“Why does she owe anybody an explanation?”
“Why would you go somewhere and be uncomfortable?
I don’t want to be uncomfortable,” Goldberg added.
Whoopi Goldberg on ‘The View’; Donald Trump at his inauguration; Michelle Obama at 2025 SXSW.Credit:ABC; GREG NASH/POOL/AFP via Getty; Julia Beverly/WireImage
“I don’t do it because it’s not good for me.”
Goldberg then set her sights on current First Lady Melania Trump.
“We joke about it, but she’s not obligated to explain why she doesn’t go.”
Barack Obama attends Donald Trump’s 2025 presidential inauguration.KENNY HOLSTON/THE NEW YORK TIMES/AFP via Getty
“She was not obligated to go to this,” Goldberg stressed.
“That was a hard thing for me to do.
I had to basically trick myself out of it, and its started with not having anything to wear.
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Barack Obama attends Donald Trump’s 2025 presidential inauguration.KENNY HOLSTON/THE NEW YORK TIMES/AFP via Getty
