Whoopi Goldberg didn’t understand why people were getting upset over Kate Middleton admitting to editing a photo with her kids after it went viral for its Photoshop errors.
“I’m sorry, I know very few people who don’t manipulate their own photos. I mean all your gotta do is swipe. Those editors swipe, God knows people look how those photos look,” Goldberg said on Monday’s episode of “The View.”
Goldberg’s co-host Sara Haines chimed in and argued that there’s a difference between “filtering” and Photoshopping a picture. However, Goldberg disagreed and exclaimed, “She’s doing the same thing, she’s doing the same thing!”
“You know what, I have to tell you, she may be the future queen, she’s still an amateur photographer,” Goldberg said. “That’s what they do!”
The “Ghost” actress then turned to her co-hosts and sarcastically said, “I’m sure that none of you have ever tampered with your [photos].”
“Listen, if manipulating pictures was a crime, the Kardashians, my best friend and I would be in jail for the rest of our lives,” Ana Navarro admitted.
The audience laughed while Goldberg, 68, interjected, “Didn’t I just say that this is something that everyone does? Didn’t I just say that people do this all the time?!”
Goldberg continued defending the Princess of Wales, 42, and didn’t understand why people were still upset, since Middleton said, “Listen, I manipulated the pictures, I’m sorry.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin countered that the edited photo “feeds fuel to this fire of conspiracies” –– referring to fans questioning Middleton’s whereabouts after her abdominal surgery in January –– and suggested Middleton release a selfie video to quiet the conspiracists.
“She doesn’t need to do it! She doesn’t need to do it!” Goldberg said of Middleton sharing a video showing her current status.
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