Whoopi Goldberg slammed Donald Trump after the president’s unhinged post about Rob Reiner and his wife’s murder on Sunday.
“I don’t understand the man in that White House because he talks so much about Charlie Kirk and caring, and suddenly, this is what he puts out,” Goldberg said on Monday’s The View. “Have you no shame? No shame at all? Can you get any lower? I don’t think so.”
Goldberg was directed by Reiner in 1996’s Ghosts of Mississippi, and told viewers she knew him to be “quite a guy, quite an amazing man.”
When co-host Sunny Hostin mentioned Trump’s post on air, Goldberg urged, “Don’t read it.”
Trump addressed the tragedy on Truth Social, claiming the director “suffered” from “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” only hours after Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele Reiner, 68, were found deceased at their home. He claimed in the crass post that the couple “reportedly” died “due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction.”
The Reiners were discovered by their 28-year-old daughter, Romy. According to TMZ, they were found with wounds consistent with a knife attack. According to People, multiple sources say the couple was killed by their son, Nick, 32, who is in police custody.
“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time,” the family said in a statement.
Goldberg was incensed over Trump’s instinct to make the family tragedy about himself. “You ain’t my president, man,” she said. “What do you have to say about what’s happened around the world? Where are our voices as Americans? Somebody’s gotta speak up for us. Our hearts are breaking through all of this. Through Rob, through what’s happened at Bondi Beach, what happened at Brown. And you don’t find the time to say, as Americans, ‘We hate what’s happening?’”
Added Ana Navarro, “Dammit, there’s an American family grieving. This is a tragedy, not just for the family, but for all who knew and loved him. For the president of the United States to make this about him in a way to attack Rob Reiner because he exercised his American right to speak up with what he disagreed with, is shameful, it’s disgraceful, and out of all the disgusting things Donald Trump has done, this is right up there.”
