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Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from The View following the controversial comments she made about the Holocaust on the Monday, January 31 show.

The 66-year-old talk show host said that the Holocaust was “not about race” as it involved “two groups of white people” which understandably received a lot of backlashes almost immediately after she made the comments.

If you cast your minds back to Monday’s show, you may remember that co-host Joy Behar said that the Nazis saw the Jews as a different race, to which Goldberg replied, “But it’s not about race. It’s not. It’s about man’s inhumanity to other man.”

Co-host Ana Navarro added: “But it’s about white supremacy. It’s about going after Jews and Gypsies and Roma.”

“But these are two white groups of people,” Goldberg continued, before co-host Sara Haines also chimed in, and insisted that the Nazis “didn’t see them as white,” to which Goldberg said: “But you’re missing the point! The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this alley. Let’s talk about it for what it is. It’s how people treat each other. It’s a problem.”

The Sister Act actress has since apologized for the comments on multiple occasions, including at the start of The View the next day.

“Yesterday on the show I misspoke,” Whoopi began on the Tuesday, February 1 show.

“The Holocaust is indeed about race, because Hitler and the Nazis considered the Jews to be an inferior race.

“Now, words matter, and mine are no exception. I regret my comments and I stand corrected. I also stand with the Jewish people.”

Despite the Oscar-winner’s apology, ABC stuck by its decision to put her on unpaid suspension for two weeks, so she can “learn” from her “wrong and hurtful comments”.

“Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments,” ABC News president Kim Godwin wrote in a letter to the staff on Tuesday, February 1.

“While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments.

“The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kim Godwin added: “These decisions are never easy, but necessary.

“Just last week I noted that the culture at ABC News is one that is driven, kind, inclusive, respectful, and transparent. Whoopi’s comments do not align with those values.”