Overview
- An audience member shouted “He’s got jokes!” during the show’s first Hot Topics segment, prompting a burst of laughter from the hosts.
- Whoopi Goldberg asked “when did it all go downhill for white guys?” and pointed to past inequities, noting her mother could not open a bank account.
- The segment referenced reporting on the EEOC chair encouraging white men to file DEI-related discrimination suits and suggestions of possible reparations.
- Sunny Hostin said the NAACP maintains there is no fact-based evidence that white men have suffered because of the Civil Rights Act.
- The MLK Day episode included guests Rep. Jim Clyburn and Pam Grier, with coverage noting a recent pattern of audible audience reactions on the program.