Whoopi Goldberg apologizes once more for ethnic slur on ‘The View’

Whoopi Goldberg apologized Wednesday after utilizing an ethnic slur towards the Romani individuals on “The View.”

During a dialogue about Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels on Wednesday’s episode, the 67-year-old longtime co-host referenced “individuals who nonetheless consider that he received gy—d someway within the election.”

Less than an hour after the reside present aired, Goldberg supplied a mea culpa on-line.

“You know, whenever you’re a sure age you employ the phrases that you realize from whenever you have been a child otherwise you keep in mind saying, and that’s what I did immediately — and I shouldn’t have,” Goldberg stated in a video tweeted by the present’s official account.

“I ought to have thought of it somewhat longer earlier than I stated it and I didn’t. I ought to have stated ‘cheated’ and I used one other phrase and I’m actually, actually sorry,” she added.

A spokesperson for “The View” had no additional remark when contacted by The Post.

“Gypsy” is often used to explain the Romani individuals, however based on Merriam-Webster, it additionally carries unfavourable connotations together with “defrauded, swindled, cheated.”

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the primary identified recorded definition of the time period “gy—d” dates again to the 1899 Century Dictionary, which stated that it’s “most likely an abbreviation of ‘gypsy,’ ‘gipsy,’ as utilized to a sly unscrupulous fellow.”

One Twitter consumer additionally shared a 2013 NPR article pondering why the time period “Hurts The Roma More Than It Hurts You,” because the headline declared.

“Please don’t use ‘gy—d’ Whoopi,” they wrote.

“Whoopi Goldberg tapes video apology for saying ‘gy—d’ on ‘The View’: ‘I’m actually sorry’ EXCUSES, EXCUSES, THAT IS WHAT SHE MEANT. IS NOT THE 1ST TIME,” one other individual wrote, referencing Goldberg’s two apologies for her feedback claiming that the Holocaust was “not about race.”

“How many instances does she need to apologize? Take them off the air,” another said.

In July 2021, The Entomological Society of America introduced that it was altering the title of the gypsy moth as a consequence of its outdated moniker.

“It’s an ethnic slur to start with that’s been rejected by the Romani individuals a very long time in the past,’’ stated society President Michelle Smith on the time. “Second, no one needs to be related to a dangerous, invasive pest.”