Whoopi Goldberg Slams Transphobic Critics of Elliot Page’s Casting in ‘The Odyssey’: ‘Then Don’t Go See It… Why Do You Care Who’s Cast in It?’

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Whoopi Goldberg used Tuesday’s episode of “The View” to push back on conservative anger over Elliot Page‘s casting in Christopher Nolan‘s “The Odyssey,” dismissing a clip of commentator Ben Shapiro calling the choice a mistake.

Shapiro called Page’s role an “absolute puzzler” before pointing out that he is “about 5’2 and 105 pounds soaking wet and has the voice of a woman. It doesn’t work.”

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