Whoopi Goldberg SLAMS Stephen A. Smith for making Serena Williams 'divorce' jibe amid Drake rumors

Whoopi Goldberg called out Stephen A. Smith for his comments about Serena Williams. 

In effect to the ESPN expert slamming the tennis fable for her unexpected cameo successful Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime performance, the TV personality,  69, defended the retired athlete, 43.

'Why wasn’t it, "Damn, Serena was great?" Why is it astir immoderate ex-boyfriend she hasn’t thought of?' Goldberg asked her co-hosts connected Tuesday's occurrence The View. 

She continued: 'All you tin deliberation of is her ex-boyfriend? I don’t understand. Why would you adjacent deliberation it was [about Drake]? Why would you deliberation she’s not astute enough?' 

Goldberg, 69, proceeded to applaud Williams connected her performance, which she  insisted was 'not astir Drake.' 

'She got a accidental to bash thing she wanted to do, and she went and did it,' she said. “And alternatively of saying, "Damn, that was benignant of great," you’re bringing it backmost to immoderate aged stuff.'

The mother-of-two, who is joined to Alexis Ohanian, made headlines aft crip walking to Lamar’s Drake diss track, Not Like Us, astatine Sunday’s NFL title game.  

Afterward, Smith, 57, criticized the determination connected his First Take podcast arsenic helium stated: 'If I’m joined and my woman is going to articulation trolling her ex, spell backmost to his a**.' 

'Cause, clearly, you don’t beryllium with me. What you disquieted astir him for and you’re with me? Bye. Bye,' helium continued. 

Williams antecedently dated Drake between 2011 to 2015. 

Goldberg tore apart Smith's remarks arsenic she pointed retired Williams is 'happily married' earlier pleading with the satellite to 'stop trying to make' everything 'about somebody's man.'

'It ain’t ever astir somebody’s man. It’s astir the person. Forget each that different stuff. We do,' she said. 

Goldberg’s co-host, Sara Haines, pointed retired that her cameo was a testament to her beardown marriage. 

'I deliberation it says much astir the information of the antheral successful the matrimony than it would astir that due to the fact that adjacent her hubby was like, "Pretty fantastic halftime show." Like, it was awesome,' Haines said. 

Meanwhile, Sunny Hostin, pointed retired that Williams antecedently did the aforesaid creation determination portion celebrating her 2012 Olympics victory. 

'She took a batch of disapproval for doing that,' Hostin recalled. 'What she was doing was being her authentic self, an homage to her roots from Compton, and it was achromatic joyousness and achromatic excellence. You’ve got the top pistillate jock of each clip coming retired and enjoying herself.'