‘View’ Host Blasts ‘Odyssey’ Haters: ‘Movies Are Not Real!’

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The View host Whoopi Goldberg is fed up with people whining about who Christopher Nolan cast in his adaptation of The Odyssey.

MAGA has https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-odyssey-lays-bare-the-stupidity-of-magas-uproar/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-odyssey-lays-bare-the-stupidity-of-magas-uproar/">made the film a flashpoint for its inclusion of Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o and trans actor Eliot Page, even as the tell-tale signs of a hit film were evident a year ago when The Odyssey sold out its first round of advance tickets in minutes.

Since its release over the weekend, the film has grossed $282.1 million worldwide, according to https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2026/07/21/the-odyssey-scores-best-monday-box-office-of-2026-with-186-million/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2026/07/21/the-odyssey-scores-best-monday-box-office-of-2026-with-186-million/">Forbes.

Goldberg slammed complainers on The View on Tuesday after her co-hosts praised the film as a “masterpiece.”

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