Whoopi Goldbergdoes not agree withCharlize Theron’s take thatKim Kardashianhas the power to “get way more off the ground” in Hollywood than acting legendMeryl Streep.
During Thursday’s episode ofThe View, Goldberg, 67, responded to the recent comment Theron, 47, made toThe Hollywood Reporterabout Kardashian’s status in Hollywood.
“I don’t think that’s true.Kim Kardashiancannot get a movie greenlit, or it would’ve happened,” Goldberg told her cohosts onThe View. “She can’t do that. She can get television shows made, maybe, but that’s about it.”
“You get stuff done faster than I can.Tilltook me 11 years,” Goldberg said about theMonsterOscar winner as she referenced her2022 movieaboutEmmett Till. “So, there are things, there are people who can make things happen, but I don’t know all that many people other than a lot of men who can get stuff greenlit like that.”
“I’d never minimize [Kim Kardashian], but Warner Bros. is not going to say yes to a movie because she wants to do it,” theGhostOscar winner added during the conversation.
Theron had offered the comment comparing Kardashian, 42, and 73-year-old Streep’s pull in the industry when asked about her own notion that she no longer has “the same currency to get things made as you once did,” asTHRput it.
Charlize Theron on the cover ofThe Hollywood Reporter.Chrisean Rose for The Hollywood Reporter
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“And that’s just the truth,” the actress added. “They have very different skills, but if you wereKim Kardashian, you’d probably get way more off the ground.”
Goldberg noted duringThe View’s conversation regarding Kardashian that the reality television star’s enormous social media following “does not necessarily mean a—- in seats” if she were to produce a movie.
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“It can mean a—- in seats on couches,” Goldberg said. “Listen, everybody has their power. Meryl Streep can get a movie made.”
“She took a crap situation and made it golden, not only golden, but she and her family said, ‘You will not speak about us that way.’ That’s not who we are,' " the host said.
“What it says to mothers and daughters out there is, no matter how people come at you, there’s a better way we can move forward and up,” Goldberg added. “Not backwards, and that’s her talent, that’s the magic of the Kardashians. I tip my hat to them. I mean it.”
source: people.com
