TV Anchor Removed After Quoting Snoop Dogg | The View

It is so absurd that we can't even use words to report on what words were said in a story. We are recessing. We are a nation of toddlers.

Whoopi is right. It’s great to hear her finally address what happened, even if only a little bit. Nobody is perfect. Everyone deserves the chance to make mistakes, learn, and grow from them.

Whoopi has been holding that inside for a very long time. Am happy she was able to get it out and say what she wanted to say. 👏🏾

She got fired for saying Nizzle 😂😂😂😂 omg! What has this world come to?

Thanks Whoopi for bringing common sense into this conversation. Well done.

It’s a song out there in the public domain so of course people will repeat it. They need to get that lady back and stop cancelling folks. This is ridiculous.

Big ups to Whoopi there. People are too quick to pass judgments on others. We all want to be given a second chance in life but we don't give others the same opportunity.❤✌️

YESSS, WHOOPI! My sentiments (exactly)! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for what you said! I am not saying what the reporter did was absolutely perfectly fine but I feel that it is almost at the point where I just want to stay totally quiet out in public and not say a peep to anyone because something I say may offend someone! But then again, somebody will find offense I didn't want to talk to them, as well. Smh! Good God, have mercy on us all! Oh no! There I go again offending someone!!!

Thank you Whoopi! Common sense should rule. And if people make mistakes they should be given the opportunity to grow, no just be sacked and canned.

Today’s cancel culture is just crazy. Given that she used it within context should have reduced whatever disciplinary measures dished out.

Thank you Whoopi. I totally agree. I am about the same age as Whoopi and I had never heard that term before and had no idea what the woman did wrong. How are we suppose to learn unless someone tells us? I was curious to know what the term was and what it meant. She may not even know either. Instead of just throwing someone out, let them explain and educate them and the rest of us so we don’t make the same mistakes. There is no “guide” as to what can or cannot be said. There is always a chance of offending someone somewhere and it seems to change daily. If you don’t like someone’s language they use, don’t listen.

Whoopi is absolutely right. It’s getting ridiculous

I'm tired as f*** of networks pretending like words cannot have more than one meaning and context does not matter. until people start pushing back against these businesses and executives organizations and making them held accountable for contacts. Unfortunately people are just gonna continue to be fired because of somebody's bitterness and coy attitude

Woah! This story is timely considering my current situation. I was working on a film set in Bainbridge, Georgia when, as I drove some of the actors to the set) I made a comment about my past that was (agreeably) inappropriate. Let's just say what I said delt with harassment/staking (and I'm leaving it there) When I got to the set, both the director and producer (both women) told me I made a bunch of people feel uncomfortable and they told me to leave. They never fully explain why I was being fired. Also, when I tried to apologize, they never returned my emails and calls to make amends. I have autism (not using that as an excuse for what I said or did) and sometimes, I don't watch what I say. I have a therapist who I'm working with to help me with social cues but I would say the film group was a little too harsh in their punishment. We all are human and we all make mistakes. We were all born in the 20th/21st century and grew up with these issues; not future people judging a past society.

Whoopi is absolutely correct!! Mistakes can be benign or malignant; once diagnosed, allow the mistake maker if he/she desires to heal/clear it up!!
Life is learning!! EACH ONE, TEACH ONE!!

This makes me feel just a tad better that I’ve been fired from literally every job I’ve had due to my physical HEALTH- from calling out some days to most recently, my dizziness being confused as intoxication and the med I took 12 hours prior still showed up in a UA but was NOT active. Still so angry about that. They blame it on my character and competence. It’s such a blow to continue trying.

Whoopi, I wholeheartedly agree with you! That keyword; grace. It’s getting cretinous, that nothing can be said now. Every single person on this earth has made mistakes.

I've recently been saying that this "cancel culture" is at times a lil extreme. Sometimes it needs to be a teachable moment for ppl. In my opinion, it can be overkill to ruin someone's entire career over a mistake which probably creates some confusion & resentment. Instead they need to be told why its insensitive & hurtful to certain ppl. Some may see it as very offensive so they need to be educated. But, everthing said doesn't offend everybody. So, some ppl might be confused about whats acceptable to say. And, I have to agree with Whoppi. On the otherhand, their are ppl in certain roles of power who may express their beliefs to exercise prejudices against other races. Now that must always be canceled because its racism. But, some ppl live their life in a bubble and certain things may need to be explained. Also, all companies need to offer sensitivity training to its employees. Let's just use common sense and help each other to understand why certain words are hurtful to some ppl.

Well I’m happy to see that the ladies had a reasonable take on this.

I am in my in 6oths, my older brother is intellectually disable, that term has changed at least 3 different times in my life time. Whoopi is right very welmeaning people who would never want to offend anyone have been ripped apart for saying something wrong they didn't know was wrong because of changing terms. Let's just start with being kinder to each other.

Just wanna say that the term “grand mammy” has a vastly different meaning in Mississippi than it does in other places. I’m white in Mississippi and that’s genuinely a term we all use for our grandmothers or to reference other peoples grandmothers. It isn’t a reference to the “mammy” stereotype, a lot of Irish and Scottish people who came here also used mammy commonly. It’s just worth mentioning that in some places the vernacular has different meanings and connotations than it does elsewhere. The other thing she said obviously has racial connotations regardless of whether or not she realizes it (I’m sure she did realize it and just thought she could get away with it)

If it means "I concur with you whole heartedly my African American brother" I'm assuming she said "fo shizzle, my nizzle"

Snoop and other artists produce content for a global audience, most of whom can't be expected to know all the history & context behind it. Can't get upset if fans, regardless of their race, repeat back what they hear.

Haha Whoopi "no they never let you do that" *stare*

Whoopi was a whole mood in this segment and I loved every minute of it.

Whoopie, I agree with you totally! Well said.

Things are getting so ridiculous it's pathetic!🙄😒 It's just infuriating.

I always knew what those words meant, but I didn't know that one could get fired for saying it. Most people just sing the lyrics when the song is playing and doesn't know what it means. However, if I hear certain kind of words from my nieces/nephews or if I hear certain lyrics and I don't understand what they mean I go straight to the Urban Dictionary to get the meaning. I recommend it.

As black people we are not offended by her using "nizzle"😂

Whoopi got something off her chest today! 😂

Hey, my dad's mother was" Mammy Tesse" and that was exactly how you were to address her, and none of us would ever degrade her to not call her anything other than that.

It takes a lot more time, energy, legal advice and possibly more backlash to face the issue head on, even if as a lesson for all, than to just squash it with silence and extreme measures against the person involved.

Whoopi is hilarious

This is one of the rare times I can agree with the View. I also had no idea that word was a slur...(I had to look up what she said) I thought it was just some quirky rhyme.
It seems to me it would have been better to just tell her on the air it was not an appropriate thing to say and move on. Sure, she might be a bit embarrassed, but better than getting fired and being treated like she's a bad person.
There are plenty of people saying and much worse, doing horrible things without going after stuff like this.
I'm pretty sure we have all said something out of ignorance. I know I have, and thankfully people just educated me instead of calling for my head. The current era of outrage is terrible.

I don’t agree with their decision in letting her go. 🤦🏾‍♀️

I don’t think that women knew what it meant. Come on, just stop. We need to stop. It’s so ridiculous

Whoopi is unraveling here… and I love her. We love you, Whoopi.

I agree with Whoopi. Give people the opportunity to learn and grow and apologize. Jumping to firing isn't helping anyone. If this has been an on going issue with this anchor and this was just the last straw thats one thing.

I as a Black woman didn't know that word was bad.

Good for you Whoopi. I’m happy you are seeing the light.

I call BS when one person can say a word but the other person cannot

I’m 47 years old black woman and I just found out what that lyric means. I try to watch what I say at work, but I usually fail at it because I don’t like feeling like I am walking on egg shells.

I think Alyssa made a point here… you can enjoy the music but just understand that all the slangs and catch phrases may not be for you. Certain folks can’t stand to fathom that something was not made specifically for them but it should be no surprise that you can’t say every lyric of a rap song on morning television. Just be yourselves without trying to “keep up” or be hip.

We live in a society that demands absolute perfection. If you dare to make a single mistake these days, your career is fucked for life. No matter how much you’re able to learn or grow from your mistakes, whether it’s on social media or at school or work, no one can forgive you or even commend your ability to learn and grow. We are all imperfect human beings. Not programmed robots.

I understand what Whoopi is saying. I remember being a supervisor and I was in a conversation with some coworkers and I said something about being raised black. One of the young ladies got offended by what I said and went to the manager and said I insulted her because she was mixed race. Like Whoopi said there a saying we have that were said back in the day that now people say it's inappropriate today.

I'm pretty sure if the news anchor knew, she most likely wouldn't say it. It's ridiculous if she was fired from it. It just goes to show people are just ridiculous!

I miss the 7 words not allowed. RIP George Carlin

I'm with Whoppi

Great point Whoopi. And, a book of what NOT to say is useless because what offends one, won't offend another...it's all subjective (which I know is the point). Thank you!

Right on, Alyssa! "Changes" LITERALLY just went off the radio as I was driving. Everytime I hear it I think about how sad it is that those lyrics are still very much still relevant, today. Lord, help us! 🙏🏽

That I can agree with Whoopi on! They should definitely come out with a book these days of words you cannot say!

Context matters: If you watch the clip of the news anchor there were several people joking about her being hip/cool and one anchor said she's gonna show up with a snoop dogg tattoo so she then replied "fo shizzle, my nizzle". It was not malicious in any way and while it's super cringe to see a white lady in the south make that comment not many people are aware of what that actually means.
I don't think it takes much effort to not say something racist/anti-semetic. But I think we also do need to be more graceful to those who are just ignorant of racially insensitive comments. The ignorant can be educated and that's how we grow and become better. If you have educated someone on this and they still persist then that's no longer them being ignorant, they are choosing to be hurtful. I don't think her intention was to be hurtful and I don't think she should be fired over being ignorant on the meaning of the lyric.

I agreed with Whoopi!! It's too much. I didn't know what it meant. Dang

Newscasters can't say Nizzle but can make corny Snoop Dogg jokes when it rains and say my drizzle 🙄 I'm Black and I'm not offended but that phrase is out of date. It also depends on who says it and what type of relationship you have. I have White friends who quote Black songs and I'm ok with them because of our relationship. Depends on the person.

I speak English, but everytime I go to the states I'm afraid of offending someone by saying something that in my generation was normal conversation. I'm 71 and speak two languages... its confusing.

They need to bring her back. We all need grace…

This ladies are Red Flags themselves and they should not have names that bring happiness to other people ❤

Snoop should speak up and defend this lady.

Sunny continuously reveals all the things she does not know.

Whoopie's suggestion of having a book of "Things NOT to say" reminds me of a book I found (and purchased) back in 1984 to learn "everyday Spanish" because I was traveling to Colombia, South America for a Girl Scout Wider Opportunity and hadn't taken Spanish EVER, especially in high school. The book offered everyday Spanish words, phrases, etc BUT the LAST CHAPTER was titled "Words and Phrases NOT to say" in Spanish. It was PERFECT!! Of course, as a 17-year-old Gringa working and socializing in Colombia with my sister scouts (and leaders) we had a lot of fun with that chapter.

As a bm, I believe she naively didn't understand what she was saying. Her cheesing afterwards and the brother to her left expression was hilarious.

That reporter quoted a song that was already out there and she was fired ? enough with double standards. 🤐

Extremely well said by Whoopi

It is very hard to sing along with a song when there are words in the song that you're not supposed sing along with

It is ever changing…. 10 years ago a black friend corrected me for saying African American and made it clear black people want to be called black. I immediately changed my vocabulary. However, deep down saying black has been a challenge for me because gen X was brought up being taught to NEVER refer to a person as black and to say African-American. My point…. Vocabulary is ever changing. It is important that we honor the people of color in our lives and to do our best to say the right thing in the right era. It is also important that we allow the people of color in our lives to correct us and teach us always and if we are unsure… Reach out to your friends of color and ask for clarification. Also, if someone is well intended and just doesn’t know connotation has changed… Allow them the chance to LEARN. Don’t be a jerk! Young people… I PROMISE you as you age proper vocabulary will change for you to. And you will think one day you are being respectful with your language and be confused when you are corrected. Some grace folks… ✌️

Don't let the fact that Snoop Dogg himself has straight-up said that's not what that means. Do not let the facts get in the way of a great argument ever. Everybody has been singing that song that's my age. It doesn't mean that.

women seem to understand eachother and get on absolutely fine, from what i can see, while all talking at once. it's incredible

This same woman scolded people who called out this type of BS weeks ago (when she talked about us calling stuff “woke”) and now she’s tired of it - Whoopi, you encouraged this behavior 🤦‍♀️😒.

I don’t think she meant any disrespect… they were talking about snoop at the time and she quoted his lyrics 🤷🏾‍♀️

I'm 50, said the phrase many times, and didn't know what it meant until this happened. My 52 year old wife is black and we've said the phrase together lol. I need to ask her now if she knows what it means lol! True story.

Whoopi was ready for this topic lol

This show is part of the reason everyone gets canceled over nothing

I didn't even know his catch phrase meant that either. He's been saying it for the longest time. Not sure why they fired her.

Drop the mic 🎤 Whoopi! On point.

You guys (View Hosts) helped encourage this sort of consequence, to people on TV. Now that it happened to one of you, you’re more aware. Maybe you should show that same compassion to RoseAnn.

"I concur with you whole heartedly my African American brother!".... 💀Lol

Thank you Whoopi!!!!!

You go Whoopi !!!! 🎉😂 She is funny ,!! Just my opinion

Has anyone watched cable television lately???!!!! You can say all kinds of things now on television that was "not allowed" back in "my day." But here we are....concentrating on words that to be honest are "made up" because "I concur with you my black brother" was not hip or flowed off the tongue lyrically. I am a bi-racial (so black) woman who was born in '70 raised up in the '80/'90s and now in 2000s having to re-calibrate (basically code switching) how I express myself because folks (to Whoopi's point) have designated it as offensive. We know what the offensive words are...dont we? The hateful words born out of slavery, racism, oppression and I doubt that "for shizzle my nizzle" is in the least comparable. Now, the "mammy" comment may strike something in folks (such as myself) as micro-aggressive but I am curious if the person who this was said to was offended when it was said or if it is being brought up because of this occurrence? It's so frustrating....

They gave her cultural sensitivity training when she made the grandmammy comment 😂. This was her final straw

I agree with Whoopi, you have to teach people.

Can someone help this lady get her job back? She should get an attorney and Sue the s*** out of them!

"I conquer with you wholeheartedly my African American brother" Anna is so funny omg

It was funny to me. I would have laughed first and then explain it. Then we move on with our lives. People have way too much time on their hands and it is impossible to NOT offend these days. So I say FI! 😊

Whoopi's rant at the end is gold because it's people like her and radical, seditious leftist in this country that have promoted this "your out" culture. Love this!

What I don’t understand is how is so that someone is punished for quoting someone else. This is absurd. Apparently these are words in an existing song, not something that the journalist said bg herself . Soon you won’t have the right to say anything cause there will always be someone who can find it offensive!

I remember about 20 years ago, in a SNL monologue, Snoop himself jokingly warning white people about their use of that phrase! LOL

Well said Whoopi.

My opinion. It’s really about being respectful to one another, we can say what we want in the privacy of our home. In a professional position it’s different, we all play different roles. What about common sense, is it really instinct now, because theirs a place and a time for everything!!
Yes, I do agree with Whoppi nevertheless, it’s getting ridiculous, you got to watch what you say, how you say it, and every second. People either want to sue you, or shame you publicly and destroy your career plus getting money 💴 from you, duh 🙄 their every intention from the get go anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️

Very great point Whoopi👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Listen…I was loving Whoopi’s shade to ABC this particular segment! I loved every dig, and I stand with Whoopi!!

I'm a woman of color and I didn't know what that mean I think she should've gotten a warning Folks make an honest mistake sometimes

I don’t even like Whoopi but I agree with her 110% right here! Yeah I don’t have that book she’s talking about either but everyone supposed to know what it says. She’s right!

I didn't know!!!! I've been singing that song. I never thought about it. I feel bad for her. She may not have known. Probably not or she wouldn't have said it on air!

Right on Whoopie.

Whoopi is right on target
here!

Who in their right mind would think anything of any good would come out of snoop dogs mouth

I just have to be honest it's a very sad situation but most people do not understand Corporate media mainstream They do not put up with this type of nonsense that's it that's all😮😮

I remembered watching cartoons and have used that word "you cotton picking". And other while growing up. However, I don't believe those words or phrases are racist. I do believe it's the sentiment behind those words that are dangerous.

All the ladies have some good points!!!