OAN Staff Blake Wolf
2:03 PM – Thursday, November 14, 2024
whoopi goldberg lately celebrated her 69th birthdayth Her birthday was featured on “The View” and she used the opportunity to accuse a Staten Island bakery of refusing to serve her because of her political ideology, a claim that the bakery owner later denied. denied.
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The alleged incident was discussed on Wednesday's episode of “The View,” where the show's co-hosts celebrated Goldberg's birthday by sharing some of Charlotte Ruth's desserts. While they were participating in the celebration, Mr. Goldberg criticized the bakery without naming them directly.
“Let me just say this: Charlotte Ruth has no political leanings and the baker refused to make it for me,” Goldberg claimed, adding that the baker “didn't like my bread. He added that he had refused her order because “it was too late.” [Goldberg’s] Politics. “
“They said the oven was broken and all that stuff,” she continued, rolling her eyes. “But people went and took it anyway, so I won't say who made it.”
Shortly after, Jill Halterman, owner of Halterman's Bakery, a 145-year-old family-owned bakery popular in the community, came out and denied Mr. Goldberg's claims, saying the bakery had problems with its boiler at the time. It had nothing to do with Goldberg's politics.
“I told Whoopi, 'I can't do it right now,'” she said. “‘There’s a lot going on with the boiler.’ The building was built in 1930, so when she called me, I had no idea.” [if it was possible to] Bake everything. ”
“We didn't want to make a promise that we couldn't deliver,” Holterman added, rather than denying the service outright.
Nevertheless, despite the problems with the boiler, the bakery was ultimately able to bake at least 50 of the requested desserts.
A press conference was held in response to Goldberg's claims, and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella sided with the bakery.
“The bottom line here is to call Jill (the owner) who had to put up with things that she shouldn't have to put up with. These guys wake up every morning at 3 or 4 o'clock. They paid for it. The sacrifices, the families and the holidays they missed, they've made sacrifices for 145 years to make Staten Island better,” Fossella declared.
“No matter what the people on TV say, they're still here and they're still going strong. Frankly, the people who slandered the Holterman family are making up things that suit their own convenience. He should apologize to the Mann family.''Not everyone wakes up every day thinking about politics, and good business people don't care about other people's politics,'' he continued.
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