Whoopi Goldberg Schools Elon Musk After He Slammed Lupita Nyong’o Odyssey Casting

Whoopi Goldberg has urged Elon Musk to “sit down” and stay out of “artistic” discussions, after the divisive X CEO’s recent comments about Lupita Nyong’o’s role in the new adaptation of The Odyssey.

Last week, speculation online suggested that Oscar winner Nyong’o would be playing Helen Of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s new film, which immediately sparked backlash from some more conservative critics.

Responding to one post which claimed Lupita playing the role would “ruin” The Odyssey and another describing this as an “insult” to the source text, Musk accused filmmaker Nolan of having “lost his integrity”.

This was then debated during Tuesday’s edition of The View, where moderator Goldberg made her feelings on the matter clear.

“Musk claims that Nolan has lost his integrity… ooh, you know… because Homer described this fictional character as fair-skinned, blonde, who was so beautiful that men started a war over her,” Goldberg said.

“I don’t know if you realise this, Lupita is also considered one of the world’s most beautiful women. So, I’m not sure what you’re trying to say.”

The Sister Act star then pointed out: “You don’t have to actually go to the movie. I don’t know why you feel like you need to speak on this. And I would suggest looking in a mirror, if you have any concerns about people’s looks, if this is where we’re going.”

She added: “And don’t try to clown me, baby! I know what I look like. There are so many things I want to say to you that are rude and awful. But I won’t do it. But know that I’m thinking it.”

After her fellow panellists expressed similar feelings about Musk’s comments, Goldberg concluded: “Elon, just sit down. For this, when it comes to artistic stuff, go sit down, please.”

During the conversation, Sara Haines indicated that Musk had “bigger fish to fry than characters in a movie”, following the news that X’s offices had been raided in France, with prosecutors claiming this was part of an investigation into potential criminal offences including complicity in the possession and distribution of “child pornography images,” personal rights violations through the generation of AI-generated sexual imagery, alleged fraudulent data extraction and the denial of “crimes against humanity”.

Musk claimed this was a “political attack” while an X spokesperson claimed the raid as an “abusive act” against the company.

Last week, leaked emails also appeared to show Musk enquiring about visits to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s island in the early 2010s.

Responding to the matter on X, Musk said: “If I actually wanted to spend my time partying with young women, it would be trivial for me to do so without the help of a creepy loser like Epstein and I would still have 99 per cent of my mind available to think about other things. But I don’t.”