Well that took no time at all!
It’s been just about a week since The View returned to TV with a mostly new panel of co-hosts including Michelle Collins, Joy Behar, Raven Symon├â┬⌐, Whoopi Goldberg, and Paula Faris.
In that week they’ve already managed to offend people with some of their commentary about one of the contestants in the Miss America pageant being a nurse — to which they’ve already apologized (below)!
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During the talent the portion of the contest, Miss Colorado, Kelley Johnson, performed a monologue which talked quite a bit about her profession as a nurse.
Yesterday Collins apparently felt the need to express her opinion about the monologue as well as question why she was wearing a stethoscope during the segment. She shared:
“The talent, though, I have to say, the woman who won sang opera, and she was incredible. Really good. But then there was a girl who wrote her own monologue and I was like ‘Turn the volume up, this is going be amazing, let’s listen’. She came out in a nurse’s uniform and basically read her emails out loud and shockingly did not win.”
Behar chimed with disbelief as Collins replied:
“I swear to God it was hilarious.”
Behar then inquired as to why Johnson was even wearing a stethoscope as a nurse to which Collins said:
“She helps patients with Alzheimer’s, which I know is not funny, but I swear you had to see it.”
Quite a few people were offended by her comments and took to Twitter (below) to point out that stethoscopes aren’t just for doctors — nurses quite often have to use them too!
A lot of the backlash came from women who were nurses:
@TheView I use my stethoscope every day. I’m #notjustanurse – Im the nurse trying to save your life- YOUR nurse. #nursesunite #NursesMatter
— Julianne van kalken (@JKalken) September 15, 2015
So glad doctor used stethoscope 30sec this am so I don’t need to use mine rest of this 12hr shift said NO NURSE EVER #TheView #JoyBehar
— Ellie (@SimonSaidSo06) September 15, 2015
I wonder how quick @TheView would be to mock nursing if their lives were in a nurse’s hands.
— Spoiled Little Brat (@spoiledbratprbz) September 15, 2015
It’s very obvious the ladies on The View do NOT have the compassion, wisdom or respect for human dignity to be “just a nurse.” #nursesunite
— Priscilla (@Pris635) September 15, 2015
@TheView Today Joy Behar & crew mocked Miss Colo Nurse Kelly Johnson. Your comments were totally unacceptable. You owe Nurses an apology.
— Jo (@Just_JoBayes) September 15, 2015
To the ignorant hosts, I may be “just a nurse” to you, but I could be the one saving your life tomorrow. Educate yourselves. #TheView
— KB (@kimberlybryanna) September 15, 2015
Well today, the ladies took a moment out of their show to apologize for their previous statements and express how much they love nurses (below):
What do you think? Did the ladies on The View deserve the backlash — and do you accept their apology??
[Image via ABC/Judy Eddy/Joseph Marzullo/WENN.]
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