The Academy Awards has announced another round of presenters, including Whoopi Goldberg, who will be returning to the stage for the first time in nearly a decade. Goldberg's return comes after a two-week suspension for controversial remarks about the Holocaust.
The Academy has unveiled another round of presenters for the star-studded Oscars show. John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, Bowen Yang, and June Squibb have also taken spots on the list, joining the previously announced Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Randolph, who won the Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress at the 2024 Oscars , is set to take the stage. However, the announcement of the presenters, particularly Whoopi Goldberg, has sparked mixed reactions online.
Goldberg, a previous Oscar host, will be returning to the Academy Awards stage for the first time in nearly a decade. Her return comes after a two-week suspension from the show in 2022 for her controversial remarks about the Holocaust. Goldberg had stated that the genocide was “not about race” but about “man’s inhumanity to man.” She later apologized, acknowledging that the Holocaust was indeed about race, as Hitler and the Nazis considered Jews to be an inferior race. Some netizens felt it was an inappropriate moment to bring up the question about race in the context of the incident. Others criticized her past controversial statements, including her 2009 remarks about Roman Polanski and her initial defense of Bill Cosby during the sexual assault allegations against him. Despite the controversy, Goldberg's return to the Oscars stage has generated buzz.
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