The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg aired her thoughts about Barbie’s alleged snub at the 96th Oscars, arguing that not everyone is deserving of a prize.
‘Here’s the deal. Everybody doesn’t win,’ Goldberg, 68, said during Wednesday morning’s episode. ‘There are no snubs. And that’s what you have to keep in mind. Not everybody gets a prize.’
The actress and comedian, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1990 for her role in Ghost, brought her point home by emphasizing that the selection process was based solely on opinion.
‘Movies are subjective. The movies you love may not be loved by the people who are voting,’ Goldberg said.
Her comments followed earlier remarks by her co-hosts who argued Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were cheated out of their deserved spots for Best Leading Actress and Best Director.
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg, herself an Academy member, defended the 2024 Oscar nominations during Wednesday morning’s episode of the show
‘There are no snubs,’ the 68-year-old said. ‘Not everybody gets a prize’
Her comments came after discourse erupted on social media following the exclusion of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig from the Best Leading Actress and Best Director categories, respectively
‘Barbie grossed over a billion dollars. Like, hello studios, maybe hire more female directors if you want to produce blockbusters,’ Alyssa Farah-Griffin said to a smattering of applause from the show’s live audience.
‘The message of all that is not lost on me, but one question I have – and maybe Whoopi’s the only one that can answer this,’ Sara Haines said, addressing the Academy member herself.
‘When does it become a snub? I know the film, I know the greatness and the money, but that assumes that someone else shouldn’t be in there, because you have five people in there. Everyone below the five is a “snub,”‘ she said, punctuating her point with air-quotes.
Goldberg was quick to defend the Academy’s choice.
‘They’re not snubs. And that’s what I want to point out. It’s not the elites, it’s the entire family of the Academy Awards who vote for Best Picture nominations,’ she responded.
‘We all vote for Best Picture, everybody. So there are seven to 10 nominations that happen and you don’t get everything that you wanna get. Everywhere, all the time, everything, all at once. One Best Actress, but not the whole movie. So, this happens.’
Seeing the expressions of the other women at the table, she slammed the brakes. ‘I see. I see that you want me to stop.’
Discourse exploded across social media following Tuesday’s announcement of the Oscar nominees, with netizens quick to point out that the leading lady and director of the smash-hit blockbuster were absent from the running.
Goldberg explained that the entire Academy, ‘not just the elites,’ vote, emphasizing: ‘Everybody doesn’t win’
Notable figures like writer Stephen King and singer-actress Bette Midler were quick to leap to Gerwig and Robbie’s defense
Former U.S. Secretary of State posted a message to social media to reassure the director and actress that they were ‘so much more than Kenough’
Despite the outrage, Barbie snagged eight nominations total including Best Picture. Two songs from the film earned nods for Best Original Song
Some notable figures involved with media and the arts chimed in. ‘No nom for Greta Gerwig? Can that actually be true?’ author Stephen King remarked on X, formerly Twitter.
Singer-actress Bette Midler called the film ‘both a critical success and a cultural phenomenon,’ lamenting: ‘Yet, in a twist of irony, it was Ken who received the Oscar nomination.’
Robbie’s costar Ryan Gosling issued a statement decrying the Academy’s choice. The 43-year-old himself was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Ken in the film.
‘There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film,’ he said.
‘No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius. To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement.
‘Their work should be recognized along with the other very deserving nominees.’
A source told Dailymail.com the actor ‘believes that his role was so well received thanks to the work that [Margot and Greta] did, making his performance Oscar-worthy in the first place.’
The source continued: ‘He is ecstatic that he was honored but it is bittersweet that his enjoyment can’t be shared with Greta and Margot in the next few months because they were snubbed.’
Robbie’s costar Ryan Gosling – who himself was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Ken in the film – issued a statement decrying the Academy’s choice
‘There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie,’ the statement read in part 
L.A. Times columnist Mary McNamara wrote a scathing column musing that Gerwig and Robbie might not have been cheated out of their spots ‘if Barbie had done a little more time as a 𝑠e𝑥 worker,’ a nod to Poor Things
Barbara Handler, the inspiration behind the Barbie doll, expressed her belief that the film should win Best Picture due to its popularity and profitability
In bizarre twist, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added to the conversation.
‘Greta & Margot, while it can sting to win the box office but not take home the gold, your millions of fans love you,’ she wrote on social media. ‘You’re both so much more than Kenough.’
The apparent snub also drew the ire of the very woman who inspired the Barbie doll. Barbara Handler, the daughter of Mattel co-founder and Barbie inventor Ruth Handler, told TMZ she feels the movie should win Best Picture due to its popularity and profitability.
The most explosive take came from L.A. Times columnist Mary McNamara, who unleashed her frustration in a January 23 column. In her remarks, McNamara referenced three of the Best Picture nominees – Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon and Anatomy of a Fall.
‘If only Barbie had done a little time as a 𝑠e𝑥 worker,’ she wrote. ‘Or barely survived becoming the next victim in a mass murder plot. Or stood accused of shoving Ken out of the Dream House’s top window.
‘Certainly millions of “Barbie” fans are currently wishing they could push someone – perhaps a member or two of the film academy – out of a very high window.’
The 2024 Oscars are scheduled for Sunday, March 10. In spite of the outrage, Barbie snagged eight nominations total including Best Picture. Gosling and America Ferrera will be in contention for supporting roles in their respective categories.
The blockbuster boasts two nominations for Original Song with ‘I’m Just Ken’ and ‘What Was I Made For?’ as well as nods for achievements in costume design, production design and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk