Whoopi Goldberg slams transphobic criticism of Elliot Page’s ‘The Odyssey’ casting: ‘Don’t go see the damn movie’

Whoopi Goldberg said retired against nan transphobic backlash to Elliot Page’s domiciled successful “The Odyssey.”

On Tuesday’s section of “The View,” Goldberg and her co-hosts defended Page — who came retired arsenic a transgender in 2020 — being formed successful nan Christopher Nolan movie pursuing disapproval from conservatives for illustration Ben Shapiro.

“I don’t understand. If you consciousness for illustration that, why spell spot nan movie?” Goldberg said, aft nan show played a clip of Shapiro saying it was “stupid to formed Elliot Page arsenic a dude.”

The EGOT victor added, “If you don’t want to spot it, past don’t spell spot it. Why do you attraction who’s formed successful it?”

Goldberg, 70, wondered why group who “hate” Page’s casting arsenic Greek warrior Sinon person to push their schedule truthful difficult onto others.

“You don’t for illustration Elliot Page? Don’t spell spot nan damn movie,” she said. “Don’t do it. We will beryllium OK if you don’t spell spot it.”

Conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin sided pinch Goldberg connected nan “Odyssey” topic.

“Twitter is not existent life,” Farah Griffin said, noting that contempt immoderate online disapproval circulating connected nan platform, she recovered nan movie to beryllium a “masterpiece.”

The caller mom besides based on that there’s “there’s thing woke successful this film.”

Sara Haines, meanwhile, pointed retired that immoderate of nan movie’s harshest critics are group who haven’t moreover seen it.

“There’s a unsocial ignorance to personification who comments connected thing they’ve ne'er seen. You’re taught from a young age: do your research, study and past you tin subordinate nan conversation,” Haines said.

She added, “You cannot not spot nan movie and kick astir really atrocious it is erstwhile you haven’t seen nan film.”

Page, 39, stars successful nan big-screen adjustment of Homer’s classical epic poem alongside Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Lupita Nyong’o.

There was besides backlash towards Nyong’o, a achromatic woman, being formed arsenic Helen of Troy and her copy sister, Clytemnestra.

Nolan, 55, antecedently said nan casting criticism, arsenic good arsenic nan complaints complete American accents and modern speech successful nan film, “comes pinch nan territory.”

“But look, these conversations that hap earlier group spot nan movie — they’re ever irrelevant, because nary 1 having them knows what nan movie really is yet,” he told nan Hollywood Reporter earlier this month.

Page, meanwhile, has avoided speaking astir nan transphobic consequence to his casting passim “The Odyssey” property tour.

While connected “The Daily Show” Wednesday, Page admitted he was “terrified” to return connected nan role of Sinon.

“The characteristic I play successful this is really not primitively successful ‘The Odyssey,’” nan “Juno” character explained.

“So for me, nan attraction was really connected being capable to seizure him successful these fewer scenes and hopefully make Chris happy.”