Whoopi Goldberg and her 'The View' co-hosts finally broke their silence on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension

"Did y'all really think we weren't going to talk about Jimmy Kimmel? I mean, have you watched the show over the last 29 seasons? So you know, no one silences us."

"When the news broke last week about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, we took a breath to see if Jimmy was going to say anything about it first," Goldberg said. "We did the same thing with Stephen Colbert."

"We talk about freedom of speech a lot because we are always in somebody's mess because somebody has decided that we have said something that's offensive. We fight for everybody's right to have freedom of speech because it means my speech is free. It means your speech is free."

Hosts of ABC's The View condemned Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and defended First Amendment protections. Whoopi Goldberg opened the broadcast by asserting that the show would address Kimmel and that no one silences the panel. The hosts said they delayed commentary to allow Kimmel to speak first, citing a similar approach when Stephen Colbert faced related news. Goldberg emphasized fighting for everyone's right to free speech because it protects individual expression. Co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed that freedom of speech undergirds democracy, framing their response as a broader defense of open expression across media.

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