Whoopi Goldberg is defending Hasan Minhaj amid backlash for exaggerating his stand-up stories: 'That's our job,' Goldberg said on 'The View.' 'Sometimes truth and sometimes total BS.'
The revelation earned Minhaj plenty of online backlash, which Goldberg believes is undeserved.The ViewShe later added, "If you're gonna hold a comic to the point where you're gonna check up on stories, you have to understand, a lot of it is not the exact thing that happened because why would we tell exactly what happened? It ain't that interesting.
After Goldberg said she never claimed to have a degree from the university, she realized the caller was referring to a story she told while performing as her street-smart recovering junkie alter ego,In Minhaj's case, there was no alter ego involved. The stories in question are framed as his real-life experiences, often featuring photos, social media posts, and other pieces of multimedia displayed on screens throughout his performance.
"There's information that we will give you as comics that will have grains of truth, but don't take it to the bank," she said, later adding, "That's our job, a seed of truth. Sometimes truth and sometimes total BS."
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