The liberal ladies of ABC’s The View love and are paid to criticize and pass judgement of others, but they bristle at the notion of being at the receiving of what they dish out. They proved that again on Thursday when the oldest members of the cast, Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg, took to whining about people threatening to sue them and the critics who think they know what they believe.
“And by the way, they're such snowflakes on the right, if you say anything about them they're going up to the lawyers in two seconds, you know. But he can call people any names he wants,” Behar bellyached.
While the “he” she was talking about was likely President Trump, Behar (and Goldberg) recently came under fire on social media recently for bullying and mocking Elon Musk’s four-year-old son over his name. Late last month, Behar begged Musk not to sue her after she baselessly and angrily accused him of being “pro-apartheid,” an illegal immigrant, a “foreign agent,” and an “enemy of the United States.”
Later on Thursday’s show, Goldberg took issue with critics who “believe that they know everything I think and believe.” “They don't,” she declared. “They don't. No. Of course, not,” Behar agreed.
Goldberg then added: “One of the ways that you learn what people believe is to hear them talk.”
Yes, Whoopi. That’s how critics know what you believe, because you talk about what you believe. It’s the whole premise of the show. That’s why it’s a TALK show.
She went on to falsely claim “we don't tell you what to think” and “it's not personal.” She added that it’s “an awful thing when people become personal about you or your family.”
How does that square with you mocking Musk’s son, Whoopi? What about when you attacked Trump’s grandkids?
“Other people do it to us, and would like to think that's what we're doing to them. But we're not,” she falsely proclaimed. Adding: “You can't get out there calling names. Name-calling is not okay.” And yet, later in the show, Goldberg teamed up with Musk hater Kara Swisher to name-call Musk:
GOLDBERG: So you've known Musky for a while.
SWISHER: That’s what you call him? Okay.
GOLDBERG: That's what I call. Musky.
SWISHER: Some people call him Elonia.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Muskrat.
SWISHER: Muskrat.
“I just want him to know that I'm aware of him,” she defended her name-calling.
If you don’t want to be called out for being hypocrite, Whoopi, then don’t be a raging hypocrite. Especially not on television where there’s a record of what you say and do.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
March 13, 2024
11:06:09 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: And by the way, they're such snowflakes on the right, if you say anything about them they're going up to the lawyers in two seconds, you know. But he can call people any names he wants.
(…)
11:09:52 a.m. Eastern
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: People assume that we believe whatever they believe that we believe. But you know what I mean?
BEHAR: No.
GOLDBERG: Well, because—
[Laughter]
BEHAR: Help me out here.
GOLDBERG: People believe that they know everything I think and believe. They don't.
BEHAR: They don't. No. Of course, not.
GOLDBERG: One of the ways that you learn what people believe is to hear them talk.
One of the things that people would love to see is people always say you should take The View off television. You know why? Because we give you an opportunity, we don't tell you what to think, we say, “this is what I think.” You know. Alyssa will say, ‘this is what I think.’ Joy says, ‘this is what I think.’ We all -- and when we do that that is how you have the dialogue. It's not personal.
You know, sometimes we -- somebody will say, ‘well, that shirt looks tight on you, Whoopi.’ But that's not a bad thing, you know. It's not a bad thing.
[Applause]
But it becomes an awful thing when people become personal about you or your family. See, that's the difference. We don't do that here. Other people do it to us, and would like to think that's what we're doing to them. But we're not. We’re just trying to tell you what – who we –
BEHAR: Pocahontas is personal.
GOLDBERG: It is. That's my point. You can't get out there calling names. Name-calling is not okay.
(…)
11:25:16 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: So you've known musky for a while.
KARA SWISHER: That’s what you call him? Okay.
GOLDBERG: That's what I call. Musky.
SWISHER: Some people call him Elonia.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Muskrat.
SWISHER: Muskrat.
GOLDBERG: I just want him to know that I'm aware of him.
(…)
