Whoopi Goldberg defended Dolly Parton and clapped back at her critics.
The 68-year-old television personality slammed the 77-year-old country music icon’s critics for wearing a Dallas Cowboys cheerleading outfit at the NFL Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show.
On Monday’s episode of “The View,” she told people who made negative comments about the Jolene singer that they should be “ashamed.”
“Apparently my turkey wasn’t the only thing on the internet that people hated,” she said on the talk show. (Over the weekend, she also responded to criticism she received for the “unhygienic” way she prepared her Thanksgiving turkey.)
Defending Dolly: Whoopi Goldberg came to Dolly Parton’s defense and clapped back at her critics
Her revealing outfit: The 68-year-old television personality criticized people who judged the 77-year-old country music icon for wearing a Dallas Cowboys cheerleading outfit at the NFL Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show
“Seventy-seven-year-old superstar Dolly Parton stole the show dressed as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader at the Cowboys-Commanders game on Thanksgiving, but some critics told her to act her age,” she said.
To trolls who advised Parton to “dress her age” or “cover up,” she said, “Bite me!”
Her co-host, Sunny Hostin, agreed, telling viewers that if she looked like Parton in “one of those Cowboys things,” she would also “go all out.”
Hostin also added, “I don’t know if that’s a belly ring or what, but I want what she has” because “life is too short.”
Goldberg later told viewers not to be “shady” toward someone who “thinks for themselves.”
“Shame, shame on all of you,” she said. “She’s someone who doesn’t care what you think.”
“She’s someone who thinks for herself and I would like to see every single one of you haters…do half of what she did on that stage,” she continued.
“Let’s look at your dance videos that you didn’t clean up,” she said. “Don’t be shady, man. Life is too short.’
Clapping Back: On Monday’s episode of “The View,” she told people who made negative comments about the Jolene singer that they should be “ashamed.”
Her cheerleading outfit: “77-year-old superstar Dolly Parton stole the show dressed as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader at the Cowboys-Commanders game on Thanksgiving, but some critics told her she should act her age,” she explained
Little Sister: Parton’s younger sister Stella also came to the defense, telling critics to “go fuck themselves” in a tweet shared on X.
In her defense, she said she thought her sister was “cute as hell” in her costume before confronting the trolls
Parton’s younger sister Stella also defended herself, telling critics to “go fuck themselves” in a tweet shared on X.
“Personally, I thought my big sister Dolly was incredibly cute in her Dallas Cowboys cheerleading costume at the Thanksgiving halftime show,” she wrote.
“For those of you who are so critical of a 77-year-old, I say, ‘Screw yourself.’ Shame on you, not her.”
The 10-time Grammy winner did not respond to any of the comments, but shared teasers and released promos for her rock album “Rockstar” ahead of her Thanksgiving performance.
At the holiday halftime show, she performed a medley of some of her biggest hits, including Jolene, 9 to 5, as well as covers of Queen’s We are the Champions and We Will Rock You.