Kate Middleton has been a hot topic of discussion ever since she went into abdominal surgery in January 2024. Following her long absence from the public eye, the Princess of Wales became a subject of wild speculations regarding her health and whereabouts. These opinions reached a massive crescendo when Middleton’s Mother’s Day picture grabbed eyeballs which the Princess later admitted, had been edited.
This led to everyone from television anchors to people all over the world passing harsh words of judgment. Now, with the shocking news of Middleton’s cancer diagnosis, most viewers are forced to eat their words including some of the hosts of The View, except for Whoopi Goldberg who proved her wisdom with her support for the Princess.
Whoopi Goldberg Supported Kate Middleton Amidst Nasty Backlash
Before Kate Middleton took to the Royals’ official Instagram page to post the heartfelt video detailing her cancer diagnosis, she received immense backlash from all corners of the world. The Princess’ Mother’s Day photo garnered a lot of controversy which let to Middleton revealing that it had been edited.
On one side, her conspicuous absence following surgery was being discussed in detail with extreme speculations of her being in a coma. On the other side, her admission of the doctored picture gave viewers fresh fodder to make judgments about her. This included celebrities like the hosts of The View- Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
Following the picture revelation, the anchors went on to analyze Middleton’s actions in great detail and were also critical about her decisions to edit the photo as well as admitting to doing it. But one veteran host Whoopi Goldberg wanted no part of this.
The Oscar winner was the only one in the show who extended her support to Middleton and believed she must be given the dignity and respect she deserved. In the episode of The View, Goldberg’s words of wisdom made her co-hosts look inwards and recognize that they, like everyone else in the world, had fallen into this deadly trap of judgment.
“It’s our fault. It’s our fault because we bought into this. When you buy into this stuff, when they start doing it to your family, or they start doing it to your kids, it’s not cute, it’s not fun, and it really irritates me.”
Goldberg’s words ultimately came back to bite the other hosts following Middleton’s admission of cancer in a heartfelt video. The women then went on to admit that the Ghost actor was right all along, and confessed that their hasty opinions about the Princess of Wales was unwarranted.
Whoopi Goldberg Coached An Audience Member In Epic Fashion
It looks increasingly like Whoopi Goldberg is the quintessential voice of reason and a conscience keeper for many people. While The View host gave her co-anchors lessons in human behavior following the Kate Middleton photo controversy, she also proved her worth while tackling audience members in the show.
One spectator named Brian Wilson who was present on the show, spoke to Entertainment Weekly about what went down that day. According to Wilson, an argument had cropped up between 3 members of the audience after one of them was seen filming the show despite knowing that this was not allowed on the set. In addition, he was also distracting the others by blocking their view.
When the situation started getting a little out of hand, Goldberg who was in the middle of the recording, noticed this confrontation and immediately went up to tell the man that he must stop recording and allow others to enjoy the show. Her respectful but firm tone worked wonders and the veteran received loud claps for her action.
