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

Whoopi Goldberg set the report 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 actually assume we weren’t going to speak about Jimmy Kimmel? I imply, have you ever watched the present over the past 29 seasons? Nobody silences us,” Goldberg mentioned on the high of Monday’s present, addressing the chatter round ABC’s move to bench “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” final week.

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

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

As you are conscious, “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” 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 become involved. Later within the week, Carr appeared to threaten “The View.”