will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America [sic] citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt." In a third post, the SpaceX boss decried how "Congress is making America bankrupt." Amid speculations suggesting Trump's relationship with Musk has become strained, Goldberg and Joy Behar weighed in on their relationship dynamics, saying they think the billionaire politician is "scared" of the tech mogul as he's yet to respond. Invoking her newly-launched nickname for Trump, "Taco D," Goldberg said: "Well, President Taco D has yet to respond. And I do wonder why Elon thinks people are going to listen now to him because he just spent several months destroying people's lives." Behar then noted how Musk has high favorability with Trump supporters, saying the tech boss is "hurting Trump in a way." Sara Haines then attempted to explain Musk's reaction to the bill, saying he seemed to have hit a "flash point" and was now questioning the importance of all he'd done with DOGE. The ladies took turns to share their reactions before Goldberg and Behar stated that Trump was "scared" of Musk. "Elon knows the 411 on everything," Goldberg said. "He knows how all this connects… So now suddenly, he's like, 'Harrumph!'" "Trump should be afraid of him," Behar noted. "He has the receipts on the election." "I think he is afraid of him," Goldberg agreed. Goldberg's critique of Musk and Trump comes amid reports that ABC executives want her and the other co-hosts of "The View" to "tone down" their political commentary and focus more on pop culture sessions. Sources close to the situation told The Daily Beast that the network's top executives, including Disney CEO Bob Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic, have expressed concern about the ladies' constant focus on Trump and politics. Karamehmedovic, in particular, reportedly held a meeting with "The View" executive producer Brian Teta and its hosts, where he encouraged them to focus more on their highly rated episodes, which feature celebrities. Musk's stance on the "One Big Beautiful" bill has allegedly strained his relationship with Trump amid reports he still owes the president $100 million out of the $300 million he committed to see him reelected. According to The Wall Street Journal, he has paused the inflow of checks and was unhappy after learning of a meeting between Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who happens to be one of his most reviled enemies. Musk previously shared how his role at DOGE was undermined by some of Trump's officials, and how his efforts to reduce government spending were never taken seriously. He has frequently clashed with key Trump appointees and was reportedly furious about the president's plans to roll out extreme tariffs, which have caused endless chaos for the global economy. However, Trump has maintained that his relationship with Musk is as healthy as ever. "Elon is not really leaving," he said during Musk's send-off party last week. "He's going to be back and forth."
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16-05-2025
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'The View''s Alyssa Farah Griffin snaps at Joy Behar in heated debate: 'We have Trump because you guys screwed this up!'
Alyssa Farah Griffin snapped at Joy Behar during a heated exchange about the 2024 election. "We have Trump because you guys screwed this up," Griffin yelled with her arms out. The View cohosts continued sparring over the heated Hot commentator and former Donald Trump White House associate Alyssa Farah Griffin let loose on The View cohost Joy Behar, a staunch liberal, during a particularly heated Hot Topics exchange Friday morning. The cohosts engaged in a lively debate about ongoing criticisms of 82-year-old Joe Biden's fitness to hold office ahead of the 2024 presidential race against Donald Trump, which Biden bowed out of following immense pressure from Democrats to do so — including a public plea from Hollywood heavyweight George Clooney. After The View played a clip of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) insisting that the party was "looking forward" instead of regurgitating talking points over concerns about Biden's age, the panelists brought up a recent book that alleged Biden didn't recognize Clooney at a 2024 campaign event. (Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a representative for Biden for comment.) "Does that give you confidence in the middle of the night, if China is about to attack us, there's a war breaking out in Iran, that he's the sharpest person to handle that?" Griffin asked during the moment (watch in the video above). Behar cut in to ask a question with a reference to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Signal scandal: "Wait a second, which administration texted war plans to their brother?" Griffin replied with a question of her own: "The Trump [administration], but do we just keep lowering the bar because Trump is bad? Nothing else is bad because Trump is bad?" Behar looked toward Griffin to note that "the ship has sailed" and is "out in the ocean somewhere with Biden." She urged, "It's over. Get over it," before Griffin snapped. "No, we have Trump because you guys screwed this up!" the 35-year-old said with her arms outstretched toward Behar, before adding, "With all due respect." The audience lightly gasped after Griffin's outburst, to which Behar replied, "Alright, but does it help to just keep going over the same material about Biden over and over agin? I mean, really." Sunny Hostin then brought up other criticisms about Trump, and the conversation didn't lessen in intensity until Behar finally threw the show to a commercial break with a joke comparing the panel to the cast of The Real Housewives franchise. Ever since the November 2024 election, Griffin has frequently sparred with her cohosts over issues related to the momentous political event. Griffin took particular issue with Hostin's assertion that racism and misogyny played a significant factor in Vice President Kamala Harris losing the election to Trump. On the Nov. 18 episode, Griffin told her colleague that she's "missing it" entirely if she felt that a "vast majority in this country voted because of racism and misogyny," with Hostin then citing that "the stats are the stats" when it comes to backing up her assessment. "But, [the stat] doesn't say, 'I'm white, I voted for Donald Trump because of racism,'" Griffin replied after raising her hand to emphasize her words. "That's not a fact. What fact are you talking about?"Biden also recently appeared on The View to address similar topics, and even revealed during his interview that he "wasn't surprised" Harris lost the election. "Not because I didn't think the vice president was qualified to be president," he clarified on the May 8 telecast. "She is, she's qualified to be president of the United States of America. I was surprised because they went the sexist route, the whole route. 'This is a woman,' she's this, she's that, really, I've never seen as successful and consistent [of a] campaign undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't lead the country — and a woman of mixed race." The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Watch Griffin and Behar clash in the video at the top of this post. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
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13-05-2025
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'The View''s Sunny Hostin was inside Sean Combs courtroom, says he's 'walking feebly' while 'dressed like Mister Rogers'
Sunny Hostin, a lawyer and former federal prosecutor, sat in on Seam Combs' trial. The View cohost reported seeing the rapper looking "like a defeated mogul." She said "he's walking feebly" and is "dressed like Mister Rogers."After sitting in on Donald Trump's hush-money trial throughout May 2024, The View cohost, former federal prosecutor, and legal expert Sunny Hostin is back on the case — this time revealing that she witnessed rapper Sean Combs' ongoing sex trafficking trial. The 56-year-old lawyer and media personality recounted Tuesday watching Combs' New York City trial unfold in person, where she said she observed notable changes to the 55-year-old recording artist's physical appearance as he and his legal team weather charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. "Sean Combs is not the person that we used to see out there," Hostin said at the top of the show's Hot Topics discussion about the trial, which also included Combs' former partner, singer Cassie Ventura, taking the stand after video circulated of Combs assaulting her inside a hotel — which Combs called "inexcusable" after the clip was first publicized last year. Hostin continued, telling The View audience that Combs "looks very much like a defeated mogul" and that "he's all grey because you can't have hair dye in federal detention." "He looks like he's dressed like Mister Rogers, he's got sort of like a grey sweater, he's walking feebly," Hostin explained. "That could be a defense tactic. He has a lot of support in the courtroom, all of his children were there except for one." She recalled that "there was a lot of interaction" between Combs and his team, calling him "very engaged in his case" to the point where "he was writing down notes on orange stickies, passing it to his attorneys" as things unfolded. "They would not close their examination of witnesses until he said he was okay," Hostin finished. Fellow cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin then brought up the 2016 video of Combs assaulting Ventura, which prompted a response from moderator Whoopi Goldberg when Hostin confirmed that "they showed that video yesterday" multiple times. "I'd like them to stop showing that video on television," Goldberg said. "It's like, we know."Hostin then said she'd leave The View studio in Manhattan shortly after the telecast ended, so she could sit in and witness some of Ventura's words during the trial. Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Combs for a response to Hostin's courtroom observations. Combs was previously arrested in Manhattan in September 2024, following a grand jury indictment. At the time, he pleaded not guilty to the aforementioned charges. The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
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13-05-2025
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‘The View': Former Federal Prosecutor Sunny Hostin Says Case Against Diddy Is the ‘Most Disturbing' She's Ever Heard
The federal sex trafficking trial for Sean 'Diddy' Combs kicked off Monday morning in New York, and 'The View' host Sunny Hostin was in the courtroom for it. And, according to the former federal prosecutor, this particular case is the 'most disturbing' she's seen in her career. To kick off Tuesday's Hot Topics on the ABC talk show, Hostin reminded the audience that her area of expertise as a prosecutor was specifically sex crimes and human trafficking, so this trial is right in her wheelhouse. As such, it made things harder to watch. 'I will tell you that it is probably the most disturbing case I've ever heard in my career,' she admitted. That said, Hostin also credited Combs's defense team with offering 'probably one of the best opening statements I've heard,' by flat out acknowledging Combs's violent tendencies. 'The defense's theory of the case is that Sean Combs is violent, he is a complicated man, he has committed domestic violence, but this is a case about jealousy and infidelity and a money grab,' Hostin recalled. 'And it's also a case about consensual threesomes. They said that there was no human trafficking, this is all consensual. And it was very interesting.' Hostin also noted that Combs himself appeared feeble in court, but was intensely engaged in the proceedings and passing notes to his lawyers. She did question the charges in the case, arguing that racketeering in particular will be hard to prove. But, she noted from experience that charges are always brought very specifically. 'Federal prosecutors win 97% of their trials, and so there must be evidence to support these charges,' she said. 'But it's — from what I can see at this point, it's going to be a difficult case.' You can watch the full discussion from 'The View' in the video above. The post 'The View': Former Federal Prosecutor Sunny Hostin Says Case Against Diddy Is the 'Most Disturbing' She's Ever Heard | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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07-05-2025
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'The View' co-host insists Gloria Gaynor is actually a feminist after singer rejects title
The ladies of "The View" tried to make sense of why Gloria Gaynor does not consider her iconic song, "I Will Survive," to be a feminist anthem and why she would not label herself a feminist. In a recent interview with the UK outlet Metro, Gaynor said that one of the biggest misconceptions about her is that people think she's a feminist. Her 1978 mega-hit was not so much a feminist ballad, she said, but one that put a spotlight on trauma, as she was dealing with some of her own struggles at the time, including recent back surgery and the loss of her mom a few years prior. She added that having grown up with five brothers, she "loves men." "The View" hosts reacted to Gaynor's surprising take during their "Hot Topics" discussion on Tuesday while also trying to define the word "feminism." 'I WILL SURVIVE' SINGER GLORIA GAYNOR SAYS IT'S A 'MISCONCEPTION' SHE'S A FEMINIST The table was nearly unanimous in agreeing that the word feminism simply means equality between genders. After sharing her definition, co-host Sara Haines suggested that Gaynor is actually a feminist. "Because I think the feminist movement has changed over the decades, as to who the icons were, what the point and the mission was," Haines said. "But ultimately, feminism is just equality for women to have the same opportunities. So, I think she really deeply is a feminist." Haines and her co-hosts continued to try and define the somewhat divisive term. The common misconception, Haines said, is that "feminism means you hate men." "They don't have to be zero-sum issues," she continued. "To have equality for women does nothing to men." FEMINISTS ARGUE TRAD WIFE INFLUENCERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA MAY HAVE HELPED TRUMP WIN OVER WOMEN'S VOTE "The thing is, you don't hate men," Joy Behar agreed. "What you hate is sexism and misogyny. That should be clear to everyone. Because men are feminists also." Behar later added that women have been "paying attention" to these cultural issues since the second wave of the feminist movement in the 1970s. "I think most women believe in equal rights, in empowering other women," Alyssa Farah Griffin added. "And I think that it becomes this sort of loaded term that people may interpret different ways. Like you're burning your bra, or you hate men." She suggested it's a generational issue, where younger people are more "prone to labels." 'I WILL SURVIVE' SINGER GLORIA GAYNOR SUING EX-PRODUCER FOR $2 MILLION, ALLEGING 'SUPPRESSED' PAYMENTS Sunny Hostin chimed in to say there shouldn't be any bad connotations associated with the label, and that it's OK to be a feminist and still admire the opposite sex. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "I don't know why equality is suddenly a bad thing," Hostin noted. "I don't know why diversity and inclusion and equality is such a bad thing. The bottom line is, you can be someone that supports women having equal rights, and Black people having equal rights, and people that are disabled having equal rights, and people in the LGBTQ+ community having equal rights, and still love a man!" In addition to writing "I Will Survive" to encourage victims of trauma, Gaynor has in recent years also associated the song with her return to faith . CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "When I read the lyrics, I realized the reason they'd been waiting for me to record that song was that God had given that song to them for them to set aside, waiting for him to get everything in order for me to meet up with them. And that song was 'I Will Survive,'" Gaynor told NPR in 2019. Fox News Digital's Hanna Panreck and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
