Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Trump Jr clash on air
It all began after host questioned the president’s character and his habit of personal attacks against critics
Actress Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Trump Jr, the US president’s son, got into a heated exchange on-air during an episode of the talk show, The View.
It all began after a host of the show questioned the president’s character and his habit of personal attacks against his critics, reports People Magazine.
The 41-year-old Trump quickly shot back: “We have all done things we regret.” Trump was making a reference to the time Goldberg defended film maker Roman Polanski.
Polanski was tried and sentenced to jail for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. Before he could be sentenced though, he fled to France.
“I mean if we’re talking about bringing the discourse down…Whoopi you’ve said Roman Polanski… it wasn’t rape-rape when he raped a child,” Don Jr said.
Goldberg then asked him if he was questioning her character. To which Trump replied: “I’m not questioning your character, you’re questioning my father’s character.”
In 2009, on the same show Goldberg had said about the Polanski incident that “it wasn’t rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don’t believe it was rape-rape.”