Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt depicting violence against President Trump.
Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt depicting violence against President Trump.
In May 2017, comedian Kathy GriffinÂ drew criticism from across the political spectrum when she posed for photographs holding what appeared to be President Donald Trumpâ€™s severed head. Soon after,Â images purportedly depicting actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg proudly wearing a shirt with a violent anti-Trump image circulated on social media: The image appeared on a meme alongside a demand Goldberg be â€œfired from â€˜The Viewâ€™ and boycotted.â€Â In late May and early June 2017 social media users shared the image and referenced Griffinâ€™s controversy. (Griffin surmisedÂ that her career was â€œoverâ€ after the incident, and she was fired from her intermittent position at CNN.)Â Â < @kathygriffin Whoopi says on â€˜The Viewâ€™ today that it was a vile thing that u did to Trump.Wasnâ€™t funny, even she didnâ€™t like it. pic.twitter.com/ZDj154gs4G â€” kathy maggard powell (@kammyann) May 31, 2017 > However,Â the photograph antedated the Griffen controversy. In an 18 April 2017 video published to theÂ official YouTube channel for â€œThe View,â€ GoldbergÂ explained that someone had doctored an image of her at the 2017 Womenâ€™s March that followed Trumpâ€™s inauguration: In the April 2017 segment, Goldberg said that despite her opposition toÂ President Trump, she would never wear a shirt like the one in the altered image.Â
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