The View hosts slam critics of Olympics Last Supper "Drag" show

"Just turn the TV off! Watch something else! Put the newspaper down, don’t look at the pictures" said Whoopi Goldberg.


Pop Culture & Art July 30, 2024
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The women of "The View" denounced critics of the Olympics' drag performance of "The Last Supper" following former co-host Candace Cameron Bure's disapproval of the production.

“It’s like, come on y’all –– it’s the Olympics! Stop! They’re not trying to do anything except talk about history. They’re showing you the history,” Whoopi Goldberg began on Monday’s episode of the ABC talk show while discussing the backlash over the performance.

Goldberg, 68, advised those unhappy with the show to simply watch something else instead of spending "20 hours to write an email."

“Just turn the TV off! Watch something else! Put the newspaper down, don’t look at the pictures, these are choices. These are our choices. You have the ability. Forget what Instagram is telling you. If you don’t like it, go to something else! You don’t have to stay! You have it in your power to make the change,” she continued.

Sara Haines concurred with the "Sister Act" actress, noting that artistic director Thomas Jolly issued a statement explaining that it was “never an intention to show disrespect towards any religious group or belief.”

“I get so frustrated with religion. Don’t go by the literal letter of the bible, go by the example of the word –– which is live with the grace, live with the forgiveness,” Haines, 46, argued.

Haines admitted that she is “so tired of being beaten over the head with religious messages when someone walks along their life not living like Jesus at all.”

Ana Navarro added that the Parisian opening ceremony lasted nearly four hours, and the contentious drag show segment "was a very small part of it."

“It’s what’s consumed so much of America, I guess, and I would say, it happens every four years. There are young people who train their entire lives, to be there to represent our countries. Can we please give them the focus?” Navarro, 52, wondered.

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