Veteran Hollywood star Whoopi Goldberg issued an apology for using an ethnic slur toward the Romani people on The View. 

The co-host made the offensive slur while discussing former US president Donald Trump’s loss of the 2020 presidential election on the air in the March 15 episode. In her apology video which was shared on Twitter, Goldberg said, “You know, when you’re a certain age, you use words that you know from when you’re a kid or you remember saying, and that’s what I did today, and I shouldn’t have. I should have thought about it a little longer before I said it, but I didn’t. I am sorry.”