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Whoopi Goldberg Won’t Attend Kennedy Center Until It “Becomes What Kennedy Center Was Always Supposed To Be”; Trump Appointee Calls ‘Hamilton’ Withdrawal A “Publicity Stunt”
Whoopi Goldberg says she will no longer attend Kennedy Center performances in light of the Donald Trump board takeover.
Whoopi Goldberg announced on today’s The View that she will no longer attend Kennedy Center performances in light of the Donald Trump board takeover that has prompted a raft of changes at the venue including firings and show cancelations. Last night, Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed interim executive director of the Kennedy Center, posted a response to the Hamilton producers on X, calling the cancelation “a publicity stunt.” (In producer Seller’s statement yesterday, he proactively countered Grenell’s argument, writing, “ Hamilton was proudly performed at the Kennedy Center in 2018 during the first Trump administration.
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