The music icon faced backlash online after she said in an interview that she'd "heard" that the vice president is "not Black."

Whoopi Goldberg is standing up for Janet Jackson after the singer's baffling denial of Vice President Kamala Harris' race in a recent interview with The Guardian. On Tuesday's episode of "The View," the host and former co-star of Jackson's in the movie "For Colored Girls" addressed the controversy surrounding the singer questioning Harris' race,

While some agree with the idea of extending the singer some grace, others believe the comments were irresponsible.