Current:Home > MarketsWhoopi Goldberg counters Jay-Z blasting Beyoncé snubs: 32 Grammys 'not a terrible number!' -NextFrontier Finance
Whoopi Goldberg counters Jay-Z blasting Beyoncé snubs: 32 Grammys 'not a terrible number!'
View
Date:2025-04-14 21:52:28
Whoopi Goldberg isn't too bothered about Beyoncé never winning album of the year.
The comedian and talk show host weighed in Monday morning on "The View" after Jay-Z criticized the Recording Academy during Sunday night's Grammys for never awarding his wife with an album of the year award, despite multiple nominations ("I Am… Sasha Fierce," "Beyoncé," "Lemonade" and "Renaissance").
"Well, she's got (32 Grammys). So I kind of appreciate all of that. And they're not for just one thing. So for me, it doesn’t matter if they give her" the album of the year award, Goldberg told her co-hosts. "It's subjective. People are voting. You can't determine who's doing it, unless you're the person voting."
She added, "So I think (32) is kind of not a terrible number!"
Whoopi Goldberg calls Beyoncé, Taylor Swift 'superhuman women'
During his acceptance speech for the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, Jay-Z – joined on stage by 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy – addressed Grammy voters, saying, "We love y'all. We want y'all to get it right. At least get it close to right."
As Beyoncé was seated right in front of center stage, he continued, "I don't want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than anyone and never won album of the year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn't work."
When she won the Grammy for best electronic/dance album at last year's ceremony, Beyoncé made history by bringing her total trophy count to 32. In 2021, she became the most-winning female artist in Grammys history.
Step up? Done.Women dominate all aspects of the Grammys this year
Goldberg, a one-time Grammy winner for best comedy recording with "Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway," praised the fact that so many female artists got their flowers during the 66th annual Grammy Awards, which saw all nine televised awards go to women.
"Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, they are these superhuman women who do this extraordinary thing. So I’m not mad at anybody for anything that’s happening because we’re taking these women; we’re not hiding them. We’re saying, 'Here’s what women are doing,'" she said. "So I’m grateful. I know what it takes to do what you got to do."
"Thirty-two Grammys, where does she keep 'em?" Goldberg went on to joke. "Where do you keep 'em, Bey?"
'We want y'all to get it right':Jay-Z calls out Grammys over Beyoncé snubs
veryGood! (855)
Related
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Wisconsin Republicans propose eliminating work permits for 14- and 15-year-olds
- After Israeli raids, Palestinian police struggle in militant hotbed, reflecting region on the brink
- Hurricane Hilary threatens dangerous rain for Mexico’s Baja. California may get rare tropical storm
- Illinois governor calls for resignation of sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Black woman in her home
- Where Justin Bieber and Manager Scooter Braun Really Stand Amid Rumors They've Parted Ways
- Pentagon open to host F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots in the U.S.
- Maui emergency chief resigns following criticism of wildfire response
- Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood
- Jethro Tull leader is just fine without a Rock Hall nod: 'It’s best that they don’t ask me'
Ranking
- 9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after surprise order by US defense chief
- Judge won’t delay Trump’s defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president’s appeal frivolous
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro accused by ex-aide’s lawyer of ordering sale of jewelry given as official gift
- Australia vs. Sweden: World Cup third-place match time, odds, how to watch and live stream
- American news website Axios laying off dozens of employees
- USWNT general manager Kate Markgraf parts ways with team after early World Cup exit
- AP Week in Pictures: Global | Aug 11 - Aug. 18, 2023
- David Byrne has regrets about 'ugly' Talking Heads split: 'I was more of a little tyrant'
Recommendation
RFK Jr. closer to getting on New Jersey ballot after judge rules he didn’t violate ‘sore loser’ law
Search underway for Nashville couple missing for a week on Alaska vacation
US postal worker sentenced to federal prison for PPP loan fraud in South Carolina
In Hawaii, concerns over ‘climate gentrification’ rise after devastating Maui fires
Brianna LaPaglia Reveals The Meaning Behind Her "Chickenfry" Nickname
Angelina Jolie's LBD With Cutouts Is a Sexy Take on the Quiet Luxury Trend
Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar’s dominance. But what’s the alternative?
'Lolita the whale' made famous by her five decades in captivity, dies before being freed