Hypocritical View Hosts Defend Caitlin Clark after Previous Racist Remarks

Michael Wnek | June 3, 2024
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If there’s one thing The View watchers can count on, it’s the hosts’ capriciousness and hypocrisy. Monday morning’s episode of the ABC show saw the hosts seemingly forget Sunny Hostin’s racist comments against WNBA star Caitlin Clark, that she spouted less than two weeks prior. Instead, they changed tunes and championed Clark’s cause, praising her sportsmanship and various successes.

The topic in question was a recent incident during a game between WNBA teams Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky. Sky guard Chennedy Carter fouled Clark, prompting the WNBA to upgrade the technical foul to a Flagrant 1, defined as “unnecessary contact committed by a player against an opponent.” 

Hostin, who sits on the board of advocates for the WNBA’s Players Association, and Whoopi Goldberg first engaged in a back-and-forth, discussing the intensity of a contact sport and the reality of such incidents occurring. Hostin compared the situation to a similar one experienced by another athlete, Angel Reese, praising her sportsmanship in accepting the sport’s challenge, like Clark, rather than expecting special treatment from the league.

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