claim: Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt depicting violence against President Trump.
origin: In May 2017, comedian Kathy GriffinÂ drew criticism from across the political spectrum when she posed for photographs holding what appeared to be President Donald Trumpâ€™s severed head. Soon after,Â images purportedly depicting actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg proudly wearing a shirt with a violent anti-Trump image circulated on social media: The image appeared on a meme alongside a demand Goldberg be â€œfired from â€˜The Viewâ€™ and boycotted.â€Â In late May and early June 2017 social media users shared the image and referenced Griffinâ€™s controversy. (Griffin surmisedÂ that her career was â€œoverâ€ after the incident, and she was fired from her intermittent position at CNN.)Â Â < @kathygriffin Whoopi says on â€˜The Viewâ€™ today that it was a vile thing that u did to Trump.Wasnâ€™t funny, even she didnâ€™t like it. pic.twitter.com/ZDj154gs4G â€” kathy maggard powell (@kammyann) May 31, 2017 > However,Â the photograph antedated the Griffen controversy. In an 18 April 2017 video published to theÂ official YouTube channel for â€œThe View,â€ GoldbergÂ explained that someone had doctored an image of her at the 2017 Womenâ€™s March that followed Trumpâ€™s inauguration: In the April 2017 segment, Goldberg said that despite her opposition toÂ President Trump, she would never wear a shirt like the one in the altered image.Â