Rings Of Power: Whoopi Goldberg Slams Racist Complaints From Viewers
Film star and host of The View Whoopi Goldberg has some choice words for the racist backlash against The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. After some viewers of the Amazon Prime Video series lashed out in response to the casting of people of color in a number of leading and supporting roles, it seems that enough is enough for the silver screen icon.
Goldberg unleashed a smackdown on the aforementioned race-focused complainants during a recent episode of The View, offering her own 2 cents during the «Hot Topics» segment of the show. Along with the new Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, which has seen its own racist reactions, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has seen attacks from those who seem to think that casting Black people somehow goes against what they deem an authentic representation of J.R.R. Tolkien's original works. But Goldberg was having none of it.
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«I want to start by saying these are not real. OK?» Goldberg said. «The new Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power and Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon are both massive hits, but they don't exist in the real world. OK? There are no dragons, there are no hobbits you know, you know that.» This prompted some chuckles from the audience, many of whom probably remember similar backlash from Star Wars fans against Moses Ingram for her role in the Disney Plus series Obi-Wan Kenobi.
«And there are critics who are saying they were 'too woke' by adding diverse characters,» she continued. «Are you telling me Black people can't be fake people too? Is that what you're telling me?» The audience applauded at Goldberg here, following the Star Trek veteran's logic. «I don't know if there's a hobbit club,
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