PETA Gives Whoopi a Whuppin'!

Posted Sep 5th 2007 10:49AM by TMZ Staff

Whoopi is the new Rosie on "The View," in more ways than one! Day one, and she's already pissed off a whole lotta people, including animal rights group PETA. Goldberg defended Michael Vick by saying there are things that are "indicative to certain parts of our country," ... meaning the South.
PETA and Whoopi Goldberg
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk fired off an email to Whoopi that very politely said just how ignorant Whoopi's statement was. "I think a lot of people who live and work in the South -- as PETA does -- will not appreciate the "view" that cruelty to dogs is an accepted Southern pastime. Those who fight dogs do so in New York, Chicago, and even the Republic of The View -- click to launchIreland, and what unites them is lawlessness and callousness, not whether they eat grits or Belgian waffles for breakfast." Newkirk went on to say that "animals are as vulnerable to abuse as children are, and they need your voice more than Vick does right now." Whoops!

UPDATE: On today's "View" Whoopi said she was "not condoning" Vick's actions. It sure sounded as though she was making excuses for them.

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Tags: dog fighting, DogFighting, michael vick, MichaelVick, peta, southern, the view, TheView, whoopi

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1. whoopis comments show her ignorance since when is it ok to abuse animals cause you live in the south??

Posted at 12:13PM on Sep 5th 2007 by b0red

2. Whoopi saying that something is indicative to that part of the country is not saying is is legal or acceptable. It is saying that this behavior has been going on a long time, right or wrong, and that it is sometimes hard to break the pattern even if it is wrong. No where did Whoopi say it is Okay to harm, maim, or kill dogs. She was just trying to tell us about differences in how people may be raised.

Posted at 12:16PM on Sep 5th 2007 by Mie

3. I no longer watch the view, but I believe that Whoopi will defend anyone who is black, no matter what they do or say.

Posted at 12:16PM on Sep 5th 2007 by Prada

4. Whoopi, I love ya girl but we rednecks down here in the south have just as much love and compasion for animals as you city slickers. Please don't blame Vick's disgrace on us

Posted at 12:26PM on Sep 5th 2007 by SouthernBoy

5.

Animal ABUSE is animal abuse, no matter where it happens.

SHAME on Goldberg for DEFENDING dog fighting promoter Michael Vick.

Too bad she accepts it as the "black culture" to abuse animals, although
not all blacks are that way, obviously.

People of ALL RACES all over the WORLD should be KIND to Animals.

Before becoming a Pet owner, you must be

110% committed to PROPERLY Caring for your pets.

They require lots of love as well.

They should also Not be USED for PROFIT, Period.

There should be STRICTER LAWS regarding ANIMAL ABUSE.

Thank God for organizations such as ASPCA !



Posted at 12:27PM on Sep 5th 2007 by tweety

6. Whoopi is an idiot! She needs to keep her mouth shut. Why the View, has her on the show now, I will never understand. I will never watch The View if she is on there.

Posted at 12:32PM on Sep 5th 2007 by Giggly

7. whoopi is from ny and from middle class parents. i have no idea where she gets the idea she is so culturally "in" with southerners. was the the best The View could do to start some buzz?

Posted at 12:37PM on Sep 5th 2007 by alex

8.
To #4 - All said and done, she still said that it's something black folks just "do"! It's how they grew up! PLEASE! It shows how ignorant you also are! She sounded the fool and even her co-hosts were surprised. But seeing as Whoopi looks like a mutt, it figures that would be her point of "view".

Posted at 12:42PM on Sep 5th 2007 by NYC

9. Whoopi was born and raised in NYC. What does she know about the South? People who abuse helpless animals and children are vile and despicable no matter where they are from and she has revealed herself to be the same way by condoning such a thing.

Posted at 12:43PM on Sep 5th 2007 by smitty

10. Since everyone likes dogs so much why don't some of you go from city to city and fund dog shelters for stray dogs, there are way to many strays running around, hell most of you don't support dogfighting but you would be glade to support the death penalty most of the dogs that are used in dog fighting are viscous and savage and would kill at any opportunity. it's ashame that people would waste so much time on some damn dogs.

Posted at 12:44PM on Sep 5th 2007 by listanna

11. whoopi will never be Rosie,everything about Rosie sucked.the only person to take the view down is Barbara,she is rude and looks at Elizabeth like she hates her.Barbara is the one washed up and needs to turn it over to the young guns,her gun is empty !!!

Posted at 12:57PM on Sep 5th 2007 by Elizabeth

12. They stick together like a fly on s*it. Already I don't want to turn on The View

Posted at 1:03PM on Sep 5th 2007 by anonymous

13. Dogfighting is ILLEGAL, and completely unacceptable in the South, or anywhere else. I don't normally agree with PETA, but in this, we see eye to eye. Her comments were ignorant, and offensive to everyone who lives in the South. We aren't a bunch of ignorant, backwoods hillbillies with nothing better to do than fight dogs. She disgusts me. I hope they get rid of her.

Posted at 1:04PM on Sep 5th 2007 by Michelle R.

14. Celebrities accused of murder and driving while intoxicated car Racing in Public street endangering lives day in and out-- offenses which threatened human lives -- got less condemnation than Vick.
But in America you kill dogs. and they want to HANG you.
What is happening AMERICA ??

Posted at 1:12PM on Sep 5th 2007 by Sighhh

15. I just can't belive Whoopi said this.

"Culture" is used as an excuse for CRIME by CRIMINALS!!

Posted at 1:13PM on Sep 5th 2007 by tay

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