Joy Behar blasted as 'racist' for comment about Whoopi Goldberg's hair

The View co-host Joy Behar came under fire after comments she made about co-host Whoopi Goldberg’s hair.

Her comments occurred during a Wednesday episode of the show when Sir Patrick Stewart came on to invite Goldberg to be part of the new Star Trek series. “I just said to him, ‘Does she have to take the hair thing off?'” Behar said as she grabbed Goldberg’s dreadlocks. She then quoted Stewart, saying, “She can do whatever she wants.” The comments elicited awkward laughter from the other hosts but brought condemnation online, with some calling the remark “racist.”