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Whoopi Goldberg was forced to apologize for a second time after repeating a holocaust slur that got her temporarily suspended from The View earlier in the year.
In an interview with The Times newpaper published on Saturday, Goldberg was quoted as saying, "My best friend said, 'Not for nothing there is no box on the census for the Jewish race. So that leads me to believe that we’re probably not a race.'"
In a statement provided to the New York Post on Tuesday, the actress states that she was simply referencing the claims she made earlier in the year, not doubling-down on them.
"Recently while doing press in London, I was asked about my comments from earlier this year. I tried to convey to the reporter what I had said and why, and attempted to recount that time," the statement reads. "It was never my intention to appear as if I was doubling down on hurtful comments, especially after talking with and hearing people like rabbis and old and new friends weighing in."
"I’m still learning a lot and believe me, I heard everything everyone said to me," she continued. "I believe that the Holocaust was about race, and I am still as sorry now as I was then that I upset, hurt and angered people."
"My sincere apologies again, especially to everyone who thought this was a fresh rehash of the subject. I promise it was not," the actress added.
"In this time of rising antisemitism, I want to be very clear when I say that I always stood with the Jewish people and always will. My support for them has not wavered and never will," the statement concluded.
Goldberg was taking part in the interview with The Times to promote her upcoming film, "Till," in which she plays the mother of civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley, when she brought up the topic of whether the Jews are a race or a religious group.
When reminded by the interviewer that the Nazis saw the Jews as a race, she responded, "Yes, but that's the killer, isn't it? The oppressor is telling you what you are. Why are you believing them? They're Nazis. Why believe what they're saying?"
"Remember who they were killing first. They were not killing racial; they were killing physical. They were killing people they considered to be mentally defective. And then they made this decision."
In an interview with The Times newpaper published on Saturday, Goldberg was quoted as saying, "My best friend said, 'Not for nothing there is no box on the census for the Jewish race. So that leads me to believe that we’re probably not a race.'"
In a statement provided to the New York Post on Tuesday, the actress states that she was simply referencing the claims she made earlier in the year, not doubling-down on them.
"Recently while doing press in London, I was asked about my comments from earlier this year. I tried to convey to the reporter what I had said and why, and attempted to recount that time," the statement reads. "It was never my intention to appear as if I was doubling down on hurtful comments, especially after talking with and hearing people like rabbis and old and new friends weighing in."
"I’m still learning a lot and believe me, I heard everything everyone said to me," she continued. "I believe that the Holocaust was about race, and I am still as sorry now as I was then that I upset, hurt and angered people."
"My sincere apologies again, especially to everyone who thought this was a fresh rehash of the subject. I promise it was not," the actress added.
"In this time of rising antisemitism, I want to be very clear when I say that I always stood with the Jewish people and always will. My support for them has not wavered and never will," the statement concluded.
Goldberg was taking part in the interview with The Times to promote her upcoming film, "Till," in which she plays the mother of civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley, when she brought up the topic of whether the Jews are a race or a religious group.
When reminded by the interviewer that the Nazis saw the Jews as a race, she responded, "Yes, but that's the killer, isn't it? The oppressor is telling you what you are. Why are you believing them? They're Nazis. Why believe what they're saying?"
"Remember who they were killing first. They were not killing racial; they were killing physical. They were killing people they considered to be mentally defective. And then they made this decision."
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