Fox News is at it again. On Wednesday, Whoopi Goldberg, host and moderator of โThe View,โ gave her thoughts about one of the Trump administrationโs reported plans to address declining birth rates in this country, and some hosts on the cable news network were not happy about what she said.
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On the episode, the EGOT-winner said that she is โincredibly insultedโ by that proposal. โClearly they donโt know how womenโs bodies work,โ she said to her co-hosts on the talk show. โI donโt know what $5,000 is supposed to do.โ
Julie Banderas, a host on Fox Newsโ โOutnumbered,โ was offended by Goldbergโs comments for some reason. She asked the audience on her show, โIsnโt she lovely?โ after playing the clip from โThe Viewโ earlier that day, and then continued saying itโs โsuch a shame sheโs not a mother.โ
She added, โI feel like she would have been the best role model. Thank god she did not do IVF, because I donโt think sheโd find somebody to actually physically impregnate her, is what Iโm trying to get at there.โ
Naturally, the internet was not here for Banderasโ comments, in part because they were incredibly unprofessional, but more that they were factually inaccurate. As many social media users were quick to point out, Goldberg not only has a daughter, but she also has grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
One user on X, formerly known on Twitter, asked, โAre they dumb? Whoopi has a child and grandkids.โ Another wrote in a post, โidc that itโs 2025 and public discourse has deteriorated everywhere but talking like this on national cable tv should still get you fired.โ
Others were quick to point out that all it takes is a quick google search to find that Goldberg is mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. To make matters worse, no one else on the Fox News panel corrected Banderas after her comments. Later in the episode, she awkwardly attempted to clarify, saying that she was โjoking.โ She added, โShe has one kid, but, I mean, I donโt know. We donโt know much about that person.โ
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