WHOPI GOLDBERG says he won’t go to Kennedy Center with Trump as a chairman of the place
“View” co -organizer Whoopi Goldberg announced that he would not visit Kennedy Center in the foreseeable future after President Trump was elected President of the Washington DC Arts.
The actress and comedian made a statement during the ABC Talk Show on Thursday, in accordance with the creators of “Hamilton”, who pulled their play from the theater after Trump’s shaking leadership Kennedy Center.
“I understand why they did it,” she said about the people behind Hamilton, adding, “and I do not plan to return to Kennedy Center until she becomes what he was supposed to be.”
The co -organizer of “The View” Whoopi Goldberg stated that he had no “plans” to visit Kennedy Center after being fulfilled by the Custodian Committee and the President Trump.
Goldberg’s words come after creator “Hamilton” Lin-Manuel Miranda and show producer Jeffrey Seller posted on the X this week that they and their show will not be connected with the Kennedy Center going forward, after President Trump reconstructed the old guardian committee with multiple pro-trump figures, which called him the president Last month.
In a joint statement by Dato New York Times, both Miranda and the seller said: “This last action Trump means that it is not Kennedy Center as we knew. The Kennedy Center was not created in this spirit, and we will not be a part of it while Trump Kennedy Center. We just won’t be a part of it.”
In response to their statement, the newly discovered Kennedy Center President, Ric Grenell, wrote on x“Let’s be clear in the facts. Seller and @lin_manuel first went to the New York Times before they came to Kennedy Center with their announcement that they couldn’t be in the same room with Republicans. This is a stunt to promote.”
He added, “Art is intended for everyone – not just for the people they love and agree with.”
“The View” co -organizers expressed support for the Hamilton producer move. Co -organizer Sara Haines stated that art should be “a place of such involvement and celebration” and suggested that Trump Full Committee with conservatives fly before that.
The co -organizer Joy Behar entered into a strong statue of the new leadership of the place, stating, “I think, you know, Trump and Vance can star in” King and I “, for example.”
“And I would love to know if Trump knows who [Alexander] Hamilton is? “Behar asked, adding,” They ruined the whole thing. “
President Donald Trump was voted as chairman of the Kennedy Center Committee earlier this year after being transferred to the guardian committee. (Getty Images)
Sunny Hostin claimed on behalf of Hamilton’s producers, saying, “If you shoot everything – and it was a two -sided group – and replaced them with sicophants that will just … who will just apply Trump’s line, is that really the Kennedy Center mission? And they say no.”
The co -organizer and former Trump of Alyssa Staff Farah Griffin reminded the Council that Hamilton people often made political statements after their shows.
In the midst of Trump’s first elections, the Hamilton acting group taught then-Ves’s elected President Mike Pence After the show he attended. “We, sir, are a diverse America who is upset and worried that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, parents or defend us and support our inalienable rights,” said Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr, a third vice president of the nation.
Still, Griffin said she didn’t like “the end of tradition [The Kennedy Center] be two -sided. “
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Goldberg concluded the segment, stating that he would not attend the Kennedy Center shows until he returned as “a welcome place for all artists, no matter what your slot is.”
The Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to the commentary request from Fox News Digital.
