Whoopi Goldberg Claims Bakery 'Refused' to Make Birthday Dessert for Her Because of Her 'Politics' — and the Owner Responds

Whoopi Goldberg’s birthday treat this year was bittersweet.

While she was celebrating her 69th birthday View On Wednesday, November 13, the television personality claimed that the bakery that made her birthday treats initially refused to take her order and speculated that it was because of her political views. Job – which the host chose not to name, but identified Entertainment Weekly as Holtermann’s bakery — he later denied this claim.

After an hour of celebration, during which Goldberg gave the audience her favorite things, and friend James Monroe Iglehart performed the title song from Broadway A Beautiful World: A Musical by Louis Armstrong, View’The co-hosts enjoyed a dessert dear to the actress’ heart: Charlotte Russe.

The dessert — a trifle-style treat with layers of sponge cake, Bavarian cream and fruit — was one of Goldberg’s mom’s favorites growing up, the star explained, before revealing she had a hard time getting the cherry dish from the Staten Island bakery . .

“Now, I should tell you, Charlotte Russe has no political leanings, and the place that made them refused to make them for me,” the actress explained as the crowd gasped.

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Whoopi Goldberg celebrates her 69th birthday on ‘The View’.

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Her co-hosts also reacted strongly to the information, with Sunny Hostin asking: “Oh really?” and Sara Haines who promptly spat out her bite, which made the audience laugh.

“They said their ovens broke, all kinds of things, but people went and took them anyway,” Goldberg explained, “which is why I’m not going to tell you who made them.”

Charlotte Russe Whoopi Goldberg Birthday Desserts.

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But, Sister Act the star theorized, “it can’t be because I’m a woman, but maybe they didn’t like my politics.”

“But that’s okay,” Goldberg continued, “because you know what? Listen, this is my mother’s celebration. Take this and celebrate with me and my mom. Thank you all for celebrating my birthday today.”

Whoopi Goldberg.

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After the actress claimed on air that the bakery turned her down because of her politics and used technical difficulties as an excuse, Holtermann’s Bakery owner Jill Holtermann denied it to EW that “it’s not because of political” commitments, but because “we had problems with our boilers”.

Holtermann said that View The co-host initially requested treats for her Nov. 6 talk show appearance as well as her birthday broadcast, both of which the baker refused to do because she “didn’t want to make a commitment that I can’t fulfill.”

“I told Whoopi, ‘I can’t do it now,'” she told the outlet. “We’ve got so many things going on with my water heater, ’cause it’s a 1930’s building, so when she called me, I had no idea [if we could] bake everything.”

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The bakery’s owner also confirmed Goldberg’s claim that a woman, whom no one has identified, came to pick up approximately 50 Charlotte Russe desserts on the morning of Nov. 13, which the owner said she was able to make despite problems with the boiler.

She also said EW that she was unaware of who the woman was, or that she had anything to do with Goldberg or View.

PEOPLE turned to Holtermann’s bakery and View for further comment, but none immediately heard back.

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