Whoopi Goldberg thinks Jay Z had the right to smack Solange Knowles back.
“The View” co-host debated Tuesday over what caused Beyonce’s sister to lash out violently at the hip-hop star in a surveillance tape obtained by TMZ. While the discussion focused mainly on Beyonce’s inaction in the fracas, Goldberg provocatively suggested Jay Z could’ve hit her back.
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“I think Solange was ready for him to do whatever he was going to do,” Goldberg said. “This is the thing, if anybody hits you, you have the right — I know that many people are raised in a very different way but if a woman hits you, to me, you have the right to hit her back.”
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Barbara Walters questioned Goldberg about whether that would still be the case if the gender roles were reversed.
“If I slap a man, he has every right to slap me back,” Goldberg opined.
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