Whoopi Goldberg raised some eyebrows when the topic on ABCâS âThe Viewâ turned to whether Trans Athletes should be able to participate in womenâs sports.
Goldberg perhaps thought she had an ally in guest Dylan mulvaney, a trans influencer, not even Mulvaneyâs presence could save the host, Outkick reported.
Mondayâs conversation got going when Goldberg talked about what California Gavin Newsom (D) thought about the topic â mainly it was unfair for men to compete in womenâs sports.
âIf you donât know anything about our bodies, you donât know how it worksâŠyouâre assuming that the women canât do anything,â Goldberg said.
Mulvaney did not come back with a strong opinion one way or the other, but offered a personal experience.
âThe last time I played a sports I was 6 years old, and I assigned myself as the nurse,â Mulvaney said. âIn the words of âWicked,â âI am not that girl.ââ
Mulvaney then called Schuyler Bailar, a transgender athlete, someone Mulvaney respects on the topic.
Bailar has spoken out against what Newsom said.
âThatâs someone who I really look to for guidance and I think that is whatâs tricky, is like, now stepping into this identity, Iâm still like a âbaby trans,â Iâm only three years in,â Mulvaney said.
According to Fox News, Goldberg likened problems Trans Athletes face as the same female athletes face.
âPart of the problem the trans community is facing, and itâs the same problem that women face, is if you donât know anything about our bodies, you donât know how it works,â Goldberg said. âWhen you come in and you say, these are men competing against women, youâre assuming that the women are weak and just canât do anything.â
âHave you seen female athletes? They know what theyâre doing, so Iâm not sure whatâs going on or why this is an issue,â she continued.
Goldberg added that people who think genders canât be changed are the real problem.
âGod doesnât make mistakes. The challenge is not to the trans people, itâs to the people who are not trans. That is who God is looking to see how you treat people,â Goldberg said.
Riley Gaines, an advocate for banning Trans Athletes from womenâs sports spoke out about the interaction.
âShe is right; God does not make mistakes. However, people do, and it is a mistake to say that a man who transitions to be a woman should be allowed to compete in womenâs sports, because it always ends poorly for real women,â Gaines said on X.
âDo transgender people deserve to be treated with dignity? Absolutely, you will never hear me say or see me do anything different. But they donât belong in womenâs sportsâ Gaines added.
She also posted about the women of âThe View.
âI will never not be impressed by how unintellectual and out of touch the women of The View are lol,â Gaines wrote.
âAbsolutely remarkable,â she added.
