Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘The View’ Wasn’t Silenced on Talking Kimmel Suspension

Whoopi Goldberg set the document straight on “The View” … saying loud and clear the present wasn’t silenced when it got here to speaking about Jimmy Kimmel‘s suspension.

“Did y’all really think we weren’t going to talk about Jimmy Kimmel? I mean, have you watched the show over the last 29 seasons? No one silences us,” Goldberg stated on the high of Monday’s present, addressing the chatter round ABC’s transfer to bench “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” final week.

Following the suspension announcement, there was hypothesis the daytime discuss present had been muzzled after staying quiet when the information broke. Goldberg defined the present’s choice to attend it out, saying, “When the news broke last week about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, we took a breath to see if Jimmy was going to say anything about it first.” She stated the present did the identical factor when CBS introduced “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” was on the chopping block.

Goldberg then known as out the FCC, saying, “Someone can say something they shouldn’t and get taken off the air. But the government cannot apply pressure to force someone to be silenced.”

Ana Navarro praised followers for demanding reality and braveness from the present’s panel and blasted the usage of Charlie Kirk to stifle debate … mentioning the irony of a free speech advocate getting used as a silencer.

As you are conscious, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was placed on indefinite hiatus after Jimmy’s feedback about Charlie Kirk’s assassin prompted FCC chairman Brendan Carr to warn ABC it wanted to “take actions on Kimmel” … or else the federal government would get entangled. Later within the week, Carr appeared to threaten “The View.”