Whoopi Goldberg went on an all-out tear over Elon Musk‘s reaction to the rumored casting of Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in director Christopher Nolan upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey.
After Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that Nolan “has lost his integrity” in response to a report that Nyong’o, a Black woman, was cast in the role that is, as written by Homer, described as being a woman with fair skin.
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