Whoopi Goldberg Thinks She’s in Tehran. Her Bank Account Says Otherwise.
Some people are so rich, so famous, and so sheltered by their own celebrity bubble that they forget where they actually live. Enter Whoopi Goldberg, who, on The View, claimed that being Black in America is like living in Iran. Yes. Iran.
The same Iran where women are jailed, beaten, and killed for taking off a hijab. Where dissent is met with lashes, where protesters are executed. But sure, Whoopi, tell us again how sitting on The View in designer glasses, reminiscing about your ’90s box office peak, is just like living under Iran’s morality police.
This isn’t just out-of-touch. It’s an insult.
A Millionaire in Full Makeup, Crying Oppression
Goldberg made the comparison while perched in a Manhattan studio with a glam team, live audience, and network contract most Americans couldn’t dream of. Her net worth? Estimated at $60 million. She’s one of the few people alive who can say she’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. But in her mind, she’s a political prisoner.
No one is stopping her from speaking. In fact, the problem is that she won’t stop talking.
OutKick: “Whoopi Should Be Held Accountable”—And They’re Right
In a scathing analysis, Bobby Burack at OutKick didn’t hold back.
On Tuesday, Whoopi Goldberg told the audience of “The View” that black people in America have it as bad as people living in the terrorist state of Iran.
He goes on to argue ABC News owes viewers an apology and that Goldberg’s remarks downplay the atrocities committed in repressive nations.
Burack doesn’t just call Whoopi’s comments ignorant—he argues that her comparison dangerously downplays what life is really like under a theocracy like Iran, especially for women and dissidents. And he’s not wrong. Goldberg enjoys every privilege this country has to offer: free speech, celebrity status, legal protection, and an $8 million-a-year TV perch to say whatever she wants without consequence. Meanwhile, women in Iran are beaten, imprisoned, or killed for simply showing their hair. Yet somehow, Whoopi still thinks she’s the one being silenced.
Former White House Press Secretary @kayleighmcenany teams up with @KennedyNation and @HARRISFAULKNER to take down Whoopi Goldberg’s comments on Iran on @OutnumberedFNC! @DailyCaller
— Harold Hutchison (@HaroldHutchison) June 19, 2025
Harris Faulkner Claps Back
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner—who has more class in her pinky than the entire View panel combined—slammed Goldberg for the ignorance and privilege baked into the comment.
On the Thursday, June 19, episode of The Faulkner Focus, the journalist called Goldberg’s comments “asinine,” adding, “You know, we’re two Black individuals and we’ve done well, we’re successful, and there’s a lot of other folks like us around. This is not Jim Crow, this is not slavery, and to be making those kind of comparisons is despicable.”
Specifically, Faulkner was referring to Whoopi’s comparison of being Black in America to living in Iran. After cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin pointed out, “I think it’s very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iran in 2025,” Goldberg replied, “Not if you’re Black.”
Faulkner added, “Just to make that comparison and not give the world credit on where we come from … it’s Juneteenth! It’s June 19. We know where we have been. That is not 2025.”
“Women in Iran are dying for freedom,” Faulkner said. “Whoopi is sitting comfortably in a multimillion-dollar studio… complaining.” – TV Insider
Exactly.
While some Hollywood celebrities are stripping down to stay relevant, Whoopi’s out here running her mouth instead—proving there’s more than one way to beg for attention in Tinseltown.
Hollywood Delusion Is a Hell of a Drug
This isn’t the first time Whoopi has compared America to an authoritarian regime and probably won’t be the last. She once said the Holocaust wasn’t about race. She defended Roman Polanski. She’s made a habit of spouting nonsense and acting shocked when people push back.
There’s no systemic oppression keeping Whoopi Goldberg down. She is a walking billboard for American opportunity: black, female, wildly successful, and totally ungrateful.
She lives in a country where she can say any of this garbage without consequence. In Iran? That kind of hot take could cost you your life. But Whoopi doesn’t want perspective. She wants attention. And outrage is her currency.
Whoopi doesn’t need to be canceled. She needs to be reminded loudly and often that the only reason she can say this crap on national television is because she lives in the United States of America. A country that gave her wealth, fame, and the freedom to embarrass herself daily.
Maybe someone should send her a map because this ain’t Iran.
Feature Image: Photographer is Daniel Langer, dlanger on flickr.com. Copyright is held by Daniel Langer and Comic Relief, Inc., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons/edited in Canva Pro
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