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Whoopi Goldberg Snaps Back At Heckler Who Called Her An ‘Old Broad’ While Filming ‘The View’

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Whoopi&plus;Goldberg&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Whoopi Goldberg<&sol;strong><&sol;a> called out a mouthy audience member of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;the&plus;view&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The View<&sol;strong><&sol;a> on Wednesday&comma; shutting the heckler down after he called her an &&num;8220&semi;old broad&&num;8221&semi; on live television&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clap-back moment occurred towards the very beginning of the show&comma; as all the hosts came to take their seats&period; The audience was described as &&num;8220&semi;very happy&comma;&&num;8221&semi; but one particularly enthusiastic member began shouting at herding Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s broadcast&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ew&period;com&sol;tv&sol;whoopi-goldberg-the-view-heckler-old-broad&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Entertainment Weekly<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Heckler Calls Whoopi Goldberg An &&num;8220&semi;Old Broad&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Whoopi Snaps Back On Air During &&num;8220&semi;The View&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Did you just call me an &OpenCurlyQuote;old broad’&quest; Yeah&comma;” the 67-year-old show moderator snapped in response to the on-air critique&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;You old broad&comma;’ and I was like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Hey&comma; it’s Wednesday&comma; and I <em>am <&sol;em>an old broad&comma; and happy about it&period;’ &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The camera then suddenly cuts to a woman donning a large fur hat ash she gestured in acknowledgement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Goldberg&&num;8217&semi;s co-host quickly Sunny Houston&comma; 54&comma; rushed to her defense while feminine her that being an &&num;8220&semi;old broad&&num;8221&semi; is still better than the alternative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1615785557459615772" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The alternative is not attractive to any of us&comma;” said Goldberg&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We all want to be old broads and old dudes&comma; you know&quest;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The woman with the fur hat then inexplicably became the focus of the cameraman throughout the rest of the show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Goldberg Has Found Herself In Hot Water Recently For A Holocaust Slur That Got Her Suspended From &&num;8220&semi;The View&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Goldberg has found herself in trouble on a handful of hot topics&comma; including her repeating the Holocaust slur &lpar;that the Holocaust wasn&&num;8217&semi;t about race&rpar; which ultimately got her suspended from The View&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Recently while doing press in London&comma; I was asked about my comments from earlier this year&period; I tried to convey to the reporter what I had said and why&comma; and attempted to recount that time&comma;” said Goldberg in her most recent apology&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The 67-year-old Oscar-winning actress said she learned the errors of her ways after meeting with &&num;8220&semi;people like rabbis&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;108951" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-108951" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-108951" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;GettyImages-1133219303-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"667" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-108951" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The View &lpar;Photo by Lou Rocco&sol;Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Whoopi Apologizes For Holocaust Comment&comma; Says &&num;8220&semi;She&&num;8217&semi;s Still Learning A Lot&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was never my intention to appear as if I was doubling down on hurtful comments&comma; especially after talking with and hearing people like rabbis and old and new friends weighing in&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She admitted she&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;still learning a lot&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and again offered &&num;8220&semi;sincere apologies&comma;&&num;8221&semi; regarding the Holocaust comment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m still learning a lot&comma; and believe me&comma; I heard everything everyone said to me&period; I believe that the Holocaust was about race&comma; and I am still as sorry now as I was then that I upset&comma; hurt and angered people&comma;” the actress continued&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My sincere apologies again&comma; 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