Breaking: Whoopi Goldberg supports Carrie Underwood’s ‘right’ to sing at Trump inauguration….. Check In For More Details

by RAY LEWIS | The National News Desk
Wednesday, Jan 15th 2025

Whoopi Goldberg, who co-hosts “The View,” said Tuesday she stands behind singer Carrie Underwood, who will perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.

Underwood is expected to sing “America the Beautiful” on Monday shortly before Trump takes the oath of office.

“I stand behind her. If she’s – ” Goldberg said before co-host Sunny Hostin interrupted with “or not.”

No, not ‘or not,’ because if I believe I have the right to make up my mind to go perform some place, I believe they have the same right,” Goldberg continued.
Earlier, Hostin noted artists have a right to perform wherever they want, even though she would decline an invitation to sing at an inauguration for Trump.

“I think art is art, and, you know, you have a right to perform where you want to perform. I agree with you, Joy, I can’t sing a lick, but I – and I have not been asked – but if I were asked, it would be a hard ‘no,’” she said, speaking to Joy Behar, another co-host.

Behar explained she would not sing at an inauguration for Trump so as not to “normalize” him.

“She says, ‘I love our country.’ How do you love your country and support and normalize somebody who was a convicted felon who really wants to destroy the country, in my opinion?” Behar remarked, referencing Underwood. “I don’t understand how you say you love your country at the same time as you normalize this convicted felon, which I can say now every day.”

Alyssa Farah Griffin, a fourth co-host, told Behar she thinks “people make these decisions for a lot of reasons.” Earlier, Griffin claimed it isn’t a bad decision from a “business standpoint” for Underwood, predicting she will probably make a lot of money off the performance.

Artists tend to skew left-leaning, so she’s overnight gonna become an icon of MAGA and the American right,” Griffin said.

People who have complaints about Underwood’s plan to perform can express themselves by not downloading her songs or attending her shows, Griffin added.

“I personally hope we’re moving beyond the era of politics where we want to cancel people’s livelihoods because we don’t like their politics,” she said.