"How is she not embarrassed as a black woman" — Internet reacts to Whoopi Goldberg defending CMA snubbing Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter"

Whoopi Goldberg recently addressed Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter being snubbed at the 2024 Country Music Awards. The album, released on March 29, 2024, received zero nominations despite topping the Billboard country album charts.

In the latest episode of her show The View telecast on September 10, Whoopi Goldberg said the snub didn't come as a surprise to her as she felt like that album "wasn't for them."

“A lot of people are surprised – I don’t know why – that it didn’t receive a single CMA Award nomination. I don’t think she was snubbed, I think they just didn’t… it wasn’t for them,” Whoopi Goldberg said.

Whoopi Goldberg's statement was met with backlash on social media, with the Beyhive (Beyonce's fanbase) accusing the actress and comedian of being a hater. One person tweeted:

Many agreed with this sentiment, adding that Whoopi Goldberg's opinions left much to be desired.

"Whoopi just CANT get it right with these things LOL," one person tweeted.

"Whoopi needs to get whooped with her drug addict opinions," another person added.

"Whoopi skating on thin ice with me," someone else commented.

"Whoopi needs to get her a** whooped and I’m being so serious," a netizen wrote.

Others argued that Whoopi Goldberg's comment was a surprising take considering Cowboy Carter's commercial success.

"Surprising take from them for me. The problem with no nominations is the reason there are no nominations. Album flopped? Makes sense. No hit country songs? Makes sense. This had legit country songs that dominated the country charts. Dominated. And they’re saying ITS NOT COUNTRY," one person noted.

"I feel like they still missed the mark here. Talking about “it wasn’t for them” then what is?? Like it’s not even a race thing anymore- they just have it out for HER especially. And the fact that none of them even brought that up is a disservice to this whole conversation," another person added.

"Whoopi always says stuff like this when it comes to a Black talent not being recognized. It’s very weird," someone else said.

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Whoopi Goldberg's co-hosts weighed in on the snub

Beyoncé fans everywhere felt displeased at Cowboy Carter being snubbed at the 2024 Country Music Awards. This sentiment was echoed by Whoopi Goldberg's fellow The View host, Sunny Hostin, who was surprised that the singer's rendition of Dolly Parton's Jolene and Texas Hold 'Em received no nominations.

"I happen to love Dolly Parton, so I felt that when the Queen of Country sort of passed the baton a little bit for 'Jolene,' which was an incredible song on her album, and 'Texas Hold 'Em,' two incredible country songs, I thought she would at least get nominated for those two," she said.

Alyssa Farah Griffin, the other co-host, added that Beyoncé had the fans by her side, citing the album's success on the charts. However, Whoopi Goldberg interjected that listeners and voters rarely saw eye to eye.

Cowboy Carter topped Billboard's Top Country Albums chart for a month, making Beyoncé the first black woman to achieve this feat. The 27-track album featured many artists like Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Willie Nelson, and Shaboozey, among others.

The album also featured covers of classic songs like The Beatles' Blackbird, Chuck Berry's Oh Louisiana, and Dolly Parton's Jolene.

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Beyoncé's foray into country music was her response to an experience she said she "had years ago where I did not feel welcomed." Many garnered the catalyst for the album was the standoffish behavior she received when she performed at the 2016 CMA Awards with The Chicks.

"This album has been over five years in the making. It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive," she wrote in the caption of her Instagram post.

When she promoted the album on social media, the singer clarified that it was not country; rather, it was "a Beyoncé album.” In a press release before its release, the singer said that Cowboy Carter was initially supposed to be released as the first part of a trilogy.

However, the pandemic forced the singer to reconsider things, and she released Renaissance in 2022 as she believed the world needed some cheer after the heaviness. Cowboy Carter arrived as "Act ii", a sequel to Renaissance.