No, Joe Rogan: Whoopi Goldberg Did Not Greet Donald Trump All Warm And Fuzzy And She Has Proof
When Joe Rogan interviewed Donald Trump Friday, their conversation kicked off with a rather misremembered tale of the then-The Celebrity Apprentice host’s visit on The View.
And today View moderator Whoopi Goldberg made sure to set the record straight about how it all really went down.
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Prefacing clips from the Rogan podcast, Goldberg said, “There’s a lot of fake news coming up so we’re going to clear some of it up.”
First correction: Rogan said Trump’s visit to The View, shown in a clip, was 2015. In fact, Goldberg said, “It was 2011, four years before he announced he was running. That’s the first thing they got wrong.”
Second correction: Rogan said Trump was introduced on The View as “our friend,” and that all the co-hosts including Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Goldberg greeted Trump with big hugs. “They all loved you,” Rogan said.
Cue the actual clip: As Walters does indeed introduce Trump as her friend and mentions Trump’s political aspirations, Goldberg sits with a look that could charitably be described as skeptical. Or more accurately, disdainful. (Take a look at the segment below and decide for yourself.)
Said Goldberg on today’s show, “So, Barbara was her usual polite self as she was with every guest. But did I look warm and fuzzy? Was that a warm and fuzzy welcome for him? But because I respect Barbara, she said be polite to guests no matter what. And for the most part I got through it, I did it, like I do now.”
Goldberg then said of the Rogan interview, “But here’s where they really messed up,” cutting to a clip of Rogan saying that “they talked about you in such a favorable light.”
“Honey, Joe,” Goldberg said today, “I think you missed this part.” The View then cut back to the 2011 clip, with Goldberg vociferously reacting to Trump’s then-new focus on Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
“I think that’s the biggest pile of dog mess I’ve heard in ages,” an angry Goldberg told Trump during the 2011 visit. “It’s not because he’s Black? Because I’ve never heard of any white president being asked to show a birth certificate? That’s b.s.”
Today, Goldberg further reflected on the 2011 segment.
“This show has allowed all kinds of people to come on, people we agree with, people we don’t agree with,” she said, then spoke directly of Trump with, “I have not been a fan of this man’s, I don’t like how he talks to us, I don’t like how he talks to the nation. I [did] not really have much to say until he started running for president. [But] then [in 2011]…my face said everything I needed to say.”
“Making fun of him is punching down now because it’s just too easy,” Goldberg continued. “Our focus is making sure we get the right person in the right job to lead the country out of the malaise we’re all in. Everybody is pissed all the time. People are walking down the street and you can see it…We’ve been in trauma for years now. And I’m hoping with this next election we will have a breather and get back to the people’s business. That’s what I want.”
Check out the segment above.
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