Whoopi Goldberg ‘Bored’ By Travis Kelce Controversy On ‘The View,’ Says Backlash

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00:00 >> The NFL star and Taylor Swift's gentleman caller, Travis Kelsey, just sparked a lot of

00:07 outrage online, apparently, after he liked a social media post that featured multiple

00:13 photos of you-know-who. >> The co-hosts of The View Tuesday

00:17 weighed in on controversy surrounding Taylor Swift's man, Travis Kelsey, after he liked the

00:23 picture featuring former President Donald Trump. After a few minutes of going back and forth,

00:27 Whoopi Goldberg was over it. >> She gets that look, you know.

00:31 >> She's bored. >> I am.

00:34 It's quite possible that none of this is important. I certainly hope so.

00:41 >> The move by the NFL pro to like the picture posted by former sports reporter Sage Steele

00:48 had some speculating that Kelsey outed himself as a MAGA supporter. The post dated March 10th

00:54 with several pictures and a video of the president at a UFC event in Miami, Florida.

00:59 The ladies on the show quickly presented proof why they don't believe the backlash was necessary.

01:04 >> MAGA tends to do this. They really want to like find celebrities who are with them,

01:08 and I hate to break the news to them. He's advocated for stricter gun control. He was

01:12 literally the face of the COVID vaccine, telling people to get the vaccine, a good thing, by the

01:17 way. And he kneeled during the national anthem. Like, I don't think you just, you know, sniffed

01:20 him out as a secret Trump supporter. >> To me, like, I do not, that when I like

01:24 people, whether it's on a like or my friends and family, that is not an endorsement of everything

01:29 they've said, everything they've done. >> Co-host Sunny Hostin explained the

01:32 pop star's boyfriend and Steele probably know each other from working in the sports world.

01:37 >> Sage Steele was an important sports reporter on ESPN. They probably met through ESPN,

01:43 and then he was like, look at Sage. And then all the articles came out.

01:47 >> Ultimately, it was Whoopi who had the last word on the subject,

01:51 saying people should be paying attention to more important things.

01:54 >> Cuz it occurred to them, why is everybody so upset? You got bills to pay. Why are you

02:01 paying all that attention to what he's doing? >> There are a lot of people that pay attention

02:04 to it. >> Yeah, but that's my point.

02:06 He's not paying your rent, and he don't care what you think. How about that?

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