{"id":205214,"date":"2025-11-14T14:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/is-erika-kirk-suing-whoopi-goldberg-over-joke-about-jd-vance-hug-the-rumor-and-the-truth\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:07:19","slug":"is-erika-kirk-suing-whoopi-goldberg-over-joke-about-jd-vance-hug-the-rumor-and-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/is-erika-kirk-suing-whoopi-goldberg-over-joke-about-jd-vance-hug-the-rumor-and-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Erika Kirk Suing Whoopi Goldberg Over Joke About JD Vance Hug? The Rumor and the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Erika Kirk has been involved in countless controversies in the months since her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/charlie-kirk-statue-proposal-prompts-comparison-to-kkk-leader-david-duke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And one of the strangest mini-scandals had to do with a public display of affection.<\/p>\n<p>As you may recall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/erika-kirk-criticized-for-comparing-j-d-vance-to-charlie-kirk-just-weeks-after-husbands-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erika introduced Vice President JD Vance<\/a> at a recent event at the University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US Vice President JD Vance (R) greets Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, during a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Mississippi, October 29, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-540375 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243532388-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US Vice President JD Vance (R) greets Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk\u2019s widow, during a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Mississippi, October 29, 2025. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two embraced on stage, and many thought that the hug went on for an inappropriately long time.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous media outlets and commentators offered their two cents on the hug and the public reaction to it.<\/p>\n<p>And one widespread rumor claims that Erika was so upset about Whoopi Goldberg\u2019s reaction that she\u2019s now filed an eight-figure lawsuit against the View co-host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErika Kirk Files a $90 Million Lawsuit Against Whoopi Goldberg: \u2018She Turned an Innocent Hug Into an Adultery Scandal That Didn\u2019t Exist,&#8217;\u201d reads a Facebook post from one of those shady-looking pages that nonetheless receives hundreds of comments.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk and U.S. Vice President JD Vance embrace at the Pavilion at Ole Miss on the campus of the University of Mississippi on October 29, 2025 in Oxford, Mississippi. \" class=\"wp-image-540376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk and U.S. Vice President JD Vance embrace at the Pavilion at Ole Miss on the campus of the University of Mississippi on October 29, 2025 in Oxford, Mississippi. \" class=\"wp-image-540376 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243536022-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erika Kirk and U.S. Vice President JD Vance embrace at the Pavilion at Ole Miss on the campus of the University of Mississippi on October 29, 2025 in Oxford, Mississippi. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Brad Vest\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn a move that legal scholars are already calling \u2019emotionally ambitious,\u2019 Erika Kirk has reportedly filed a $90 million defamation lawsuit against The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg, accusing her of \u2018turning an innocent hug into an adultery scandal that didn\u2019t even exist \u2014 not even in an alternate timeline,&#8217;\u201d the post continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErika Kirk has taken the legal drama to the next level, officially filing a lawsuit against The View host Whoopi Goldberg for a whopping $110 million,\u201d another page wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirk accuses Whoopi of \u2018twisting an innocent compliment\u2019 about her on-air outfit into a veiled admission of intellectual property infringement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not linking to these accounts because they\u2019re the sort of AI-dependent slop factories that are far too common on Facebook these days, and we refuse to encourage them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, speaks during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-540378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, speaks during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-540378 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236152786-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk\u2019s widow, speaks during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So what\u2019s the deal here? Is Erika really suing Whoop over a hug?<\/p>\n<p>Well, as you\u2019ve probably already guessed, the answer is no. At least there\u2019s no evidence that Erika has filed a lawsuit, much less a $90 million one.<\/p>\n<p>See, the outlets that are reporting that \u201cnews\u201d item have about as much integrity as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/matt-gaetz-paid-homeless-17-year-old-mcdonalds-employee-for-sex-report-alleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matt Gaetz<\/a>, and their business model relies entirely on making stuff up.<\/p>\n<p>In the age of AI, any disingenuous opportunist can crank out a 1,000-word article claiming some sort of nonsense, get a bunch of ad revenue from the clicks of confused Facebook users (usually older folks), and then pull up stakes and move on to the next one.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a revolting and increasingly common strategy, and in the years to come, it\u2019s gonna get even harder to separate the facts from the BS.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/is-erika-kirk-suing-whoopi-goldberg-over-joke-about-jd-vance-hug-the-rumor-and-the-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Erika Kirk has been involved in countless controversies in the months since her husband, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed. And one of the strangest mini-scandals had to do with a public display of affection. As you may recall, Erika introduced Vice President JD Vance at a recent event at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-205214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}