Whoopi Goldberg sparks outrage after saying people should darken their skin and fake a Latin accent to bait Kristi Noem.NH
The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg proposed a maneuver to bait Kristi Noem’s ire even further after the secretary of homeland security promised that ICE would be “all over” Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny‘s Super Bowl performance next year.
The talk show’s cohosts kicked off Monday’s live show by praising the Saturday Night Live season 51 premiere, which Bad Bunny hosted shortly after he was announced as the Super Bowl halftime show headliner.
SNL‘s season opener included lampooning of President Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, J.K. Rowling, and more, with comedian Joy Behar praising, “They can’t stop us. They can’t stop the comedy,” before touting, “Look at Jimmy Kimmel! He’s back in full force,” after the ABC talk show host’s temporary suspension amid political discourse about comments he made about the alleged assassin of controversial right-wing figure Charlie Kirk.
“We’re still here, even though we’re not always funny here,” Behar joked, after the White House released several statements condemning The View cohosts in recent months.
Behar continued, criticizing Noem’s past, including the moment she admitted to shooting her family dog.
“One thing I thought of, Kristi Noem, you know, the one who killed the dog?” Behar said. “She’s threatening to go to the Super Bowl when Bad Bunny is there and round up all these people.”
Behar then brought up that the Supreme Court recently lifted a Joe Biden-era order that barred authorities from targeting people who appeared to be of a specific race or who spoke Spanish or English with an accent, per the Associated Press.
Goldberg introduced a tactic to goad Noem, aimed at those attending the Super Bowl.
“Everybody, get a little cocoa butter, sit in the sun, that’s the first thing,” Goldberg said. “And this is the only time you can probably ever do this: Give yourself a Latin accent, and just see if she can tell who’s who.”Bad Bunny on ‘Saturday Night Live’.
When asked about how she’d handle the Super Bowl amid right-wing backlash to Bad Bunny’s selection as the halftime show headliner, Noem told The Benny Show that she has “the responsibility for making sure everybody goes to the Super Bowl, has the opportunity to enjoy it and to leave.”
Noem added that people shouldn’t attend if they aren’t “law-abiding Americans who love this country.”
Other figures, like former racer Danica Patrick, have spoken out against the Super Bowl headliner because his music includes Spanish lyrics.
“Oh fun,” Patrick wrote on X. “No songs in English should not be allowed at one of America’s highest rated television events of the year… not just for sports.”
On his SNL appearance, Bad Bunny gave a statement in Spanish, and then said, “If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn.”
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC.
