Whoopi Goldberg apologises on The View for using a slur in reference to Donald Trump.

Whoopi Goldberg has apologised for using a derogatory term during the most recent episode of The View.

Following the episode of the American talk show on Wednesday (15 March), the co-host came under fire for using a dated slur while discussing former US President Donald Trump's ongoing court issues.

 

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Soon after, the show's official Twitter account tweeted a video with the caption "message from Whoopi Goldberg."
 

"You know how when you get to a certain age, you start using words you remember saying when you were a kid? That's what I did today." And I shouldn't have," admitted Goldberg, 67.

"I should've thought it through a little more before saying it, but I didn't, and I should've said 'cheated,' but I used another word, and I'm really, really sorry."
 

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The antiquated term gy***d is a slur used against persons of Romani descent, who were often referred to as gy****s. This isn't the first time Goldberg has faced criticism for questionable semantics. Earlier in 2022, she was fired from The View for implying that the Holocaust was "not about race." Goldberg's slip occurred while she and co-hosts Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, and Alyssa Farah Gryphon were discussing Trump, who is presently under investigation.

 

This includes his longest-running criminal investigation into charges that he and his attorney Michael Cohen paid hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels, actual name Stephanie Clifford, after she allegedly had an encounter with Trump.

 

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Trump has disputed the allegations, claiming that he "never had an affair with [Daniels]".

"It doesn't hurt Trump with his base," Gryphon said of the ongoing issue. "I remember seeing white MAGA bros on Twitter back in 2016 saying, 'Oh, I like a president who sleeps with hot women!'" They were not offended."
 

Goldberg quickly chimed in, saying that "the people who still believe that he got, you know, gy***d somehow in the election will still believe that he cared enough about his wife to pay the money from his personal thing" - a reference to the contention that Trump's alleged payoff money came from his personal finances rather than campaign funds.
 

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