Polanski was not guilty of 'rape-rape', says Whoopi Goldberg

[oberliner]

Hollywood has rallied behind Roman Polanski after his arrest in Switzerland over the weekend, with the actor Whoopi Goldberg suggesting that whatever he was guilty of it wasn't "rape-rape".

As a guest on The View chatshow on US television, she said: "I know it wasn't rape-rape. It was something else but I don't believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and and when they let him out he was like, 'You know what, this guy's going to give me a hundred years in jail. I'm not staying.' So that's why he left."

Later in the programme she added: "We're a different kind of society, we see things differently ... would I want my 14-year-old having sex with somebody? Not necessarily, no."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/sep/29/roman-polanski-whoopi-goldberg

[Abq_Sarah]

1. Would she want

Her 13 year old daughter drugged and raped?

[Journeyman]

3. Perhaps so, just so long as she wasn't "drug-drugged" and "rape-raped". . .

[ddeclue]

2. NO MORE POLANSKI THREADS! UNRECCD AND IGNORED!

[Vinca]

4. This is really offensive.

I wonder how Whoopi feels about the cases you read about every day in local newspapers where a non-famous person is arrested after having sex with a minor. Those people - the nobodies - ALWAYS go to jail.

[oberliner]

5. Yes, I was quite taken aback by it

From what (little) I know of Whoopi Goldberg, I would not have expected those comments.

[bkkyosemite]

6. She also stated that the girl was "aware" and the parents knew. What was this then just a

consenual thing between the parents and this rapist..how much did they get for him screwing their daughter....geeze.

[redqueen]

14. The girl said no... she was crying afterwards.

I don't know what these people want before they'll believe it was rape.

[Arugula Latte]

15. He raped her anally, too. nt

[closeupready]

7. Complete garbage. I'm shocked and dismayed she would say this.

n/t

[JerseygirlCT]

8. What the hell is "rape-rape"?

what a thoroughly ludicrous statement. I'm embarrassed for her.

[Odin2005]

9. WTF, Whoopi?

:wtf:

[liberalmuse]

10. Yeah, the 13 year old slut seduced him!!!

Jesus. I get that he's a likable guy. Many rapists and pedophiles are (until people find out about their crimes), but that changes nothing. If he's truly changed and regrets his crime, he should take his punishment.

[Jazzgirl]

11. Whoopi's own daughter got pregnant at 14.

I'd be willing to bet she didn't like that. Of course I don't know details but I know she probably has a 20 year old grandchild now.

Edited for spelling.

[noiretextatique]

12. whoopi is full of shit

i like her, but she's got her head up her ass on this one.

[proteus_lives]

13. Whoopi is not the brightest star in the sky.

Maybe she's hoping the rapist will put her in one of his movies. :puke:

More star-fucking.