*Whoopi Goldberg called a recent piece in the New York Times “sloppy” after it failed to name her in a list of previous black Oscar winners, however, the newspaper has responded by saying the actress made “an error.”
As previously reported, the 55-year-old actress spoke of her “embarrassment” after being left off a list of black Oscar honorees in the article.
While co-hosting “The View” on Monday, Goldberg said, “I am embarrassed to tell you, it hurt me terribly. When you win an Academy Award, that’s part of what you’ve done, your legacy. I will always be ‘Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg…’ It’s very hard not to take it personally, but this is sloppy journalism because this is not a hidden thing.”
In the piece, writers Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott seemed to suggest that over the past 73 years, only seven blacks actors have won Academy Awards. They referenced triumphs by the likes of Halle Berry and Denzel Washington, but failed to name Goldberg, who claimed the Best Supporting Actress statue for her performance in 1981′s “Ghost” and was nominated for “The Color Purple.”
However, the Times have reacted to Goldberg’s fury, telling Entertainment Weekly, “The error lies with those who are reading the story incorrectly.”
The newspaper claims that it was merely drawing a comparison between the number of black actors/actresses who won prior to 2002, and those who have won since,” adding, “The story states very clearly that in 73 years, prior to 2002, only seven black actors/actresses won Oscars.”
Well I knew they would rebutt at some point…moving right along…
Let me tell y’all what happened. I saw how the whole thing went down on the View.
Whoopi was a victim of Barbara’s penchant for starting some drama to generate publicity.
Barbara brought up the topic, and poor Whoopi didn’t even get a chance to read the article before going off on the NY Times.
The article, “Hollywood’s Whiteout”, was an attempt to highlight blinding whiteness of the 2011 Academy Awards.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/movies/awardsseason/13movies.html?_r=1&ref=awardsseason
Whoopi is a lady u don’t want to get all riled up! lol
I’m confused! Didn’t she win her oscar “prior to 2002″ So if that is the premise, I still am not sure why she wouldn’t have been included (this may be a “duuuuuuh” moment, but I can’t figure it out)
I think Whoopi is tired of being disrespected when it comes to her Oscar wins…. as a matter of fact, she is one of the few who have an Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy to BOOT. The Oscars left her out of a tribute a few years back and now the NYT is leaving her win out as well, so I think she was a little sensitive. Furthermore, if the NYT wanted to do a REAL article on the whiteout at the Oscars, they would have included ALL Black winners as you can count them pretty much with your 10 fingers, so why ONLY include the 3 winners after 2002? Give em hell Whoopi!