Mark Twain Prize winner Whoopi Goldberg boycotted the Kennedy Center

Whoopi Goldberg declared a boycott against achievements in the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump took over the country’s national cultural center.

Goldberg was awarded the Mark Twain Prize of the Kennedy Center for American humor in 2001 and has participated several times in the annual event of the Kennedy Center in the past ten years, most recently in 2023.

But in the episode of Thursday from The viewGoldberg said that her support from the center was now over because Trump enlarged the two -party board members and replaced it with his own supporters.

It was a big blow to the arts that have no politics, “said Goldberg.” I have no plans to return to the Kennedy Center until the Kennedy center becomes what it should be – a welcome place for all artists, no matter what their groove is. “

Goldberg reacted to the news on Thursday Hamilton The producer Jeffrey Seller and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda would scrape off her 2026 appearances of the musical in the Kennedy Center. Her decision came from Trump’s newly installed interim director Richard Grenell, who described it as a “publicity -stunt”, which will backfire.

It is one of several top -class outputs and cancellations since Trump’s revision.

The mighty TV showrunner Shonda Rhimes stepped down As a treasurer after Trump announced as chairman (she was a loud supporter of Kamala Harris on the campaign path). Singer Ben Folds also resigned as an artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra. And Issa Rae Canceled a sold -out upcoming appearance in the Kennedy Center in protest after the news has been announced.

The growing boycott comes as well as Conan O’Brien should be received This year’s Mark Twain Prize on March 23.

Netflix beat a Multi -year contract With the center to stream the Mark Twain ceremony last year when the comedian Kevin was Hart the award winner. The performers this year included Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Chelsea Handler, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and more.

But since more celebrities in protest against Trump expose the events of the Kennedy Center, one can ask how many of O’Briens Goldberg’s leadership follow and let him hang in honor for his curve.

Netflix confirmed to the Daily Beast that the event is expected to continue as planned, and a representative of O’Brien refused to comment on the records of his participants.