Candace Cameron Bure has stepped down as host of In cash for Hot Topic.
Following the backlash from Cameron and Christian supporters against the 2024 Paris election, Olympics opening ceremony, the hosts of the hit daytime talk show weigh in.
Needless to say, they’re not Team Candace.
While they didn’t specifically mention Candace by name, all four panelists agreed on the outrage over drag-centric opening ceremony segment was, well, unnecessary.
Whoopi Goldberg’s Message to Candace Cameron Bure: Come!
When The View returned on Monday, July 29, two days after the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow hosts dove right into Hot Topics.
“It’s like, come on, guys –– it’s the Olympics! Stop it!” Whoopi Goldberg said. “They’re not trying to do anything other than talk about history. They’re showing you history.”
In case you haven’t been following: Candace Cameron Bure felt that the drag performance during the opening ceremony alluded to Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic late 15th-century painting depicting his interpretation of Jesus Christ’s Last Supper. She called the performance “disgusting.”
However, organizers confirmed that the performance is a reference to a 17th-century painting titled “The Feast of the Gods” by Dutch artist Jan van Bijlert, which depicts the Greek gods of Olympus gathered around a long table.
Still, the damage was already done, and people’s minds—including Candace’s—could not be swayed.
Which made Whoopi and company even more angry.
Rather than taking “20 hours to write an email,” the Oscar winner suggested that individuals who “weren’t happy” with the vignette simply “watch something else.”
“Just turn off the TV!” Whoopi exclaimed. “Watch something else! Put down the newspaper, don’t look at the pictures, these are choices. These are our choices. You have the ability.”
“Forget what Instagram is telling you,” she continued. “If you don’t like it, move on to something else! You don’t have to stay! You have the power to make a change.”
The View Co-Hosts Agree: You’re Missing the ‘Message’
Sara Haines, who is often outspoken about her religion, agreed with Whoopi that the performance was not intended “to be subversive, not to mock or shock,” but rather “to send a message of love, a message of inclusion and not to divide.”
“I get so frustrated with religion,” Sara admitted, before offering some advice to her fellow followers of the faith. “Don’t follow the literal letter of the Bible, follow the example of the word –– which is live with grace, live with forgiveness.”
Ana Navarro then intervened to highlight that the drag segment evoking the Last Supper “was a very small part” of an event that lasted almost four hours.
“It’s what has consumed so much of America, I think, and I would say it happens every four years,” Navarro said. “There are young people who train their entire lives to be there and represent our countries. Can we please give them the focus?”
Yes please – can we just watch? Simone Biles dominate please???