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.

A New York City bakery has responded to claims made by actor and The View host Whoopi Goldberg that her order was refused because of her political views. Goldberg, who has been a co-host on The View since 2007, is an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and refused to say his name after he won the recent presidential election.

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,