The women of “The View” took aim at media mogul Rupert Murdoch during Thursday’s episode of the ABC talk show, taking him to task for a tweet in which he declared GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson would be a “real black president.”
Murdoch drew fire on Wednesday after tweeting, “Ben and Candy Carson terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And much else.”
Murdoch apologized Thursday, tweeting, “Apologies! No offense meant. Personally find both men charming.” However, the mea culpa didn’t seem to hold much water with “View” host Whoopi Goldberg.
“If that’s not what you meant to say, then you should say what you meant to say,” Goldberg said.
Goldberg then took on the fact that Murdoch was apparently referencing an article in New York magazine, which explored whether President Barack Obama has done enough for the black community.
“Listen, I’m part of the black community. I can actually take care of all the stuff I need,” Goldberg said. “But I’ll tell you, a lot of folks — black, white, Hispanic — are much better off than they were eight, 10 years ago.”
Goldberg went on to say that she’d rather not have a president who caters to one particular demographic over all others.
“I don’t want a black president who’s just taking care of black people. I don’t want a Hispanic president who’s just taking care of Hispanic people,” Goldberg said. “I want one president who’s taking care of everybody.”
During Thursday’s episode, the “View” panel also tackled Nicki Minaj, who earlier this week stormed out of a New York Times interview when the interviewer asked if she thrives on drama.
The panel was divided on the topic, with Michelle Collins opining that it wasn’t a fair question, Raven-Symone suggesting that Minaj’s own actions display her flair for drama, and Joy Behar expressing fear of the rapper.
Let's go back to the no host format, shall we, MTV? Miley Cyrus seemed to have two objectives Sunday night: to make mention of weed and sexual innuendo at every opportunity, and to eventually plug her free album at the end of the show. She also wore a ton of stupid stuff that left very little to be desired, for anyone who still desires at this point.
Overall, her efforts should not prove a particularly tough act to follow in 2016.
After receiving the award for Best Hip Hop Video -- and ironically following a shoutout to her preacher -- Minaj bashed Cyrus for mentioning her in a recent New York Times interview.
Cyrus did her best to play it off and transition to the next act, but it was awkward to say the least.
The Biebs performed "Where Are U Now?" followed by brand new single "What Do You Mean?" He then took to the air, flying on a harness at the performance's end. When lowered to the safety of the stage, Bieber broke into tears.
Perhaps the harness was too tight?
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Worst: Kanye West's Latest Rambling Rant
Kanye West is a terrific rapper and a terrible speaker. The predetermined honoree of the MTV VMAs Video Vanguard Award accepted his trophy from old show foe Taylor Swift, and then he got to preaching.
It was the best of efforts, it was the worst of efforts. MTV had a big task Sunday night, trying to keep its flagship awards show to a PG-13 level. For the most part, whoever was manning the "dump" button did a nice job covering up a ton of expletives -- but the cable channel was a bit asleep as the wheel with visual censorship.
Rebel Wilson wore a shirt with the word "Fuck" clear as day on it, and MTV got caught with its host sans shirt (or anything else on top), as Miley Cyrus suffered a nip slip at one point. Not that she cares.
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Best: Macklemore Takes It to the Streets
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis rarely give a milquetoast performance, and Sunday's ambitious exterior VMAs performance was no exception.
The duo gave daps to old-school hip-hop with a movement-filled mini set that included guest stars such as Kool Moe Dee. One that that wasn't so great? Macklemore's moped negotiating skills.
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Worst: Clock Management
Like seemingly every awards show, the MTV VMAs simply could not stick within their allotted time. Much of that can be attributed to Kanye West's aforementioned all-over-the-place award acceptance/2020 candidacy speech. That's what you get for giving that guy the one trophy that doesn't come with optional play-off music.
Though the show was somewhere around two-and-a-half hours, most folks in attendance would probably tell you that it felt even longer. Anyway, here's a picture of Demi Lovato and Iggy Azalea.
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Best: Miley Hearts Wayne Coyne
The unlikely lovefest between the 54-year-old Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and 22-year-old Cyrus continued at the VMAs.
Coyne, who produced the surprise album Cyrus dropped at the end of the show, assisted the pop singer with her performance by holding an air cannon between her thighs and firing as she stroked it. Coyne and Cyrus previously performed together at the Billboard Music Awards, and Cyrus appeared on the Flaming Lips' 2014 Beatles tribute album "With a Little Help From My Fwends."
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Justin Bieber bawled and Kanye West declared his future presidential candidacy on a weird night for pop music
Let's go back to the no host format, shall we, MTV? Miley Cyrus seemed to have two objectives Sunday night: to make mention of weed and sexual innuendo at every opportunity, and to eventually plug her free album at the end of the show. She also wore a ton of stupid stuff that left very little to be desired, for anyone who still desires at this point.
Overall, her efforts should not prove a particularly tough act to follow in 2016.
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