Whoopi Goldberg on 'The View.' Lou Rocco/ABC/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text After not addressing the the suspension of their ABC colleague Jimmy Kimmel last week, the hosts of The View wasted no time getting into the subject Monday. "Did y'all really think we weren't gonna talk about Jimmy Kimmel? I mean, have you watched the show over the last 29 seasons?" Whoopi Goldberg said to begin Monday's show. No one silences us." She added, however, that after the news of Kimmel's suspension broke on Sept. 17, the show "took a breath" to see if Kimmel would make a public comment (he has not yet). Goldberg noted that they did the same thing when CBS announced it was ending The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. So they didn't talk about Kimmel's suspension on Thursday's live episode of The View or Friday's pre-taped installment. Related Stories TV 'Monday Night Football' Livestream: When and Where to Watch Tonight's Lions vs. Ravens Game Online TV 400 Celebs Sign Open Letter Backing Jimmy Kimmel, Including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston "You can [dislike] a show and it can go off the air," Goldberg continued. "Someone can say something they shouldn't and get taken off the air. But the government cannot, cannot apply pressure to force someone to be silenced." The show then played clips of Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz and Democatic Sen. Chris Murphy saying FCC head Brendan Carr had overstepped in threatening to examine ABC affiliates' licenses over remarks Kimmel made about the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Ana Navarro added that she lived under both right-wing and left-wing dictatorships growing up in Nicaragua, and that silencing speech is part of the dictator playbook regardless of ideology. "They want to scare us into silence and self-censorship," she said. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up women's basketball WNBA on Sling TV: How to Watch Indiana Fever vs. Las Vegas Aces Semifinals Online NFL 'Monday Night Football' Livestream: When and Where to Watch Tonight's Lions vs. Ravens Game Online tom hanks 400 Celebs Sign Open Letter Backing Jimmy Kimmel, Including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston Paramount Paramount Acquires Rights to Series About Oct. 7 Israel Attacks Jimmy Kimmel Howard Stern Says He Has Canceled Disney+ In Protest of Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 'Last Week Tonight' Host John Oliver Passionately Defends Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech in Wake of Late-Night Suspension women's basketball WNBA on Sling TV: How to Watch Indiana Fever vs. Las Vegas Aces Semifinals Online NFL 'Monday Night Football' Livestream: When and Where to Watch Tonight's Lions vs. Ravens Game Online tom hanks 400 Celebs Sign Open Letter Backing Jimmy Kimmel, Including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston Paramount Paramount Acquires Rights to Series About Oct. 7 Israel Attacks Jimmy Kimmel Howard Stern Says He Has Canceled Disney+ In Protest of Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 'Last Week Tonight' Host John Oliver Passionately Defends Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech in Wake of Late-Night Suspension