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‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg returns to show, fans say ‘you were missed’

Whoopi Goldberg has been hosting The View since 2007 but was suspended for 2 weeks over her Holocaust remarks

TV anchor Whoopi Goldberg returned as a host on 'The View' on Monday, 14 February after a two-week suspension over her remarks on the Holocaust.

Whoopi opened her Monday show and said to viewers, “Well, hello, hello, hello, and welcome to ‘The View.’ And yes, I am back… And I missed you all, too. I’ve got to tell you, there’s something kind of marvelous about being on a show like this, because we are ‘The View’ and this is what we do. And sometimes we don’t do it as delicately as we could… But it’s five minutes to get in important information about topics. And that’s what we try to do every day. And I want to thank everybody who reached out while I was away.”

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She further said, “And I’m telling you, people reached out from places that made me go, ‘Wait, wait, what? Really? OK!’ And it was amazing and I listened to everything everybody had to say and I was very grateful, and I hope it keeps all the important conversations happening because we’re going to keep having tough conversations. And in part, because this is what we have been hired to do. And it’s not always pretty, as I said, and it’s not always as other people would like to hear, but it is an honor to sit at this table and be able to have these conversations because they’re important. They’re important to us as a nation, and to us more so as a human entity. So, happy Valentine’s Day, y’all! And we’re going to get started, because that’s what we do.”

@therecount posted on twitter, "Welcome to The View, and yes, I am back."
— Whoopi Goldberg returns to The View after a two-week suspension, saying "we’re gonna keep having tough conversations"

Whoopi's fans reacted to he comeback and expressed it on twitter. A user tweeted "Welcome back Whoopi..we missed you."

"YAY!!!!!! Whoopi Goldberg is Back!!!! She is the BEST Moderator 👏🏾👏🏾 Welcome Back! You Were Missed 💙💙💙💙💙👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #TheView #WhoopiGoldberg," said another user.

The Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, 66, has been hosting The View since 2007. She made the controversial comment on the show while discussing a Tennessee school board's prohibiting the graphic novel about the on-ground Holocaust that showed nudity, blasphemy, and suicide.

After her show, she was invited by the Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to discuss her offensive remarks to understand why her comments were offensive to the Jewish community. Kenneth L. Marcus, chairman, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said, “In her error, she was reflecting a misunderstanding of Jewish identity that is both widespread and dangerous that is sometimes described as erasive antisemitism.”

Whoopi has apologized multiple time for her hurtful remarks and also threatened to leave the show. But after all of that, she is back on the show and will continue to navigate conversations about hot button topics in these controversy-ridden times.