‘The View’s’ Whoopi Goldberg on NFL, ESPN Domestic Violence Flap: ‘Don’t Be Surprised If You Hit a Man, He Hits You Back’

Goldberg defends the context in which ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith made his original remarks, referencing how the wife of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice mentioned that she hit him first

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Even though Stephen A. Smith apologized for saying that women sometimes provoke getting hit, Whoopi Goldberg is still coming to his defense.

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On Monday’s “The View,” Goldberg was vehemently defending the context in which Smith made his original remarks, referencing how the wife of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice mentioned that she hit him first. According to Goldberg, women should be taught from a young age the lesson “Don’t be surprised if you hit a man, he hits you back.”