‘So, It’s OK to Bully Toddlers Now’: Whoopi Goldberg Faces Fury After Mocking the Name of Elon Musk’s 4-Year-Old Son

Whoopi Goldberg has upset some fans of the “The View” after she and co-host, Joy Behar made fun of Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son.A clip of Goldberg and her “The View” co-hosts was posted on X on Feb. 12. Upon returning from commercial break, Goldberg read the teleprompter to lead to their panel’s next topic of discussion.“Yesterday Elon Musk took his son X to a press conference,” she said, but was interrupted by Behar who questioned the child’s name.“X?” Behar asked in confusion.Whoopi Goldberg in the hot seat after offending Elon Musk fans for making fun of his son’s name (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Goldberg quickly responded to Behar saying, “I did not name the child, and I don’t want to hear anymore mess about our names,” seemingly referring to Black people who are discriminated against for having unique names.‘Any who,” she continued, “he took little X…” followed by Behar, who cut in again saying, “And little Instagram.” Behar’s joke was in reference to Musk taking ownership of Twitter and renaming it X. In 2020, Musk revealed to Joe Rogan that X is short for X Æ A-Xii, which is pronounced Ex-Ash-Aye-Twelve.Under a post of the “The...