Whoopi Goldberg addressed her previous claim on 'The View' that a bakery refused her request for a birthday dessert in an Instagram video. The bakery owner denied it was over her political views.

Whoopi Goldberg claimed that a historic bakery on Staten Island wouldn’t fill a dessert request that she’d made because the business didn’t like her politics. The owner of the bakery, Holtermann’s, said that a major maintenance issue at the business had prevented it from filling any large orders,

Staten Island politicians joined the owner of Holtermann’s Bakery to accuse Whoopi Goldberg of defaming the family-owned business.