Whoopi Goldberg has defended Harrison Butker’s controversial speech at Benedictine College, arguing that these are “his beliefs and he is welcome to them.”
Butker gave a 20-minute speech last Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts college in Kansas, where he said women should be “housewives” instead of working, and claimed that his wife Isabelle’s life “really began when she found her calling” as a woman began to live’. wife and as a mother.’
As of Thursday morning, a Change.org petition, “Kansas City Chiefs’ Demand to Fire Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Comments,” had more than 105,800 signatures, but Whoopi, 68, claimed the kicker shouldn’t lose his job simply because “he’s a staunch Catholic.’
Whoopi Goldberg has defended Harrison Butker’s controversial speech, arguing that these are “his beliefs and he is welcome to them.”
Butker gave a 20-minute speech last Saturday at the private Catholic liberal arts college in Kansas
“The NFL released a statement saying he gave this speech in his personal capacity and they don’t… the NFL does not share his views. So you know, listen, I like it when people say what they say. He is a fervent Catholic. These are his beliefs and he is welcome to them,” the Sister Act star said.
‘I don’t have to believe them. I don’t have to accept them. The ladies in the audience don’t have to accept them. The same way we want respect when Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, we want to show respect to people whose ideas are different than ours, because the guy who says he wants to be president, you know who,” she continued, referencing to Donald Trump.
‘He says the way to act is taking away people’s right to say how they feel. We don’t want to be that, wI don’t want to be that people.
“So I’m fine with him say what he says and the women sitting there, like they take his advice to heart, good for it she, they will be happy. If they don’t, good for them, they will be happy otherwise That’s my attitude,” Whoopi added.
Viewers tuning in at home were completely unimpressed by her comments and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts.
“Why is Whoopi so subservient to this guy’s rhetoric? #TheView,” one posted, while another said, “Comparing this clown to what Colin Kaepernick did is an insult to Colin. Whoopi is wrong. #The view.’
A third person claimed: ‘Whoopi is stuck with the guy who gets fired. I don’t hear anyone else on the panel saying he should be fired, but I tend to disagree with what he said. #the view.’
Her cohost Sara Haines was quick to speak up, telling Whoopi, “I agree with you and me I don’t agree with you,” while Whoopi bluntly fired back, “That’s okay.”
The mother of three said: “I don’t want people to close their doors or get fired for things they’re willing to say. I will break the Colin Kaepernick comparison with you for this reason: Colin Kaepernick stood up for the rights of many and said in a moment of social justice, “This is a reminder that we are not there yet.”
“What this man is doing is not just a devout Catholic, this is someone who practices something called the Traditional Latin Mass, which differs from the majority of Catholics.”
